Towing Limits.
Discussion
Do commercial vehicles have higher towing limits ?
My car (Mondeo Estate) can legally tow upto its kerbside weight (1600kg)
Today, saw a Peugeot Boxer beavertail recovery truck with a large Peugeot EV strapped on the back and towing a large triple axle car trailer with a Range Rover on.
Surely that was grossly overloaded ?
My car (Mondeo Estate) can legally tow upto its kerbside weight (1600kg)
Today, saw a Peugeot Boxer beavertail recovery truck with a large Peugeot EV strapped on the back and towing a large triple axle car trailer with a Range Rover on.
Surely that was grossly overloaded ?
The towing limit will be 3,500kg maximum, assuming it is a standard 50mm tow ball, as that is the limit of that type of hitch. Plenty of vehicles can tow that sort of weight, including my Disco 3. The Range Rover will weigh anything up to around 2,800 kg, so you need to consider the weight of the trailer and its capacity.
As I understand it, they will require a C1E licence to drive a vehicle up to 7,500kg, with a trailer over 750kg, or CE if heavier. The combined Maximum Authorised Mass cannot exceed 12,000kg.
There are a lot of recovery trucks on the road that are only rated up to 3,500kg, and often they are ridiculously over-weighted.
As I understand it, they will require a C1E licence to drive a vehicle up to 7,500kg, with a trailer over 750kg, or CE if heavier. The combined Maximum Authorised Mass cannot exceed 12,000kg.
There are a lot of recovery trucks on the road that are only rated up to 3,500kg, and often they are ridiculously over-weighted.
Unless you stop the vehicle and look at its weight plate; then also weigh it at a weighbridge, you can't be sure its overweight. Same for the tacho requirement, there's exemptions which means it could be legal without; and it could have had one fitted. I imagine most commercial vehicles with a towbar, used for business use, also have a tacho since its needed half the time (unless exempt).
alabbasi said:
Towing capacity is the gross combined weight of the vehicle minus weight of the vehicle
Not necessarily - there will also be a max towing weight; and of course, you need to be <3500kgs to use a ball hitch and overrun brakes.alabbasi said:
Weight of a range rover is 5000lbs. The gross combined weight is around 15000lbs. This means it can tow up to 10,000. Easily another range rover on a trailer.
The tow vehicle in question is a Peugeot Boxer, not a Range Rover. I think you're getting mixed up here.Used to drive an Iveco that was plated 7.5t with a 3.5t towing capacity. Ran with a tacho.
Was fun when you had a RR Sport on the bed and a FF RR on the trailer. Had a few good chats with DVSA over the years, particularly the guys up by Peterbough on the A1 was pulled the first time and as they walked across the spotted the double wheels on the back of the Iveco, and said “Bo11ocks your 7.5t”
After they go through everything I was on my way in under an hour, over the coming months I was pulled a further couple of times, always the same guys, then the next occasion was about to get pulled and as they past the looked across at me, saw it was me and just waved and turned the lights off.
Was fun when you had a RR Sport on the bed and a FF RR on the trailer. Had a few good chats with DVSA over the years, particularly the guys up by Peterbough on the A1 was pulled the first time and as they walked across the spotted the double wheels on the back of the Iveco, and said “Bo11ocks your 7.5t”
After they go through everything I was on my way in under an hour, over the coming months I was pulled a further couple of times, always the same guys, then the next occasion was about to get pulled and as they past the looked across at me, saw it was me and just waved and turned the lights off.
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