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    Lutz replied to the thread Tow Car short list.
    Before going abroad you would have to have your driving licence reissued to show B+E entitlement.
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    Lutz replied to the thread Tow Car short list.
    The B+E restriction was lifted recently and you are now entitled to B+E in the UK without further test. Only if you go abroad will you...
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    I would imagine that retrofitting a retractable towbar to any car would be a very expensive undertaking that could even involve minor...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Safety of this rusted towbar?.
    I wouldn't be too concerned about the neck and the towball itself because that's a pretty substantial piece of steel, but the towbar...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Towing.
    No mention there of any legally enforceable noseweight or towing limits. The regulations only refer to axle loads and the sum of axle loads.
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    Lutz replied to the thread Towing.
    If the overall weight of the trailer were to be treated as towed weight one would not be able to add the weight of the car to the towed...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Towing.
    If the car is loaded up to its gross maximum weight before the caravan is hitched, then it will be overloaded after hitching. Gross...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Towing.
    Nobody has said that there is any less mass, but the car isn't towing all that mass. The remainder, the noseweight, isn't being towed...
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    Lutz replied to the thread Towing.
    Firstly, the 1300kg is not a legal limit but only a limit to which the manufacturer accepts product liability. Only the plated axle...
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    Lutz replied to the thread TV or not to TV.
    We have a TV in the lounge, the main bedroom and one in the kitchen (that's the one that we take with us in the caravan). On the whole...