Hi to you all out there. I have just read an article that was presented in a link on another forum,the paragraph below has been copied and pasted. I did this so as not to miss out on any of the specific detail.
The topic on the said forum was asking could someone double check my calcs?
A trailer of over 750kg MAM (which in practice means almost every
caravan) may be towed provided the combined MAM doesn’t exceed 3500kg,
and the MAM of the towing vehicle does not exceed the unladen weight of
the towing vehicle.
I refer to the part that states :- and the MAM of the towing vehicle does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle.
The maximum authorised mass of any vehicle is by definition already exceeding the unladen weight because the unladen trailer when loaded to capacity then achieves the MAM. The unladen weight of the vehicle is part of that same vehicle when fully laden and therefore at MAM.
The topic on the said forum was asking could someone double check my calcs?
A trailer of over 750kg MAM (which in practice means almost every
caravan) may be towed provided the combined MAM doesn’t exceed 3500kg,
and the MAM of the towing vehicle does not exceed the unladen weight of
the towing vehicle.
I refer to the part that states :- and the MAM of the towing vehicle does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle.
The maximum authorised mass of any vehicle is by definition already exceeding the unladen weight because the unladen trailer when loaded to capacity then achieves the MAM. The unladen weight of the vehicle is part of that same vehicle when fully laden and therefore at MAM.