DVSA Weight -Roadside checks

[Buckman]

This is from the Gov website

Towing with a car

Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have

www.gov.uk

Maximum length​

If your vehicle’s maximum authorised mass (MAM) is 3,500kg or less, you cannot tow a trailer that’s longer than 7 metres.

If your vehicle’s MAM is more than 3,500kg then the maximum lengths are:

• 12 metres for the trailer towed by the vehicle
• 18 metres for the vehicle and trailer combined
• 3.05 metres for how far the load can overhang the back of the trailer (whatever the length of the trailer is)

Maximum lengths do not include the A-frame (the frame that connects your car to the trailer).

However the above is incorrectly worded as it should read body length of 7m. Our caravan overall is over 8m in length.

 

[Beardy]

However the above is incorrectly worded as it should read body length of 7m. Our caravan overall is over 8m in length.

Which is covered by the final sentence......

Maximum lengths do not include the A-frame (the frame that connects your car to the trailer).

 

[Buckman]

Which is covered by the final sentence......

My mistake I missed that part.

 

[Hutch]

My mistake I missed that part.

A lot of people make that mistake, look at the length of. glider trailers.
It is not the length of the back of the outfit to the front. It is chassis . Totally confusing, to some.

 

[RogerL]

A lot of people make that mistake, look at the length of. glider trailers.
It is not the length of the back of the outfit to the front. It is chassis . Totally confusing, to some.

Glider trailers get an exception because they're an "indivisible load"

 

[Hutch]

Glider trailers get an exception because they're an "indivisible load"

At least the trailer gets lighter as the speed increases.