If you tow a toad are you legal (1 Viewer)

[Snowbird]

Just a thought:
How many RVs are actually 7500kgs GVW?

Mines well under and its an A class with a heavy engine.

 

[vwalan]

its possible to tow a trailer of 8 +ton behind a 3.500kg gvw vehicle. and driven on a b+e licence. that is fact . i build them and so do many others . get your facts right . read the posts .
you take a 7,5ton truck lower its gvw to 3.500kg it keeps its train weight of 12 ton.
ideal for over 70,s no medical.
i keep mentioning all this .
some seeds fall on stoney ground .
i regularly laugh with vosa and dvla at this daft ruling.
no offence i hope but i,m sure you must read some of my posts . i do go on about it alot. hee hee.

 

[johnp10]

its possible to tow a trailer of 8 +ton behind a 3.500kg gvw vehicle. and driven on a b+e licence. that is fact . i build them and so do many others . get your facts right . read the posts .
you take a 7,5ton truck lower its gvw to 3.500kg it keeps its train weight of 12 ton.
ideal for over 70,s no medical.
i keep mentioning all this .
some seeds fall on stoney ground .
i regularly laugh with vosa and dvla at this daft ruling.
no offence i hope but i,m sure you must read some of my posts . i do go on about it alot. hee hee.

Just out of curiosity, Alan:
How do you downplate to 3.5t?
Its not just a paper excercise as you know?
What changes do you make.
A company I worked for downplated vehicles to save on VED, but constructional changes were necessary.

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[vwalan]

well if its private pulling a living van its only a paper exercise. if for work you need brake etc calculations . but having said that many importers do it as well. i first got wise of it when isuzu offered me their show mini artic . . having spoken to dvla . vosa and gareth marsh at sv tec i found its really simple .
been doing it for about 11 yrs now. its really that easy.
even better build an artic keeping the gvw over 3,500g, it doesnt need an mot if pulling a living van with a max gvw of 3,500kg.
if i get to 70 i will drop my mitsubushi to 3,500kg .move the trailer wheels forward toease the pin weight then up the trailer weight to 5ton its original weight . train weight then can be 9.800kg driven on a b+e .
i found it all hard to believe years ago. as it is vosa have pics of mine . even better i run it on a disabled tax so they really do have a laugh with me. its my choice of disability car.
i say use the rules try not tobreak them.
i even shorten chassis as well ,again all ok if private.

 

[johnp10]

I'll leave that there untill I've looked this up properly, Alan, but business or private use, no difference in plated weights re braking efficiency, etc.
In any case, to say that a B+E entitlement allows you to drive larger vehicles than a C1+E is ridiculous.
Take this up soon as poss.

 

[vwalan]

but we know the brakes are up to it . they were before they havent changed . best speak with vosa ,or ring gareth .ring ross frost at vosa he is head of the mot section. pm me for his number . was talking with him about it only the other day.its a joke really . my trailer is a living van. i canmake it a caravan . ,because its got a garage it as to be a living van . if i class my monkey bike as a disability scooter it could be a caravan with disabled scooter parking. but then i must mot the unit so no gain. different ball game to being fully commercial. do look it up its really interesting . changed my life and way of thinking years ago.
i did used to build commercial trucks before hand upping and lowering the normal way with vosa retests etc. favourite was buying 10tonners at auction then lowering to 7.5ton . easy money.
by the way not larger just a greater train weight. have a leaflet from iveco explaining it but cant get pics up on this laptop . they lower 5ton or 6,5ton vehicles to allow b+e licence driving. all good fun.

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