Originally Posted By Martyn Culling
Two issues here.

Explanation of towing law on Pistonheads

And yes, as it stands, you can't add a trailer for a fourwheeled Morgan to a 7.5 tonne truck. But, what is the weight of said truck converted to carry horses and fully laden? The idea of re-plating it to a lower weight freeing up some weight for a trailer occurs to me. However I've a feeling the speed limits and tachograph regulations might make this a poor option compared to towing a twin horse trailer behind a Discovery.

I'd imagine most readers of this forum are older, passed their car test before 1997, so have B+E on their licences.

Towing safely is not rocket science, but I would advise the novice who has B+E to practise a bit before towing you pride and joy.


One point to note - vehicles in the UK are based on GVW - gross vehicle weight - thus a vehicle plated at 7.5T GVW has to weigh less than 7.5T when loaded with horses or other load. This is a common misunderstanding - we once viewed a horse box that was 7.2T unladen leaving 300kg for 2 horses, crew and tack - the vendor was convinced he had a good vehicle but it was technically useless.

Paul
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