24-11-2012, 07:16 PM
If your towing on a pole then its for emergency recovery of a broken down vehicle only and so towing weights dont really apply (use common sense) and both vehicles need to be insured.
With anything else if the road wheels are on the ground its a very grey area weather it needs to be insured even if nobody is in it.
The most you can tow on an a frame is 750kg as they have no brakes. You can tow more again only for emergency recovery of a broken down vehicle.
If you get a braked towing dolly you can tow up to the towing weight of the car (1100kg or 1150kg on a 306 hatch) and what you tow cant be more than the tow car.
3500kg is the max combined GROSS train weight. the gross weight of a 306 is about 16-1800kg IIRC and itll be the max plated weight of a trailer.
You wont get a braked trailer that you can tow on your licence as the weights will all be too big but you can get the trailer down plated.
With anything else if the road wheels are on the ground its a very grey area weather it needs to be insured even if nobody is in it.
The most you can tow on an a frame is 750kg as they have no brakes. You can tow more again only for emergency recovery of a broken down vehicle.
If you get a braked towing dolly you can tow up to the towing weight of the car (1100kg or 1150kg on a 306 hatch) and what you tow cant be more than the tow car.
3500kg is the max combined GROSS train weight. the gross weight of a 306 is about 16-1800kg IIRC and itll be the max plated weight of a trailer.
You wont get a braked trailer that you can tow on your licence as the weights will all be too big but you can get the trailer down plated.