03-08-2014, 08:33 PM
Hi mate,
You are partially right.
On your licence, you can tow a train weight of up to 3500kg. Your Kuga at 1700kg leaves 1800kg of weight available. However, the weight of the towed items (i.e. trailer plus load) must not exceed the towing capacity of the towing vehicle.
So, assuming your Kuga can tow it's kerbweight of 1700kg, you can tow a trailer + load of 1700kg and still be under the train weight limit of 3500kg.
Biggest issue however, is the plated weight, or MAM (max allowable mass) of the trailer. Normally, the rozzers will do you if your towing vehicle cannot tow the MAM of the trailer.
So, if you tow a trailer which weighs 750kg, I'd bet my bottom dollar the MAM is over 2000kg. Straight away, the counts you out in terms of being able to pull it with the Kuga.
I tend to tow with a single axle car trailer which weighs in at 350kg, and has a MAM of 1400kg. My track car weighs 950kg, so 350kg + 950kg = 1300kg, less than the MAM, and more importantly, less than the max permissible of the Astra, which is 1400kg.
If you were being really cheeky, you could probably get away with towing a trailer with a higher MAM, and request you go to a weighbridge to get the train / load weighed... I know someone who did this, and was ok.
It's a bit of a minefield....
Hope that helps,
JP
You are partially right.
On your licence, you can tow a train weight of up to 3500kg. Your Kuga at 1700kg leaves 1800kg of weight available. However, the weight of the towed items (i.e. trailer plus load) must not exceed the towing capacity of the towing vehicle.
So, assuming your Kuga can tow it's kerbweight of 1700kg, you can tow a trailer + load of 1700kg and still be under the train weight limit of 3500kg.
Biggest issue however, is the plated weight, or MAM (max allowable mass) of the trailer. Normally, the rozzers will do you if your towing vehicle cannot tow the MAM of the trailer.
So, if you tow a trailer which weighs 750kg, I'd bet my bottom dollar the MAM is over 2000kg. Straight away, the counts you out in terms of being able to pull it with the Kuga.
I tend to tow with a single axle car trailer which weighs in at 350kg, and has a MAM of 1400kg. My track car weighs 950kg, so 350kg + 950kg = 1300kg, less than the MAM, and more importantly, less than the max permissible of the Astra, which is 1400kg.
If you were being really cheeky, you could probably get away with towing a trailer with a higher MAM, and request you go to a weighbridge to get the train / load weighed... I know someone who did this, and was ok.
It's a bit of a minefield....
Hope that helps,
JP
JP