Towing a car with no MOT or Tax

[Dum-Dum]

Do I need a special driving licence to tow?

You must hold a full driving licence to to drive vehicle and trailer combinations weighing up to 8.25 tonnes. However, if you passed your test after January 1, 1997 then these restrictions apply:

Vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes and no more than eight passenger seats (ie: officially dubbed Category B vehicles and are typical cars) with a 750kg trailer (4.25 tonnes total Maximum Authorised Mass or MAM).
Category B vehicles with larger trailers i.e. more than 750kg, provided that the combined Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) does not exceed 3.5 tonnes and the gross MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle.
Vehicles over 3500kg MAM are classified as large goods vehicles.
To be able to tow combinations outside this ruling requires the passing of an additional test.

there is a bit where you can tow a little more than that but i forget the wording.

If you passed your driving test after 1 January 1997 and have an ordinary Category B licence, you can drive either of the following:

- a vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes (3,500 kilograms) maximum gross weight towing a trailer of up to 750 kilograms maximum gross weight (up to 4,250 kilograms in total)

- a trailer over 750 kilograms maximum gross weight as long as it is no more than the unladen or 'kerb' weight of the towing vehicle (up to 3,500 kilograms in total)

taken from http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Dr ... /DG_192285



I assume that relates to the plated MGW of the trailer.

So if i was towing with the estate that weighed 1280kg I could tow a trailer up to 1280kg. If i was towing with an Audi A8 TTDiV8 that weighs in at 1900kg (ish) I could tow a trailer with a MGW of 1900kg (ish). BIM the audi has a payload of about 600kg that gives a GTW of almost 5 tonnes

[Niall]

My head is hurting with making sense of all this. Im sure I read somewhere that the weight of the trailer+load must be no more than 750kg unless it's braked and then the weight has to be less than 3500kg for the towing car, trailer and load.

[Niall]

Just realised a pug partner only has a towing capacity of 1100kg. The car is 1115kg on its own then probably a weight of 400kg for the trailer (can't find a weight anywhere!)

[Grant]

I have no towbar on my van, we would be doin it on the Nissan cabstar... If I can pinch it for the weekend that is...

Edit: we regularly tow a 1.5 ton digger on a trailer with that truck so i know it has a towing capacity suitable enough...

[Niall]

Can't do it on the cabstar. Thats 3400kg unladen.

[Grant]

Oh shit, so I shouldn't even be driving that thing at work? Lol!

So we need the bloody thing flat bedded again now?

[Dum-Dum]

Can't do it on the cabstar. Thats 3400kg unladen.

According to the link i found you can.

[Niall]

Can't do it on the cabstar. Thats 3400kg unladen.

According to the link i found you can.

But according to that, you can only tow up to 750kg laden and the car is 1115 on its own plus probably 400 for the trailer.

[Ben Jay]

worth a looking

Maybe we should all chip in and buy a 306oc flatbed.. I think it would get used plenty.

holy crap you read my mind! this would make so much sence to have!