Thinking of towing with your next van? Here's everything you need to know:
If you use up the entire payload of the van taking it to its MAM, then what’s left of the GTW is the Maximum Gross Trailer Weight . So let’s say you have a van with a kerb weight of 2600kg and a payload of 900kg, whose GTW is 5500kg.
If you use the full payload, taking it to its MAM of 3500kg, you’ll be allowed to tow a maximum of 2000kg with it – and that figure must include the weight of the trailer itself. However, let’s say you only need to load the van up with 400kg of stuff. Then you’ve got 2500kg worth of trailer weight to play with – as long as that figure is below the MAM of the trailer. And if you’re happy to drive the van empty, you can tow up to a 2900kg trailer – again, provided that doesn’t exceed the trailer’s MAM. Those figures assume the trailer is braked, of course; the maximum capacity you’re allowed to tow with an unbraked trailer is limited to 750kg, or half the kerb weight of the vehicle, whichever figure is lower.If your licence was issued before 1 January 1997, you don’t really need to worry too much. You’re allowed to drive a vehicle and trailer combination with a GTW of up to 8250kg, and that means you’re covered for pretty much any van-and-trailer combo. If your licence was issued after 1 January 1997, you’re allowed to tow a trailer of up to 3500kg MAM. That hasn’t always been the case; until fairly recently, the rules were more complex, and basically limited you to towing a trailer weighing no more than the MAM of the towing vehicle.All speed limits remain the same when you’re towing with a van – except one. As is the case when you’re not towing anything, you’ll be limited in your van to 30mph in town, 50mph on a single carriageway and 60mph on a dual carriageway.Do I need a tachograph to tow with my van? The law states that a tachograph must be fitted to any vehicle carrying out commercial activities and weighing more than 3500kg in total. That means your van on its own probably won’t – but if you hitch it to a trailer and the combined weight of both vehicles takes you over that 3500kg limit, then you will, assuming you’re driving for profit-making purposes.
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