Am i over weight for our setup?

Needhams123
Needhams123 Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited June 2019 in Towcars & Towing #1

Hello, 

Firstly thank you in advance for your help. Me and my wife are new to the Caravan scene and have a Abbey 217 for our first van. 

I need some help ? 

i am getting confused with all the weights and restrictions for towing and could do with some help.


My car is a 2012 BMW 520d saloon with a max permissible mass of 2235 and the caravan has a sticker stating 1300kg. 

However my car weighs 1870kg 

As i passed my test after the licence change i can only drive upto 3500kg. My question is What figures do i take to ensure i don't get pulled over. 

I really want to use my car as my wife's Passat is getting old and fragile :) 

Any help would be really appreciated 


 

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  • Lutz
    Lutz Forum Participant Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2019 #2

    Unfortunately, it's the plated maximum values that count, not the actual weights, so in your case it's 2235 + 1300 = 3535kg which is over the 3500kg limit.

  • DaveCyn
    DaveCyn Club Member Posts: 339 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2019 #3

    Trying to look into your future & I think I see a B+E test coming up.

     

    Much cheaper than changing outfits & lasts a long time.

  • Needhams123
    Needhams123 Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited June 2019 #4

    Thank you for the info guys. It certainly looks like i have to do the B&E. 



    Thank you :) 

     

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