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towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:56 pm
by heatherpetch
Hi guys,please can anyone tell me what the bongo can pull in terms of a caravan,am i right in thinking it can pull 85% of the kerbside weight?
if so what is that weight please.
cheers Heather
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:00 pm
by missfixit70
Factsheet on towing here -
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/member ... towing.pdf
85% is a recommendation (1500kg ish) Depends on your driving license too.
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:20 pm
by mikexgough
1500 kg....... that's a decent sized 'van...... Luxury Camping...
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:31 pm
by haydn callow
If you passed your test after a certain date you are limited to a 3.5 ton outfit unladened....I think !!
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:34 pm
by mister munkey
I believe if you passed your test before May '97 its up to 7.5t.
Post then it is, as you say 3.5.
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:34 pm
by scanner
haydn callow wrote:If you passed your test after a certain date you are limited to a 3.5 ton outfit unladened....I think !!
Chapter and verse on the subject.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Dr ... DG_4022564
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:35 pm
by bongoing-mad-simon
Yep quite right there Haydn, from January 1997
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:40 pm
by haydn callow
Of course I'm right Simon......it was you that told me on Sunday morning....proves I listen.
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:59 pm
by Bongoplod
haydn callow wrote:If you passed your test after a certain date you are limited to a 3.5 ton outfit unladened....I think !!
Correct Haydn.........
Car Licences held on or after 1 January 1997
Drivers who have passed their car driving test on or after 1 January 1997 are required to pass an additional driving test in order to tow large trailers and gain entitlement to category B+E and all larger vehicles.
Category B: Vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) and with up to 8 passenger seats.
Category B vehicles may be coupled with a trailer up to 750kgs MAM (allowing a combined weight up to 4.25 tonnes MAM) or a trailer over 750kgs MAM provided the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle, and the combination does not exceed 3.5 tonnes MAM.
Car Licences held before 1 January 1997
All drivers who passed a car test before 1 January 1997 retain their existing entitlement to tow trailers until their licence expires. This means they are generally entitled to drive a vehicle and trailer combination up to 8.25 tonnes MAM. They also have entitlement to drive a minibus with a trailer over 750kgs MAM.
Brian
Ill have to learn to type faster,everyone`s beat me to it
Re: towing
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:37 pm
by missfixit70
