Recent content by LLBPhoto

Ok had a definitive answer back from DfT and VOSA. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/requirementsfortrailers Read it twice and you should be able to figure it out. I'll say it again to avoid confusion. THIS IS THE CURRENT VOSA...

Ok my understanding, after Reading the legislation and the printed advice from VOSA is this, you cannot exceed the Maximum Train Weight (MTW) of the towing vehicle. Your train weight is calculated by adding the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) or Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) of the towing vehicle...

I agree to this as that is the only result I can come to having read the relevant legislation, however there are some that are adamant that this is wrong and are quick to ridicule those that are asking where their authority for a such an assertion is coming from. The problem with the...

Okies, been trying to find a definitive answer on the matter of legal towing capacities for a couple of days now (and read the whole of Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 SI 1078/1986 in the process. My (not uniformed) understanding is this at the moment. A vehicle and...