Tedious towing question

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Boring I know, but I have to get rid of my Kia Sorrento and will have to have a smaller 4x4. I will only be able to take one pony out at a time, what small 4x4/crossover vehicle would you suggest?
Would the Skoda Yeti pull one Rice Trailer 1000kg and one 14.1 pony?
Or should I buy a hatchback( but then live on a unmade track and like a higher clearance) and a transit conversion box?
I'm going round in circles with what to do?
 
You really need to think how many times you use the trailer, if you use it every weekend without fail, then maybe it would be worth considering a transit type lorry. And there are plenty of tiny, high clearance 4 x 4's to help with driving home on your drive. (My Mum has a fab little suzuki jeep), so you don't necessarily have to get a Nissan Micra...
 
Probably not going to tow more than ten times in the next year, due to work commitments. I don't go very far either, so the box would be a bit of a luxury.
There doesn't seem to be one vehicle that does everything , without the bills of a big 4x4!
 
It sounds to me that you won't really need the lorry and that regardless of towing, you do need a 4x4.
This website is quite good to show you the weights that cars can legally tow. Your trailer plus a 14.1 would be roughly 1500kg so I'd put in at least 1800kg to be on the safe side as a horse is a moving load that is more difficult to tow (and he could be a huge chunky thing!)

http://www.parkers.co.uk/advice/towingweightcalc.aspx#tw=0&kw=1800
 
I found this website so helpful when we were tow vehicle shopping, as it is a bit of a minefield!! http://www.cuddles.abelgratis.net/kerbweights.htm

For tow weight you need the gross weight of your trailer, not the unladen weight plus what you actually put in it. As a rough guess I imagine you would be looking at around 2000kg? So the Skoda yeti might just scrape it if you get the 2l 4x4 model as it has a 2t payload. As the blurb says, this isn't legally binding, but is a safety guidence, that said - if you were to have an accident and exceeded the weight then you could be found to be negligent.
 
ThePony said:
I found this website so helpful when we were tow vehicle shopping, as it is a bit of a minefield!! http://www.cuddles.abelgratis.net/kerbweights.htm

For tow weight you need the gross weight of your trailer, not the unladen weight plus what you actually put in it. As a rough guess I imagine you would be looking at around 2000kg? So the Skoda yeti might just scrape it if you get the 2l 4x4 model as it has a 2t payload. As the blurb says, this isn't legally binding, but is a safety guidence, that said - if you were to have an accident and exceeded the weight then you could be found to be negligent.
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B+E licence -
The towing capacity for your vehicle must not be exceeded - that is the actual weight of the load+trailer added together
The max MAM of the trailer must not exceed 3.5 tonnes

Basically thats it
There is a MYTH going around that the MAM of the trailer must not exceed the towing capacity or the unladen weight of the vehicle but it is just that - A MYTH for towing on a B+E
 
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