Towing a trailer...

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Richie

Reversing it is another matter

Piece of cake

[Richie]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Piece of cake

Twin pivot...! Then I you mate...

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Messie

Aye I agree with Stretchie. Towing anything forwards is simple.

It's reversing that's the problem. There should be a separate test for reversing a trailer round corners - or maybe not; I'd fail

There are those that can and those that can't and never will

I'm one of those clever dicks who can. I have to reverse our trailer for my colleague who can't

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

going by a new ish corsa its gross 1565kg

trailer that i have found is Gross Weight: 600 kg

Well, I'm no Carole Vorderman but I'd say this falls well within the category that you'd be able to drive/tow.

Don't forget the MAM of the trailer is 600kg, so now you need to know how heavy the trailer itself is, subtract that from the 600kg and see how much in weight you can put on it. Enough for a bike, beers and some tools hopefully.

Sod it, just buy a Land Rover, get a trailer with a MAM of 1250kg (these figure are subject to me making them up but they sound ABOUT right to me) and if you can't tow it, chuck it in the back and drive over something

; )

Originally Posted by Richie

you can get a bike trailer that one person can pick up off the ground... So any car will be fine (unless your bike is HUGE.)
if your going to tow a bike on a trailer then anything bigger than a puggy 205 will be fine.

ref puggy 205.... AR 2007... the pug of lov towing my bike over a few hills heated the brakes till I got a tad of brake fade.
But I was driving like a male chicken at the time.

That was a cool car, until you killed it

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Richie

Twin pivot...! Then I you mate...

Twin axle jobbie, has a life of its own reversing it.

Originally Posted by _Stretchie_

Well, I'm no Carole Vorderman but I'd say this falls well within the category that you'd be able to drive/tow.

Don't forget the MAM of the trailer is 600kg, so now you need to know how heavy the trailer itself is, subtract that from the 600kg and see how much in weight you can put on it. Enough for a bike, beers and some tools hopefully.

Sod it, just buy a Land Rover, get a trailer with a MAM of 1250kg (these figure are subject to me making them up but they sound ABOUT right to me) and if you can't tow it, chuck it in the back and drive over something

; )

Im 18.... lol i doubt i would have a chance with insurance

[Richie]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Twin axle jobbie, has a life of its own reversing it.

I can concur.... Yes they bloody well do.

You need to have a "BE" cataegory on your licence if want to tow a trailer anything above the grand weight of 750kg. You've to sit the test using a suitable vehicle and heavy trailer (1 ton) at the HGV test centres, and the test costs £72 Money grabbing government.....

You can legally tow a sports bike on a single axle unbraked bike trailer on your "B" licence as long as the total weight of the trailer is under 750kg.
I used to tow a 125 Yamaha dirt bike on a single axle trailer with my old Peugeot 205 1.4 petrol, and it pulled it no problems at 70mph. The wee car didn't even know it was pulling, the bike and trailer was that light...

But I killed the car one day by pulling an ifor williams 10x6 double axle flatbed belonging to my neighbour. I didn't know it weighed 850kg empty...
Sorry brakes and clutch..... the fuel consumption was crazy nuts...

Just remember that when reversing with a trailer, left = right, and right = left.

Originally Posted by maviczap

There are those that can and those that can't and never will

I'm one of those clever dicks who can. I have to reverse our trailer for my colleague who can't

Lets see you reverse a 45foot long triaxle curtainsider trailer hitched to a truck, blind reversing (using the passenger side mirror only....) round 4 corners on a tight industrial estate 'cos the stupid council was digging up the road, and didn't bother to tell anybody or put up signs, until you approach them playing silly buggers with a JCB... Me and several other HGV drivers had to do it the day, and were not happy.... As the road is also lined with people abandoning their cars on the corners too.....

[Richie]

Originally Posted by maviczap

There are those that can and those that can't and never will

I'm one of those clever dicks who can. I have to reverse our trailer for my colleague who can't

Originally Posted by jimmy4237

Lets see you reverse a 45foot long triaxle curtainsider trailer hitched to a truck, blind reversing (using the passenger side mirror only....) round 4 corners on a tight industrial estate 'cos the stupid council was digging up the road, and didn't bother to tell anybody or put up signs, until you approach them playing silly buggers with a JCB... Me and several other HGV drivers had to do it the day, and were not happy.... As the road is also lined with people abandoning their cars on the corners too.....

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