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[CityEPete]

You can have a trailer downgraded on it's tag to bring it inline with the vehicle you want to use for towing but you would still need a trailer test pass. The horsey girls do it around here so they can tow horse boxes with smaller cars where they only have a small pony in the horse box, the only thing is the trailer can only legally carry the tagged weight even though mechanically it's identically to one with a 3500kg tag.

[CityEPete]

http://www.towinghor...weights_law.htm

A link before someone says I'm talking crap again

Ignor the fact it's about horses, our little minis create the same situation. They call it downplating.

[Jordie]

Downplating is common in the commercial automotive sector. Trucks and vans can be down plated also.

[nicklouse]

Also often done to get campers into the LEZ.

REMEMBER the weights stated on the DVLA pages are not the actual weights.

[CityEPete]

Bit of a mess aint it!? I've got a mate with a T5 that has got his good vehicle speed restriction removed, couple of photos and a covering letter was all it took.

[spaceframemini]

The easiest way is to do your test.
I towed mine a couple of times before I did my test it's not worth the risk my van is a t30 so all I could toe was a light trailer

it took me 2 hour lessons then another hour and a half for my test.

[fiestaharry]

does it tow well? enough power?

[nicklouse]

it should manage easily I use my 2.4d T4 with no issues.

[surfblue]

The easiest way is to do your test.
I towed mine a couple of times before I did my test it's not worth the risk my van is a t30 so all I could toe was a light trailer

it took me 2 hour lessons then another hour and a half for my test.

That's a neat little trailer, suits a Mini perfectly!

One of the few benefits of being 40+ is having passed my test in 1991 theres none of this nonsense about towing weights. I towed a twin axle caravan when I was still 17 just after passing my test.

[minifreek1]

I used to tow for a living in my job.... I would be towing anything from an unloaded plant trailer to a plant trailer with a 1.5tonne digger on it...

 

I was trained to understand that because of my licence being in the E class I can tow anything as long as the total train weight doesn't exceed 3500Kg....

 

I am led to believe that the new licences now cannot tow anything over 750Kg....

 

I tow a 1.4tonne single axle 6 berth caravan with my Vauxhall Omega V6... I passed my test when I was 19, am now 45 so have grandad rights on my licence :)

 

I used to tow a 1.4 tonne 4 berth Lunar twin axle caravan with the same car.... total train weight would be just on the legal limit for towing...

 

I even used my Omega to bring my Mini home on a trailer....

 

I dont worry about towing anything, Im quite good at it to be honest and can reverse down a street and round a corner without a problem too :)

[nicklouse]

Rebuilt car and trailer now.

[spaceframemini]

does it tow well? enough power?

you can't tell its on the back and mines only 80hp van