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Mark0 wrote:Lesson booked for the morning. Said me having a bulk head is no issue as long as the examiner has other mirrors to check the trailer whilst being towed. Booked 2 hrs in so see what happens!
Mark0 wrote:Swb ex rac 330 and i want to tow a caravan. If im reading everything correctly on the dvla site my mam weight is 3300kgs leaving me 200kgs for towing a caravan?
Im thinking reduce the mam weight to about 1900kgs leaving at least 1500kg for a fully laden caravan and 100kg for afor mentioned white lightning and some stella for some up market snake bite. Mrs is pretty skinny thankfully although her thirst for wine may reduce my stella count...
Not sure how much i can reduce the mam weight of the van by to allow me to tow though.... bloody eu rules
martynx wrote:Running 18's as well, I had the tyre load rating challenge at a local class 7 MOT test centre & wanted softer suspension anyway so decided to downrate /reclass it as a class 4 of approx T260SWB spec...VOSA weren't interested in helping as it was under 3500GVW, DVLA were, so I wrote stating that i had fitted 260 SWB spec suspension & provided a pic of new VIN / weights passenger B post label that i had made reflecting figures of what a mine as T260 SWB would be .( easily souced from vin-tags.com or similar )
V5 came back with new GVW no problem. At next MOT i told the tester what i had done, showed him the V5 & weight plate & he very easily changed the classification from 7 to 4, then tested it as a class 4. Job done.Tyres now of course well within ratings for each axle. It was all a way to avoid the fee that SVtech charge.I did change my springs etc but If you were to do something similar , leaving the suspension stock, declared it as say a T300 you would be well on the legal side of all the stated weight limits on your new weight plate as long keep the GVW under 3000kg's etc. Your tyre load ratings would be fine also, from what i recall, as a T300..
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