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Please could you tell me the total weight of these for towing please?
I have a 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado 3.2 d4d Automatic (the smaller Landcruiser - Shogun size)
I have Ifor-Williams hunter 505 trailer (partitions will be removed)
my partner has just bought a new mare (not pregnant) at 17hh
I am legally allowed to drive and tow if the total wright including horse, car, trailer people and fuel is less than 3500kgs
there is a fine for every kilo over the 3500kgs and possible points on my licence if badly overloaded.
the challenge I face is, I am at work currently and wont have time to find out the average weight of a 17hh , the kirb wright of car and trailer until I get home - but she wants to leave a deposit right now
please help if you can
thank you
Hi R-99 thank you for your answer - I will click best answer when I can - I work in the motortrade so I really don't want any points for due car or dangerous so I need to keep under the 3500kgs - it wont work with my Toyoya as (it is a 3.0 d4d)
My boss saw how stressed I was getting so he let me find out the followinginformation
2060kg toyota kirb wight
905kg for trailer
185kg humans
100kg fuel
600kg horse and hay net
= 3850kg = fine and possible points
however I work for Honda and could take a 2007 Cr-v 2.2 icdti man (it can tow 200kgs with Honda trailer stability assist as standard)
So
1713kg Honda Cr-v
905kg for trailer
185kg humans
80kg fuel
600kg horse and hay net
= 3483kgs
So ill take the cr-v instead
1 Answer
- R 99Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
Closest figures I can find for your vehicle are for the 3.0 litre, but, as expected it can pull a tow weight of 3 tonnes, which is plenty, but the vehicle itself weighs 2.4 tonnes.
Your Ifor Williams trailer weighs about a tonne, and I would estimate your mare will probably be about 700kg.
The DVLA keep pi**ing about with the towing limits, licences, etc and it's very annoying, as it is now so difficult to get a definitive answer. I think, as long as you are not doing it commercially, you are allowed to tow a trailer as long as it is within the towing limit of your car (and yours certainly is), so I don't think the 3.5 tonne overall weight limit applies. I hope not, as this means anyone with an occupied horse-trailer would be breaking the law, as your overall weight will be well over 3.5 tonne.
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