How To Work Out Towing Capacity of Car (VIN Plate Explained)
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
- Revealed! How to work out the towing capacity of a car in the United Kingdom. This video explains:
• how to find the car’s VIN plate
• gross vehicle weight
• gross train weight
• kerb weight of a car
• maximum load calculation, e.g. 1,500 kg
• 85% rule for towing with a car.
Get the know-how for towing a caravan, trailer, or boat. Find out how to work out a car’s towing capacity with CarSpyTV.
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Video for entertainment purposes only (not advice)
Good solid information. Thanks.
You're welcome.
I'll be checking my Mondeo now... Thanks Stephen. Really helpful
You're welcome.
Very interesting, I need to look up my figures now. Cheers
Thanks Matt. Glad you found the video interesting. Hope your car's behaving itself.
Very well explained & something I have more knowledge about now. Thank you.
Glad the video helped, Anne.
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Brilliant video again, the transit will pull England out of trouble 😂😂😂😂
That's why it's 'the backbone of Britain'. Enjoy your week, Ian.
@@CarSpyTV thanks have a good week yourself mate
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Best video to date! 👍
Thank you, Paul. Glad it's helpful and hope you're well.
Very Interesting.
Thanks Bob.
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Very interesting and well explained, as always.
Do please check trailer combined with green-machine weight, just to be ready for the great day of removal. 😁
Removal? Oh! You mean, when the National Motor Museum collects it then puts it on display in pride of place. Gotcha!
Yes they already have its sign planned - "Where it all started to go badly wrong". 😁
Do you have to have a tow hitch to tow a trailer?
Yep!
@@CarSpyTV Stop gate keeping. No you don't, you can have a friend to hold the trailer.
For anyone not getting it, this is a joke.
Thought you were gonna suggest blu tack!
@@CarSpyTV Blu tack, is a bad idea, you will never be able to remove the trailer
the gross vehicle weight is a variable then, depending on how many passengers are in the car. if theres only the driver in a 5 seat car then presumably the amount you can tow (gross train weight - gross vehicle weight) goes up accordingly. or am i missing something?
Hi there. As you suggest, the car’s actual weight at a specific moment varies depending how many people are aboard, etc.
However, the gross vehicle weight is a fixed figure that doesn’t change. It’s the maximum the car can safely weigh.
For towing calculation purposes, it’s assumed the car’s at its heaviest, i.e. gross train weight minus gross vehicle.
I@@CarSpyTVI have a vauxhall astra van 1.7cdti and it says I can carry 650kg in the back plus tow 1100kg. No way on this earth would it pull it. The arse end is sat low with 650kg in the back never mind towing 1100kg 😂