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  1. Justme
    KERB WEIGHT...... DO NOT USE KERB WIGHT MAM only
  2. Justme
    correct
  3. Justme
    you cant alter / adapt a type approved device. its approval will specify what can be added. adding bike carriers has be approved up to I think 1/2" to poss 1" thick of adapter plates is the standard used. ps its not the m16 bolts that are the issue. Its the bar to car bolts.
  4. Justme
    Which 3500kg ruling & which test did you pass?
  5. Justme
    I am on too that lol. Its much better than it was but its written by the lowest paid contractor in most cases.
  6. Justme
    Whilst I am partially with you. This is what I do for a living. I know & understand the regs. I have had to correct info on the Gov website so many times its crazy, put the police right quite a lot too. Even DVSA get it wrong / dont know all the regs.
  7. Justme
    Yeh & learn so much that way. Top tip buy a saw & keep cutting. It will fall in the end.
  8. Justme
    Your not exempt. You were give a BE licence. Your CE does not apply to cat B vehicles as they dont weight enough. The C part does not start till the vehicle is over 3500kg. So you still have to comply with BE rules.
  9. Justme
    750kg. As you disco will have a MAM over 2750kg
  10. Justme
    This is an often misquoted bit of the guidance. The 8250kg is for the C1E 107 restricted licence. The pre 97 BE actually has NO LIMIT on trailer plate weight. However lots of other regs will apply like active brakes over 3500kg etc etc.
  11. Justme
    Old Mondeo about 2000kg MAM so a trailer plated to 1500kg.
  12. Justme
    First problem is your Discovery is not 2.5 tonnes. What is it legal maximum? Top number on weight plate or section F1 on the V5c?
  13. Justme
    Pps brakes are not part of the conditions of towing with a B licence. So thats two errors in your reading of the gov site already
  14. Justme
    Thats OK if you understand what it says. I get loads that have done just that but then misunderstand & drive an illegal combination. PS you can possibly tow MORE than 750kg Poss even more than double that amount with the right vehicle.
  15. Justme
    Do not use a drop plate to raise the height. Its illegal & dangerous. To those that say the forces are the same, you are wrong. The issue is not the plates integrity. If you cant see the forces are applied differently then you should not be giving advice. When dropping the force on the towbar is UP to the chassis. When raising the height it is to pull the towbar away from the chassis. The bolts create friction between bar & chassis. stretching the bolts reduces this friction. Bars are heavily tested & only approved alterations (inc fitment & attachments) can be made to them. Not even all bars can have a drop plate fitted. I ask you this question. When using a felling lever do you lift or lower the bar to create the forces you require? Does it matter?
  16. Justme
    The triple will be slower to react when reversing but hard to physically move.
  17. Justme
    Old post reply so removed
  18. Justme
    If taking this option alterations to the main body/chassis/brakes/lights etc will bring you back into scope of the IVA. Also as you still need to comply with the full IVA regs anyway to comply with C&U regs why side step an independent check on your safety?
  19. Justme
    Thinking of upgrading or changing your trailer or vehicle? If your not sure if your combination is legal on a cat B licence then use this handy guide. https://www.facebook.com/TrailerTrainingCymru/posts/2177495702510724
  20. Justme
    read the IVA testers manual.
  21. Justme
    They know its not due to the combined axle weights. Yes sadly lots that should know actually don't. Especially the exemptions.
  22. Justme
    Check this out. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fifth-Wheel-Mini-Artic-Gooseneck-Trailer-6m-Bed-Up-to-5300KG-Gross-Weight-on-B-E/112870394526?epid=2083339350&hash=item1a47998a9e:g:8jEAAOSwcUBYOMKd:rk:1:pf:0
  23. Justme
    How did they weigh your nose weight? If not at the exact height you car ball sat at the real weight was wrong. Nose weight within limits yes. Measured nose weight in a stop? Not unless it looks crazy overloaded in its own right. Normally by the rear vehicle axle limit being over loaded. total weight is just that TOTAL. Its a fact that nose weight is an applied load & part of the towing vehicles weight not the trailer weight.
  24. Justme
    They do. Its how artic's work. Its called an applied load. About 1/3rd of the weight in the artic trailer is actually applied to the vehicle. Also the same for mini artic in C1E class & mini artic / goose neck trailers in class BE. You can have a goosneck / 5th wheel set up on a pick up & the payload on the pick up is used for the applied load / nose weight. So the trailer disconnected might be as much as 5000kg. Yet its plated to 3500kg as 1500kg is applied to the pick up. If stopped you get weighed "as is". Once coupled up you are now one vehicle. The total weight & all axle weight limits will be checked.
  25. Justme
    Lol its slightly off putting when the makers dont actually know how trailer weights work. Plated at 3500kg MLPM Unladen 580kg Does not leave a payload of 2920kg As you correctly spotted the nose weight becomes part of the vehicles weight so the trailer could be loaded to say 3600kg with a 100kg nose weight. Giving a real pay load of 3020kg.

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