General What can I tow?

[TinCanMan]

Hello, Can anyone help? I have a '96 Ducato 10 SWB 1.9td and need to find out the maximum weight that I can tow. I would like to tow a mini digger but the combined weight of the digger (say 1.5 tonne) and appropriate trailer would probably be greater than the vehicles CSW.

 

[5461todd]

look at your chassis plate under the bonnet. i have a 2004 ducato 11, similar van which can only tow 1600kgs incl trailer and load. i found that my 1 tonne preserved vintage dumper and 600kg trailer was just under the towing weight, only if i emptied the vehicle. You do notice it behind you though.

 

[TinCanMan]

Thanks for that, forgot about checking the plate!!!! I was under the impression that it was about 1400kgs but hoped I'd got it wrong.

 

[Hellcat]

We got some sort of underground construction vehicle appreciation society going on here?

If so where do I join?

 

[kitesurfer8]

Hi !!

Im currently looking to buy a 1998 SWB MoterHome with the 2.5 engine.

Does anyone know how much power this unit produces ?

Im looking to tow approx 1400kg trailer/boat.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thankss !

 

[MYTHING]

All commercial vehicles should (they dont allways) have a plate stating a combination of the following:-

Unladen weight (UW)......EMPTY VAN
Cappacity.....WHAT THE VAN CAN CARRY
Laden weight or gross weight......LOADED VAN
Gross train weight or Gross vehicle mass (GTW or GVW)...LOADED VAN AND LOADED TRAILER ALLOWED.

Take the GTW/GVM and deduct the laden weight (or unladen and carrying cappacity) what is left is what you can tow.

If you are allowed to tow 2200KG then it is legal to tow a 2500KG gross trailer so long as you only load it to a gross weight of 2200KG.

It is not legal to move cappacity from the van to the trailer to increase the towing cappability, so running an empty van does not make it possible to tow a heavier trailer.

If you are using the van commercialy you would need to run a tachograph over 3500KG.

The method of working out what a car (M1 class vehicle) can tow is different, that works on the kerbweight of the vehicle in a ready to drive condition, althoiugh a lot of "official" sites will recommend 80% of the kerbweight unless you are experienced, but this is not a legal cappacity.

Regards

MYTHING