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Originally Posted by Bungle
On new licences (post 97) drivers may only tow a trailer <750kg. DSA call this a small trailer. If you want to tow anything heavier, you must take a test to get a '+E' bit on your car licence.
Also, the maximum weight vehicle new drivers can drive is 3.5T. A new driver cannot tow a small trailer on this as the train weight will exceed 3.5T and it becomes an HGV.
Drivers who passed their test earlier do not have such restrictions, may tow any trailer their vehicle is able to tow, and can drive HGVs up to and including 7.5T.
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This is not quite true. The limitations on a new licence is that you can tow up to 3500Kg gross train weight provided that the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle. In reality, this means that only heavy vehicles, like 4x4's towing heavy trailers, need the "+E" bit on their licence.
Brian