14-11-2021, 11:08 AM
Hi folks,
I spend a lot of my time these days in France and have just acquired a trailer in the UK.
The trailer is an unbaked 750Kg Lider (bought in Blackburn and still cheaper than buying in France, where its actually made!)
Anyway....
1. Licencing
Everything I've read in France suggests that a trailer over 500Kg needs to be registered and have a Carte Gris or equivalent from the country it's travelled from.
The UK Govt website won't allow you to register a trailer of 750Kg or under and says clearly that it's unnecessary in France.
If it was going to be towed by a French car, I'd just register it in France, as I have a certificate of conformity, but as it's towed by a UK car, I can't put a French numberplate on only the trailer.... Any thoughts?
2. Capacity
Online independent info suggests my Berlingo has an unbraked towing capacity of 735Kg but the manual says it's 600Kg! In simple terms, does that mean that I'm committing a "sin" attaching a 750kg trailer, whether or not its loaded to 600kg?...... Any thoughts?
Before you wonder why I bought the 750Kg trailer, it was originally bought to be towed by our C5 Tourer, which is a 2.2l diesel with none of the limitations or vague capacities. It just pulls it!
As ever, opinions and advice are most welcome - thanks!
I spend a lot of my time these days in France and have just acquired a trailer in the UK.
The trailer is an unbaked 750Kg Lider (bought in Blackburn and still cheaper than buying in France, where its actually made!)
Anyway....
1. Licencing
Everything I've read in France suggests that a trailer over 500Kg needs to be registered and have a Carte Gris or equivalent from the country it's travelled from.
The UK Govt website won't allow you to register a trailer of 750Kg or under and says clearly that it's unnecessary in France.
If it was going to be towed by a French car, I'd just register it in France, as I have a certificate of conformity, but as it's towed by a UK car, I can't put a French numberplate on only the trailer.... Any thoughts?
2. Capacity
Online independent info suggests my Berlingo has an unbraked towing capacity of 735Kg but the manual says it's 600Kg! In simple terms, does that mean that I'm committing a "sin" attaching a 750kg trailer, whether or not its loaded to 600kg?...... Any thoughts?
Before you wonder why I bought the 750Kg trailer, it was originally bought to be towed by our C5 Tourer, which is a 2.2l diesel with none of the limitations or vague capacities. It just pulls it!
As ever, opinions and advice are most welcome - thanks!
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement…
2017 Berlingo Multispace Flair 120
2013 C5 Tourer 2.2HDi Excl
Previously:
2012 C5 Tourer 1.6HDi auto
2012 Berlingo Enterprise 1.6HDi Van
2009 C5 Tourer 2.0D
2001 C5 Tourer 2.0D
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue (really!)
2017 Berlingo Multispace Flair 120
2013 C5 Tourer 2.2HDi Excl
Previously:
2012 C5 Tourer 1.6HDi auto
2012 Berlingo Enterprise 1.6HDi Van
2009 C5 Tourer 2.0D
2001 C5 Tourer 2.0D
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue (really!)