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Old 26th January 2018, 17:16   #11
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Originally Posted by rrobson View Post
As stated though, those with little or no towing experience the caravan should weigh a max 85% of car but don't forget, driver + passenger + luggage will be in the region of 1700kg so a caravan upto 1445kg will be OK.
It is the unladen weight which is used for the calculation of the 85%.
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