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IAN HEWLETT investigates some of the ways to check your car and caravan (or trailer) are not overweight


Weighty matters

By IAN HEWLETT
Posted on 12 April 2017

Knowing what your caravan or leisure trailer actually weighs is important so you can be sure you’re driving within the limits of your driving licence, tow vehicle and the unit itself. The brakes, axle, suspension, tyres and tyre pressures assume a certain maximum weight and if this is exceeded they could fail prematurely.

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