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Post by seanroberts037 Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:31 am

Morning All,

We are having a tow bar fitted to our Auto-Sleeper Boadway in a couple of weeks & will be towing my wifes peugeot 107, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what is the speed limits for towing, motorways/A & b roads? We bought the van as new weighing 3500 & have had it uplated to 3700.

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Post by PLOUGHLIN Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:13 am

50 on Single carriageways, 60 on dual or motorways, unless lower limit is indicated. Not allowed in outer lane in 3 or more lane roads.

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Post by Gromit Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:35 am

Hi Sean

What Peter said, plus from my experience you may as well set the cruise control and stick with the lorries. Far less hassle and angst, and you get there just the same.
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Post by seanroberts037 Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:45 pm

Thanks for the info guy's, much appreciated

1st trip with towing the car, Loch Ness shores camp site :-) may do a practice journey before that :-)
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Post by RoyatPB Sun Jul 09, 2017 7:36 pm

We are considering towing a small car with our Broadway via an A frame.
The reference to the original weight of 3500 being updated to 3700 - being a bit of a learner still what does this mean/involve? confused3
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Post by RML Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:46 pm

Don't forget you are towing before you try reversing, you could hang a notice somewhere to remind you until you get used to driving with it behind.
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Post by Kingham Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:15 am

RoyatPB wrote:We are considering towing a small car with our Broadway via an A frame.
The reference to the original weight of 3500 being updated to 3700 - being a bit of a learner still what does this mean/involve? confused3
If you need extra payload and your van already has the capacity, it's a paper exercise where you pay an engineering firm (SV Tech or JRC) to provide you with certification and a new vehicle weight plate. You send the proof off to DVLA and they issue a new V5 with the higher weights on.

Some vans may need suspension and wheel upgrades to gain the higher weights.

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