Towing A Lambo On A Trailer In France - *Advice*
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Hi All ✌
Looking for some friendly advice from a continental PH'er or someone with good knowledge of road law in France.
This summer I'm heading to the South of France for a long overdue holiday followed by a slow journey up to Lake Como to attend a wedding, heading back to the UK after the wedding.
The original plan was to drive my Huracan Performante from my home in the North of England to the SOF however, the thought of 1000 miles there and 1000 miles back in carbon bucket seats does not errrr, how to say.... "remplis moi de joie."
SO. After considering having the car hauled there and back via road freight for a fee of roughly £6000 which would not be my preference, I would like to know if it's possible to tow a trailer carrying my Lamborghini?
My research leads me to believe that subject to the total laden weight of the two cars and the trailer not exceeding 3500KG i can legally do this on a standard license, is anyone able to confirm this for me?
I anticipate that the total weight would marginally surpass the 3500KG limit, maybe hitting 3800KG. Acknowledging that i am breaking the law, am i lightly to have any serious issues with the Gendarmerie?
Thanks In Advance 👍
Looking for some friendly advice from a continental PH'er or someone with good knowledge of road law in France.
This summer I'm heading to the South of France for a long overdue holiday followed by a slow journey up to Lake Como to attend a wedding, heading back to the UK after the wedding.
The original plan was to drive my Huracan Performante from my home in the North of England to the SOF however, the thought of 1000 miles there and 1000 miles back in carbon bucket seats does not errrr, how to say.... "remplis moi de joie."
SO. After considering having the car hauled there and back via road freight for a fee of roughly £6000 which would not be my preference, I would like to know if it's possible to tow a trailer carrying my Lamborghini?
My research leads me to believe that subject to the total laden weight of the two cars and the trailer not exceeding 3500KG i can legally do this on a standard license, is anyone able to confirm this for me?
I anticipate that the total weight would marginally surpass the 3500KG limit, maybe hitting 3800KG. Acknowledging that i am breaking the law, am i lightly to have any serious issues with the Gendarmerie?
Thanks In Advance 👍
I think you need to sit yourself down in a corner and have a long hard chat with yourself. You have Lambo and the opportunity of a European roadtrip and you think the answer is towing the Lambo ???
Seriously my mate has driven his Caterham all over Europe. Others drivebold cars from the 60s and 70s
Take the Lambo
Seriously my mate has driven his Caterham all over Europe. Others drivebold cars from the 60s and 70s
Take the Lambo
H4HOW said:
If i could take 3 or 4 days getting down there i would but i leave Northern England on the Friday and need to be in SOF by Sunday morning 10am latest, all motorway miles so would be wasted on a Lambo!
Read Motoring My Way by Stanley Sedgwick for inspiration especially the section were he takes a RR Corniche to the South of France and back for the day.H4HOW
Interesting conundrum but you maybe over complicating it.
Calais to say St Tropez is easily a 10-11 hour drive from Calais. You could so that on a Saturday.
The French autoroutes are in general a breeze to drive, nothing like the UK.. and they collect huge amounts of data on them so you can almost predict by the day how long this will take.
There is also a very well trodden path of Brits sending their cars down to be with their yachts & villas and back again.. £6k is ridiculous..Put the job in Shiply or uship and transporters will compete for the job. I have done this plenty of times... easy secure and well insured.
Interesting conundrum but you maybe over complicating it.
Calais to say St Tropez is easily a 10-11 hour drive from Calais. You could so that on a Saturday.
The French autoroutes are in general a breeze to drive, nothing like the UK.. and they collect huge amounts of data on them so you can almost predict by the day how long this will take.
There is also a very well trodden path of Brits sending their cars down to be with their yachts & villas and back again.. £6k is ridiculous..Put the job in Shiply or uship and transporters will compete for the job. I have done this plenty of times... easy secure and well insured.
Oilchange said:
"total laden weight of the two cars and the trailer not exceeding 3500KG i can legally do this on a standard license"
What is this please?
If you take a Land Rover Discovery, you can tow behind it 3500kg.
So Disco plus 3.5 tonnes.
You can't exceed 3.5t on a standard licence, unless your trailer is less than 750kg then you can go up to 4250kg total. Beyond that you need to pass the trailer test.What is this please?
If you take a Land Rover Discovery, you can tow behind it 3500kg.
So Disco plus 3.5 tonnes.
Alex@POD said:
You can't exceed 3.5t on a standard licence, unless your trailer is less than 750kg then you can go up to 4250kg total. Beyond that you need to pass the trailer test.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-rules-for-towing-a...UK the rules have all changed. No idea about the rules for France though.
jfdi said:
Alex@POD said:
You can't exceed 3.5t on a standard licence, unless your trailer is less than 750kg then you can go up to 4250kg total. Beyond that you need to pass the trailer test.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-rules-for-towing-a...UK the rules have all changed. No idea about the rules for France though.
Still doesn't make it a good idea in this case though
Alex@POD said:
jfdi said:
Alex@POD said:
You can't exceed 3.5t on a standard licence, unless your trailer is less than 750kg then you can go up to 4250kg total. Beyond that you need to pass the trailer test.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-rules-for-towing-a...UK the rules have all changed. No idea about the rules for France though.
Still doesn't make it a good idea in this case though
Alex@POD said:
Oilchange said:
"total laden weight of the two cars and the trailer not exceeding 3500KG i can legally do this on a standard license"
What is this please?
If you take a Land Rover Discovery, you can tow behind it 3500kg.
So Disco plus 3.5 tonnes.
You can't exceed 3.5t on a standard licence, unless your trailer is less than 750kg then you can go up to 4250kg total. Beyond that you need to pass the trailer test.What is this please?
If you take a Land Rover Discovery, you can tow behind it 3500kg.
So Disco plus 3.5 tonnes.
Anyone can tow 3.5t assuming their car is rated to tow as much.
Do not use shiply for this type of job seriously!
It's a return load site, the absolute bottom feeders of the industry, cowboys aplenty & usually inadequate insurance, or to CMR prices, does an £8k a tonne payout so say a £14k payout help much for a written off £200k lamborghini?
Call proper transport companies! Sure £6k is a tad ridiculous expensive, so no idea why you got quotes for that much.
I was on a SOF collection last wk, enclosed transporter & a £2 million value car & it wasn't close to a 6k bill!
It's a return load site, the absolute bottom feeders of the industry, cowboys aplenty & usually inadequate insurance, or to CMR prices, does an £8k a tonne payout so say a £14k payout help much for a written off £200k lamborghini?
Call proper transport companies! Sure £6k is a tad ridiculous expensive, so no idea why you got quotes for that much.
I was on a SOF collection last wk, enclosed transporter & a £2 million value car & it wasn't close to a 6k bill!
ChocolateFrog said:
I thought B+E rules had gone now.
Anyone can tow 3.5t assuming their car is rated to tow as much.
No, B+E still exists as a category otherwise you couldn't tow a trailer over 750kg behind your car. What has happened is that UK licences have defaulted to the pre 1994 rules where you were awarded a B+E category when you passed your cat B ( car ) testAnyone can tow 3.5t assuming their car is rated to tow as much.
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