Just when I begin to think I am within sight of understanding this stuff, along comes a new explanation and I realise I know nothing.
I thought it had been drummed into us that the actual load on a trailer was irrelevant, it is the gross weight that counts? eg you can't pull a trailer even if it is empty if it is rated to carry more than the car's stated towing weight?
For that reason people with large trailers who only need to carry lighter loads get the trailer de-rated to keep it legal?
Then along come Ivor Williams saying there is no legal requirement to de-rate, and that the important trailer figure is unladen weight plus actual load.
I'm even more confused now.
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