Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Regulations 2014
Sch 4Trailer towing limits
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Schedule 4 — Trailer towing limits
[r. 5 and 13]
- Limits for motor vehicle of class C or LR
(1) A motor vehicle of class C or LR may be used to tow one trailer that complies with this clause and no other trailer.
(2) A trailer complies with this clause if and only if a mass requirement, as defined in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 section 3(1), that applies under that Act to the trailer or its load or to the trailer and its load is being complied with.
- Limits for motor vehicle of class MR
A motor vehicle of class MR may be used to tow one trailer that has a GVM of 9 t or less, and no other trailer.
- Limits for motor vehicle of class HR
A motor vehicle of class HR may be used to tow one trailer that has a GVM of 9 t or less, and no other trailer.
- Limits for motor vehicle of class HC
(1) A motor vehicle of class HC may be used to tow one, but no more than one, trailer in addition to the trailer or semi‑trailer because of which it is classified as of class HC if the additional trailer —
(a) has a GVM of 9 t or less; or
(b) is an unladen converter dolly as defined in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 regulation 3; or
(c) is an unladen low loader dolly.
(2) In subclause (1)(c) —
low loader dolly means a mass distributing device that —
(a) is usually coupled between a prime mover and a low loader (a gooseneck semi‑trailer with a loading deck no more than 1 m above the ground); and
(b) consists of a gooseneck rigid frame; and
(c) does not directly carry any load on itself; and
(d) is equipped with one or more axles, a kingpin and a fifth wheel coupling as that term is defined in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 regulation 3.