Tow Vehicles . . . in the Alps
Traveling in Germany, Switzerland and Austria - seeing configurations like this a lot: This is a horrible picture, partly because we're traveling 80+ mph while passing this rig, and I didn't ...
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As a dual us uk citizen who moved to the us I can give some more information.
Travel nuts I quite correct. Although it has been more than 12 years since I last stayed in a caravan.
The law in the UK and I presume the EU as well is a caravan can not weigh more than the tow vehicle. That is the tow rating in the uk. Now that is different for semi trucks which can weigh up to 97000 pounds (44 metric tons UK only)
A lot of cars in Europe are diesels, and there are some bigger models have 2 axels.
The are weight police on caravanning forums according to my mate who had a caravan. I have seen 2 us every trailers in the uk both times after I moved here. The first was a us truck and 5er which I presume was a us service personnel vehicle. The second was a travel trailer pulled by a tractor trailer and I presume was a tv or film production trailer as they us American rv's for them as they have better facilities.
Travel nuts I quite correct. Although it has been more than 12 years since I last stayed in a caravan.
The law in the UK and I presume the EU as well is a caravan can not weigh more than the tow vehicle. That is the tow rating in the uk. Now that is different for semi trucks which can weigh up to 97000 pounds (44 metric tons UK only)
A lot of cars in Europe are diesels, and there are some bigger models have 2 axels.
The are weight police on caravanning forums according to my mate who had a caravan. I have seen 2 us every trailers in the uk both times after I moved here. The first was a us truck and 5er which I presume was a us service personnel vehicle. The second was a travel trailer pulled by a tractor trailer and I presume was a tv or film production trailer as they us American rv's for them as they have better facilities.
