Trailers and marine · TM-04

Towing Weights and Limits Record

A free printable towing weights record — kerbweight, plated weights, train weight, noseweight and licence entitlement, written down in one place.

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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Get your own towing figures out of four different documents and onto one sheet, with a line for every time the outfit is actually weighed.

Who it is for

Anyone who tows — caravans, horseboxes, plant and boat trailers — and anyone working out whether a new trailer suits the car they already have.

How to use it

Copy each figure from its own source: the registration document, the vehicle plate and the trailer plate.
Write down where each figure came from, so it can be checked again later.
Confirm your licence entitlement with your own licensing authority and date the line.
Weigh the loaded outfit at a weighbridge and record what it actually came to.

What is on the sheet

2 pages, in this order:

Page 1

Printed under the title: A fill-in-once record of the weights and limits that apply to your own vehicle, trailer and licence, so the numbers are written down instead of half-remembered on a weighbridge.

Every figure here is yours, not ours. Nothing on this sheet sets a limit. Towing limits come from your vehicle manufacturer and the plates on the vehicle and trailer; what you are entitled to tow comes from your licence, and licence categories differ by country and by when you passed your test. Copy every figure from your own registration document, the plates themselves, and the licensing authority where you live — and check it again if any of those change.

Towing vehicle

Write-on lines: Make & model · Registration · Year · Kerbweight / mass in service · Gross vehicle weight · Source of figures · Max braked trailer · Max unbraked · Max train weight · Max noseweight

Trailer

Write-on lines: Make & model · Chassis / ID no. · Year · Plated MAM · Unladen weight · Axles · Braked? · Coupling rating · Max axle load · Tyre size & load index · Noseweight limit

Licence and entitlement — check this against your own authority, and date it

Write-on lines: Driver · Licence categories held · Date test passed · Entitlement confirmed on · Checked against — authority or document

Page 2

Weighed, loaded and checked

Table, 21 rows: Date · Weighed where · Vehicle kg · Trailer kg · Train kg · Nose kg · Within limits · Notes

Questions

Can I tow this trailer on my licence?

That depends on where you passed your test, when you passed it, and what the vehicle and trailer weigh — and the categories themselves differ between countries and change over time. The sheet has a line for the entitlement you hold and the date you checked it against your own licensing authority, because that is the only answer worth relying on.

Why weigh it if the plated weights are written down?

Because plated weights are limits, not what you are carrying. Loaded weight and noseweight are what you actually have to keep inside those limits, and both change with how the trailer is packed. A weighbridge ticket turns an assumption into a number.

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