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You can bet your ass that if it's certified to pull a certain weight in Europe, all these things have been taken into account.
Easy Google search shows this car should not be pulling a travel trailer.
Motorcycle trailer, sure. But basically best case scenario this trailer is at it's tow capacity, which does not give much wiggle room for failure.
But most likely it's quite past the tow capacity. It's tow capacity is 2000kg/4400lbs. A travel trailer's dry weight is already close to that. If it was a pop up camper that'd be one thing, but this is a full dead ass travel trailer. It's probably around 5000lbs, and who knows what's stuffed in the back. This is a safety issue.
Quick edit: this is not to say you need to own an F150 for the one time a year you do this, but maybe rental?
It's also possible to have cars modified to increase towing capacity. I'm not saying this particular car has had that done. But you do see a lot of Dutch towing trailers in Germany. I've never heard of anything bad happening, other than them clogging the fucking motorways with their slow ass jalopies.
Idk someone else in this thread said that it's kinda a rule in the EU not to buy a used Dutch car with a trailer hitch
What’s the test? Any videos and documentations of these tests?
We, having a regulatory body that defines itself trough regulations, of course have a regulation for that. Furthermore, we define how and when it’s applicable and so forth
Thank you! This is more or less what I’m looking for. It’s in German and my German is rusty at best, but I’m glad they’re more specific. Since both are in German is this specific to Germany or EU as a whole? I was digging through the UKs rules which referenced some EU regulations. It sounds like somewhere around the late 90s trailer brakes became mandated per wheel. Which is obviously vastly different from here in the states where it’s kind of an “ehhhhh, good luck.” But at the same token it had me curious if the test is in the same consistent area with consistent factors at play. The SAE here in the states has created a new standard for the US, but it also isn’t used by the manufacturers which plays a big part in our usage of trailers and how we tow and haul here.
It's EU, so it's available in every language.
Also, am not from EU, but my country is in process of accession. Our laws are already being aligned with EU. I think traffic laws are already there. Many other countries just copy these laws since they consider them good.
Ahh, missed that part! I thought it was under the “download document” when you would tap it. I saw the language option but my brain just kind of mixed the two together. Thank you!
You are welcome.