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    Thanks - my trailer is 1600Kg and weighs 400Kg hence why I'm trying to get it under 1200Kg. My towing vehicle has an electric brake controller so if I had a bigger trailer with electric brakes, I'd use it, but I don't know anyone who does have one or even where one could be hired, so I'll go with my plan. The trailer would happily take a lot more, I'm just trying to do the right thing as the trip is quite a distance and not just local.
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    What sort of distance?
    When will you be travelling?
    I might know where there is a trailer that would suit.

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    Thanks Mick - this weekend. Was going to ask about yours but to be honest given that it will fit in an 8x5 with ease, I'm just grabbing a work trailer. Will be easier to tow over the distance planned.
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    The weight from the specs is with a full tank & spare wheel .

    My "Lightweight" with petrol engine , one half tank & one empty tank was 1580kg on the weigh bridge . Specs have it at 1510 kg with two full tanks . But the underneath has a thick bitumen coating . So not really a Lightweight . ( When converted to EV it came out at 1460 kg on same weigh bridge)

    So I had to convert my 680kg trailer to 4 wheel electric brakes and a breakaway system so I can legally tow it.

    If you have some 600-16 cross plies , they are significantly lighter than 750-16 and even more lighter than steel radials.

    Drain the tank, move the tools , spare wheel and battery into the tow car & carry a jerry can you might go close.

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    This site: SERIES I, II, IIA, III SPECIFICATION suggests c. 1225kg (2702lb) unladen. Shouldn't take much to shave that to under 1200kg.

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    Interesting - that's a different weight to the specs on another site I was looking at - I prefer this one. 😁
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    Quote Originally Posted by 67hardtop View Post
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    Well and truly Rod if that trailer is a 1990gvm.
    I have run our Perentie over the scales a few times, and with a full tank of juice, both jerry cans full, Jill, myself, and our two dogs on board, it weighs 2800 kg. So it would be around the 2500kg mark without passengers or fuel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    This site: SERIES I, II, IIA, III SPECIFICATION suggests c. 1225kg (2702lb) unladen. Shouldn't take much to shave that to under 1200kg.
    If Gav lets 30 pounds out of each tyre that will reduce the vehicles weight by 120 lb (54.5kg) and thus bring it down under 1200kg as is required.

    Cheers, Mick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mick88 View Post
    If Gav lets 30 pounds out of each tyre that will reduce the vehicles weight by 120 lb (54.5kg) and thus bring it down under 1200kg as is required.

    Cheers, Mick.
    fill the tyres with helium should do the trick .

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    Quote Originally Posted by mick88 View Post
    Well and truly Rod if that trailer is a 1990gvm.
    I have run our Perentie over the scales a few times, and with a full tank of juice, both jerry cans full, Jill, myself, and our two dogs on board, it weighs 2800 kg. So it would be around the 2500kg mark without passengers or fuel.

    Cheers, Mick.
    Yep it went over the scales at 2400kg. 2900kg with the no.5 on the back loadedSeries 1 weight - how much and how to reduce temporarily Series 1 weight - how much and how to reduce temporarily

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