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Hi, we are off tomorrow to start our search for our first caravan, so excited.

Please could someone double check for me though the maximum towing weight for our Nissan Juke 1.6 petrol. I want to obviously make sure we buy a caravan that is safe for us to tow. I have tried to work this out but as we are complete novices, I'd be really grateful if someone with more experience would check this for us.

Thank you so much :)

I'm so sorry if I sound stupid but just want to be double sure. Am I right then that to be a safe towing weight as we are beginners, that 85% of 1250kg would be the maximum?

Thanks everyone for all your help.

Quote: Originally posted by alexisemma31 on 25/8/2013

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I'm so sorry if I sound stupid but just want to be double sure. Am I right then that to be a safe towing weight as we are beginners, that 85% of 1250kg would be the maximum?

Thanks everyone for all your help.

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I'm really sorry for being stupid, but what's the difference between the kerb weight and the MTPLM (which I think is the maximum tow weight?)

We're  complete newbies to this caravan lark, so learning loads from this forum.

Thanks :)

Quote: Originally posted by alexisemma31 on 25/8/2013

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Thanks for that. Am I right in thinking that as a beginner we should only tow 85% of the maximum tow weight?

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No the 85% formula refers to the kerbweight of the tow car not its max tow allowance

how ever this is not a legal requirement. you could legally tow up to the cars max tow load provided you have a B+E licence