Ally eadie said:
Hi I own a disco 2 ser td5 2000 plate and I have a hobby 720 ukfe and iv been reading alot on the net about disco's have the power but they are to light and there for against the law to use them but I see alot of peaple use them to pull similar. Can anyone throw zome light on my dilemma.
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To answer your question simply, the answer is no. Although the max weight of the caravan is well within the Disco's towing capacity, the fact that the length of the caravan body exceeds 7m means that it cannot be towed with your disco.
 
neiltce said:
All I can find at the moment is this from the camping and caravan club website, but will look into it further as I am on the committee ..

The Camping and Caravanning Club, like many others in the industry, recommends you only tow a caravan that weighs 85 per cent or less of your car’s kerbweight. Those who are experienced at towing may go up to 100 per cent of the car’s kerbweight, but no-one should tow a caravan that is heavier than the towing limit of the vehicle it’s behind. Legally, if you add together the Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) of your car and the MTPLM of your caravan, the total weight must not exceed the GTW of the car.
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GTW for my 110 is 5900Kg's have to be a fooking heavy caravan to put me past the limits..


And you seem to have skipped half the blurb. it state that the rules applies to all caravans trailer tents and trailers
On this web page we look at how to find the best combination of car and caravan. If you are considering towing a folding camper, trailer tent or any other trailer, all the comments apply to your unit too, but we’ve used the term ‘caravan’ throughout for convenience.

but no-one should tow a caravan that is heavier than the towing limit of the vehicle it’s behind. Legally, Nothing about the Caravan having to be legally "lighter than the towing vehicle"
 
As far as I am aware the 85-100% of towed weight re tow vehicle only applies to vehicles that the manufacureres have not had rated.

E.g. the the modern Defenders are rated by Land Rover to be able to pull up to 4 tonnes (Braking requirements met)

Unfortunatly as you say the caravan is actually too long to be towed by a vehicle that is under 3.5. tons

https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/car-towing-weight-and-width-limits

Model 720 UKFe
Length 9140 mm
Body length 7955 mm
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This I dug out from Maximum Caravan length question UKCampsite.co.uk Caravan Towcars and Towing Advice Forum Messages

If the external body length including gas locker is over 7metres then this needs a vehicle over 3.5tonnes gross to tow it. So this excludes even 4x4 pickups like Navaras.

UK built twin axle touring caravans will all be under 7mtr body length so ok. The big German built twin axle 'vans like Hobbys, Tabberts etc are generally over 7mtr body length.

Certainly you will see Hobbys etc towed by 4x4s & Transit vans but these are usually travellers etc who don't care. If you want to tow an over length 'van the cops probably won't bother you but in the event of an accident your insurance assessor will.
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