[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by zoombini

I'm lost with SMH's post.

I dunno.

I have a 1.6 Ford Escort Estate CL & a big Green trailer in me back yard that I want to use.
Its enough to put a frame tent & stuff in, but not big enough for a car or even a sofa.

So is there any "provisional" pulling allowed?
Otherwise how do you learn?

You will need to look in the owners handbook for the weights, I cannot find discontinued model info for ford on the web.
A Ford Focus Estate 1.6i 16V Zetec has a gross vehicle mass of 1635 and a maximum towing weight of 1200 and Unladen weght of 1180.
Adding the two together means the total mass of car plus trailer is 2835 which is 2.8 tonnes which is below the 3.5 tonnes combined limit and the trailor weighs less than the car. Unless you are towing a trailer that weighs more than 1180 Kg as this is the ULW of the car (for the size of trailer you describe, this is unlikely).

Thus, she is covered by her class B entitlement and you can get your towbar (and stabiliser) fitted. And its Friday afternoon and if my head didn't hurt before...

Disclaimer that this is based on the Ford Focus Estate, the numbers for your car are likely to be similar, but will be different, refer to your owners handbook, and trailer handbook (what do you mean you left it in the trailer and it got destroyed when it rained) or load information sticker stuck to it somewhere.

(1tonne = 1,000kg)

Or as the DVLA put it

Vehicle manufacturers normally recommend a maximum weight of trailer appropriate to their vehicle. Details can usually be found in the vehicleââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s handbook or obtained from car dealerships. The size of the trailer recommended for an average family car with an unladen weight of around 1 tonne would be well within the new category B threshold.

Fords list for the Focus can be found here
http://www2.fordconnection.com/fordc...odelspctop.htm