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Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have

• What you can tow

  You can tow trailers up to a certain weight with your car driving licence.…

• Towing weight and width limits

  Most cars have a maximum weight they can tow. It’s usually listed in the…

• Trailers, caravans and towing equipment

  The equipment you use with your trailer or caravan must: meet certain…

• Towing an American caravan or trailer

  American trailers and caravans do not always meet European safety…

Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle

Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.

Get a 'certificate of keeper' for your abnormal load trailer if you want to use it outside the UK, or replace a lost certificate.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency