Revision question · Band 2 traffic signs and signals, car control, pedestrians, mechanical knowledge

What does it mean if your trailer has a maximum authorised mass (MAM) of 3,500 kg?

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Your trailer can carry a load of 3,500 kg

Your empty trailer weighs 3,500 kg

Your trailer and towing vehicle combined cannot weigh more than 3,500 kg

Your trailer and load combined cannot weigh more than 3,500 kg

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Your trailer and load combined cannot weigh more than 3,500 kgThis was the right answer

The MAM of the trailer is stamped on the plate fitted to the chassis. It is the maximum weight of the trailer and load that the manufacturer has designed it to carry. Do not load your trailer so that it exceeds this maximum weight.

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Tow a trailer with a carReviewed guidance summary · Trailer MAM is the permitted combined trailer-and-load maximum on its plate, not an instruction to load to that weight.

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