Tow Weight Query

Submitted: Monday, Mar 14, 2011 at 19:22
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Hi All,
Apologies if this has been covered before. I am a newbie to this and have been reading about ATM, GTM Tare and ball weights for towing.

I think I understand what they individually mean, but just wanted to confirm I get the crux of it all.

If I had a vehicle that was limited to towing 2000kg (braked), and had a van with a Tare weight of 1700kg, does this mean that as long as I don't load the van with more than 300kg of food, water, gas, misc items etc. I am still legally fine to tow the van ?

The GTM would likely be over the 2000kg limit (as would the ATM), but as long as I kept the "actual" weight below 2000kg, is that still legal ?

Am I reading this correctly, or am I way off track ?

Looking forward to hearing from the experts...
Cheers,
Dave
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