Towing guides

Each guide answers one question and cites the rules it rests on.

• Do I need B+E to tow in Northern Ireland?Northern Ireland kept the B+E test when Great Britain dropped it in 2021.
• Towing in Ireland on a UK licenceWhat a GB or NI licence covers south of the border, and the B+E question nobody has settled.
• Taking a GB caravan to IrelandFerry to Belfast or Dublin: speed limits, licence and equipment differences.
• Can I tow a horsebox on a B licence in Ireland or Northern Ireland?Why a two-horse trailer is almost always over the category B limit.
• What gross train weight means for towingThe second figure on your VIN plate, and the limit people forget.
• How to find your towing weights on the VIN plate, V5C or VLCMAM, gross train weight, towing limits and noseweight: where each one lives.
• 750 kg unbraked trailer rules in the UK and IrelandThe 750 kg line, and the half-weight rule that catches small cars.
• Towing speed limits: UK vs Ireland50/60/60 mph in GB and NI; 80 km/h on every road in Ireland.
• Pre-1997 licence towing rights (grandfather rights)B+E and C1+E up to 8,250 kg, and the age-70 catch.
• Pre-2013 Irish licences and towingAn old B gives no extra towing; an old BE (79.06) gives a lot.
• Towing in Great Britain on a Northern Ireland or Irish licenceGB’s automatic B+E is for GB licences only.
• Noseweight and the 85% caravan guideTwo stability guides that are not law, and how to check them.