>>>>Goodness. We'd better ship some trailers over asap.
>>>> I had no idea hitching things onto the back of your vehicle or using what we like to call roof bars was unknown over there.
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>>>But the problem with a trailer is that you need a vehicle capable of towing it - which usually brings you back to square one.
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>>C'mon, I towed 200 bricks in a little trailer, and the capable engine was a 1,2 liter Škoda.
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>And the capable brakes were ? :-}
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>>Which actually brings another question - a typical small car is rated four persons, which is cca 320kg, plus 100kg luggage.
>> So how come I've seen many of these trucks rated at only 350kg of payload? Huh? Shouldn't they carry at least two tons, given the amount of hardware invested in them?
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>I've got a 1.2 car and happen to have the registration document to hand. FWIW, max carrying capacity is 330kg. On the towing front it gives 800kg for braked trailers; 450kg for un-braked. 4WD's have their uses but here in the UK (as I suspect in the US) 90%+ of owners don't really need them. The only time we see one of the 'over-the-top' 4WDs around here it will be someone from the city visiting the countryside to try out their new green wellies.....
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>>>The most useful machine for me here is actually a quad-bike (sometimes with a small trailer) - gets to places where any normal 4WD can't even get close.
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>>I'm planning to get a trike, or a trailer for the bike. We'll see.
>You mean of the pedalled variety ? Good luck with the 200 bricks :-}

I was living in East Finchley last year. A bit of left arty area. Quite a few electric cars G Whizzes and Priuses. Now I've moved to Cockfosters and I am surrounded by 4WD vehicles (always black for some reason). I particularly like the range Rovers with huge allow wheels and those thin profile tyres. Very useful on a track I'm sure