On the road with the VIMTEC MBE 1500. What must be considered?

With the VIMTEC MBE 1500 you can trav­el faster than a truck on Ger­man high­ways thanks to the 100 km/h approval. How­ev­er, in order to be able to trans­port a trail­er at this speed, some require­ments must be met.

The tow­ing vehi­cle needs to have an antilock brak­ing sys­tem. The tires of the trail­er must be younger than 6 years and at least be rat­ed for 120 km/h. If the trail­er is equipped with brakes and shock absorbers – stan­dard for the MBE 1500 –   the max­i­mum weigh is set to 1.1 times more than the weight of the tow­ing vehi­cle. For addi­tion­al sta­bi­liza­tion of the MBE dur­ing the trans­porta­tion an anti-sway cou­pling has been installed. In con­trast to the tra­di­tion­al steel rims, alloy wheels pro­vide an even smoother ride and can be installed on request.

Last but not least, the 100 km/h plaque, issued and sealed by the traf­fic author­i­ty, must be mount­ed on the back of the trailer.

Anoth­er require­ment to trans­port the VIMTEC MBE 1500, is the pres­ence of the appro­pri­ate driver’s license.

Because the ful­ly equipped MBE 1500 weighs about 2.5 t, the trans­port with a nor­mal Euro­pean class B license is not per­mit­ted. How­ev­er, the license cat­e­go­ry BE or the for­mer class 3 is suf­fi­cient. BE license hold­ers are per­mit­ted to oper­ate a com­bi­na­tion of a nor­mal cat­e­go­ry B tow­ing vehi­cle and a trail­er, giv­en the max­i­mum autho­rized mass of 3.5 t is not exceed. The trail­er license BE costs only about 500 € in Ger­many. How­ev­er, charges may dif­fer among regions.

A trail­er, includ­ing the MBE, must also be approved at the vehi­cle reg­is­tra­tion office.

Since a few years, there has been no neces­si­ty to approve a trail­er in com­bi­na­tion with a spec­i­fied tow­ing vehi­cle. There­fore, a trail­er can be trans­port­ed with any car that meets the nec­es­sary requirements.