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the 1300 can be used to tow a van up to 1360 kgs.see www.al-ko.co.uk .to be safe the caravan needs to be 85% of the kerb weight of the car,so no problem there.the nose weight of your car is a max of 140kgs.you can load up the van nose to this weight but not over.with a van max weight or MPTLM of 750 kgs,unless loaded silly will not get to 140kgs.as a rule the nose weight of the caravan is measured at 7% of MPTLM. see

http://www.practicalcaravan.com/legal/index.html

 welcome,                 is there a thing as being to light?.

yes ,if your nose weight is a max of 140kgs on the car aim for 90 - 100kgs,better slightly nose down.you can use a bathroom scale and wood to do this weight check.

the only silverline in my book has a max weight of 15.7cwt/unladen weight 11 cwt ,this is for a silverline nova vanden plas 1987.hope this helps.if not you could take it to an industial  weigh scale.

michael,
       great stuff,many thanks.just off to buy some scales just broke the daughters!will let you know the outcome,thanks again for help,jimbow.

lol,forgot to say i squashed mine when i tried it.

Hi, I might be nissing something, but if you passed your test after 1st Jan 1997 you are also restricted by the combined weight of car and trailer to only very light loads. See:

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/inf30.pdf

james the loading on your tyres is for each tyre so for a van as light as yours normal car tyres will be fine,as far as nose weight you should aim for 7% of vans weight so you will be ok with a reading of 75kg.Just take it easy the first few times and dont let your self be pressured into driving faster than you are comfortable with.

as far as reversing goes the slower you do it the easier it is to control your unit.
good luck and enjoy your self

David

good tyre info from garys link

I think much better caravan tyre information here