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Johnen K2000 – EU category O2 trailer, built 1976: 3,500 kg gross weight, 2,630 kg payload, 8.98 m length, 80 km/h top speed.
With a gross weight of 3,500 kg, the Johnen K2000 belongs to the EU trailer category O2, covering trailers between 750 kg and 3,500 kg. Built in 1976, it is one of the older vehicles of this class recorded in the register.
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With an unladen weight of 870 kg, the payload comes to 2,630 kg, a good three quarters of the gross weight. At 8.98 m long, 2.44 m wide and with a 6.14 m wheelbase, the K2000 is a long, lightly built vehicle. Unlike most trailers in its class, its top speed is limited to 80 km/h, lower than the usual 100 km/h.
Category O2 trailers usually run with an overrun brake, acting purely mechanically through the sliding drawbar. Towing behind a car only requires licence category B, as long as the combined weight does not exceed 3,500 kg; heavier towing vehicles require category BE. The lower top speed suits the light, long construction built for bulky, long loads.
When buying a used trailer from the 1976 build year, the frame along its full length matters most: check rust, cracks and earlier repair points especially thoroughly on such an old and long vehicle. The overrun mechanism must slide smoothly in and out, and the checklist should also cover brake cables and linings and the axle bearings, as well as the availability of spare parts for the brakes and axle on a vehicle this age.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Johnen K2000, Zulassungsdaten RDW (Niederlande)
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