A METHOD OF DETERMINING A CONFIGURATION OF A TOW LOAD CONNECTED TO A VEHICLE

A method of determining the configuration of a tow load () coupleable to a vehicle (), the method comprising: controlling () a vehicle system to obtain an indication of the presence of a unique identifier () mounted on the tow load (); retrieving data () encoded within the unique identifier to determine the configuration of the tow load; configuring () the vehicle in dependence on the determined configuration of the tow load.