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Title: USING A TRAILER
Post by: slap bash on August 08, 2016, 08:57:57 pm: What driving licence will I need to tow a trailer with my van. I want to use it for equipment like power washer and gutter vac etc
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Don Kee on August 08, 2016, 09:06:49 pm: How old are you?

Edit - Or rather, when did you pass your test?
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Nick Day on August 08, 2016, 09:08:29 pm: There are now very precise rules with regards to trailer usage, If the combined weight of trailer and vehicle is 3.5 tonnes you will need a tacho.
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on August 08, 2016, 09:33:56 pm: Quote from: Nick Day on August 08, 2016, 09:08:29 pm
There are now very precise rules with regards to trailer usage, If the combined weight of trailer and vehicle is 3.5 tonnes you will need a tacho.
ALSO if the trailer is plated meaning it can carry heavy weight (i.e a 2 tonne trailer ) even if its empty and you using in for hire and reward you still need a tacho
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Smurf on August 09, 2016, 08:45:27 am: It will say on your driving licence what you are allowed to drive/tow.

Depends when you passed your test if you need to get a trailer category added to your licence or not. If so will mean taking futher training and passing another test B+E .
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Soupy on August 09, 2016, 09:56:32 am: If you passed before 01/01/97 you have grandfather rights and don't need to sit B+E if you passed later you need to sit the test for any trailer rated above 1T
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Matt. on August 09, 2016, 01:52:26 pm: As soupy says

It all changed from that date an I missed out ....... Passed mine in may 97
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Post by: poles apart on August 09, 2016, 06:32:37 pm: As long as you do not travel more than 100 kilometres radius from your base you will not need a tacho. I was stopped a few years ago by VOSA who said I needed to put a tacho in within 7 days! At the time you could only travel 50km radius. sold my trailers and landy and got vans instead. A few months later they upped it to 100km which I could have lived with!
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: slap bash on August 09, 2016, 07:05:46 pm: ||||I passed my drivers licence 1980 in South Africa were any anyone with drivers licence can tow a trailer . I want to tow a small trailer like you see behind a car with my Connect. I think the total is 450 KG.
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Smurf on August 09, 2016, 07:31:55 pm: Quote from: slap bash on August 09, 2016, 07:05:46 pm
||||I passed my drivers licence 1980 in South Africa were any anyone with drivers licence can tow a trailer . I want to tow a small trailer like you see behind a car with my Connect. I think the total is 450 KG.

Was this you? ;D ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA5qFJyeqDo
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: slap bash on August 10, 2016, 03:05:48 pm: What are you trying to imply?
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: Smurf on August 10, 2016, 06:10:44 pm: I was just kidding as thought the vid was funny.

I use to tow a small 2 wheeled trailer about for my pressure washer gear. When I wanted to unhitch it when full sometimes I use to forget to put the jockey wheel down or load it that it was a bit back heavey so I can relate to that donkey somewhat. Oops! ;D ;D
Title: Re: USING A TRAILER
Post by: slap bash on August 10, 2016, 06:45:48 pm: Just thought I might have got my licence on one of those. ;D ;D
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Post by: Smurf on August 10, 2016, 06:59:26 pm: I knew a chap donkey years ago that took his driving test in Rhodesia that consisted of driving a banger of a car with holes in the footwells just up and down a dirt track. Needless to say he passed first time. Mind you he was also armed to the teeth at the time ;D ;D