Peter's Truck Thread

[High Scale]

Sweet!!

[Rupe]

Rupe, you need category C, which is the old class 2 HGV. If you want to tow with it you need C+E, the old class 1HGV. I have both anyway, so not a problem for me.

 

Chipbox is in the pipeline, but it needs to earn some money first. I dont run my own chipper at the moment anyway.

 

Yeah but, did you have those already?? or take an extra test?

 

I have C1E on my license is that the same thing?

[ukminch]

C1E means you can drive up to a 7.5t vehicle with a trailer, think it used to be called class 3? You've got grandad rights, unlike us nippers that have to take the tests.....

 

R

[Mozza]

C1E means you can drive up to a 7.5t vehicle with a trailer, think it used to be called class 3? You've got grandad rights, unlike us nippers that have to take the tests.....

 

R

 

Still cant tow a trailer over 750kg on grandad right i dont think mate

[ukminch]

You're sort of right I think. Believe max authorised mass is 8.25t as opposed to 12 if you've done the tests so in theory you could have 5t truck with 3.25t trailer. I think........

 

I've done cat c and think I'm in the same situation, will be resolved next year with full artic though.......

[Peter]

Yeah but, did you have those already?? or take an extra test?

 

I have C1E on my license is that the same thing?

 

I had them already, so that made it a bit more economical. To get both would cost around £2k.

 

C1E is 7.5 tonne with up to 750kg trailer, or 8.25 tonne combined, ie bigger trailer smaller towing vehicle.

[Rupe]

Yeah but, why did you have them already?? Did you do it while in the SAS?

 

I'm genuinly interested, was meanign to ask you when I next saw you but since you started your own thread I thought I would ask. I always thought it seemed a big truck for a youngster like your self?

[Peter]

I got it when I worked for Stockport Council, they offered it to me on the provisio that I went on call for highway gritting. Once I had C, I still needed C+E to tow the chipper with the 7.5 tonner, so they paid for that too.

 

SAS sounds cooler though, I'll go with that.

[arc]

Thats a nice compact truck, I like it. It'll go a lot more places than our 6x4 I think.

[dazlog]

Thats handy loooking rig, got my class 1 been thinking along the lines of a grab wagon for myself still not sure tho, arc how do find yours?