7.5tn truck trainning

[dandkgroundcare]

you can tow up to 750kg UNBRAKED trailer with post jan 97 licence as long as you dont go over 3500kg gross train weight

[Treewolf]

My B+E trainning was £35 p/h with the test at £115. I think the C1 test is the same but training will set you back about £600 quid i think you need to get a medical done by your doctor for C1 too. You definatly do for cat C which cost even more. Thing that if you get your C+E you also get C1+E too but you still won't be able to drive a landy with a 3.5t trailer as that is B+E.

 

 

If you have B without E, and then take and pass the C test followed by the C+E test, doesn't that automatically add the E entitlement to the B as well?

 

I assume that you can't go from B to C+E without doing C first, but do you have to have B+E before you can go for C+E?

 

I'm lucky, my licence is well pre-97 and I did the HGV test when it was still Class 3, Class 2, and Class 1. Much easier to understand!

[richy_B]

As some one said, you are best to go for the highest straight off the mark. I looked into C1+E then foun that for an extra £250 I could do the full C+E. Full HGV is really an asset in arb and forestry work.

[Brushcutter]

If you have B without E, and then take and pass the C test followed by the C+E test, doesn't that automatically add the E entitlement to the B as well?

 

I assume that you can't go from B to C+E without doing C first, but do you have to have B+E before you can go for C+E?

 

I'm lucky, my licence is well pre-97 and I did the HGV test when it was still Class 3, Class 2, and Class 1. Much easier to understand!

 

I asked that when i was booking my B+E as i'd have rather paid the extra money but it doesn't work that way according to the trainer as they are different catagories. You don't have to have B+E to do C+E. It's all so complex now.

[Littletree]

ive only got a licence after 97 but tryin to blagg the course for B+E car and trailer licence off this government grant thing. but seein as i passed my test after 97 i may as well try n blagg the one up from that so i can drive upto 7.5tn. does anyone know how much the one up from that is? n do you think its a good idea to try blagg the bigger one?

 

 

Hi Billheath can you tell me anything about the goverment grant thing you mentioned above for the B+E car /trailer I did not know there was any grant avilable as I am also on a After 97 too

Thanks Littletree

[Tree Man Tom]

Hi Billheath can you tell me anything about the goverment grant thing you mentioned above for the B+E car /trailer I did not know there was any grant avilable as I am also on a After 97 too

Thanks Littletree

 

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[billheath]

cos im not working and still signing on the dole i asked the job center if i could get a trailer licence paid for as it would help me get work. they told me they couldnt pay for a course but to go to a place called connextions, i dont know if its the same place all over england or not but they have a grant upto £1000 for courses n stuff, they do mosta the paper work and you just have to fill out an application form and they send it all off, then you have to wait for a reply. i havnt heard anything back yet and its not gaurenteed whether they will say yes or not.

 

i think you have to be unemployed to use the grant, not 100 percent sure tho

 

ive allready sent the application form off asking for B+E though but i should have tried gettin the better one

[Mark Cattell]

Its a bit of mine-field but we run 7.5 tonne with 750kg trailers. (pre 97 licence holders have this entitlement, unless its been revocked due to disqualification and sometimes due to admin errors at DVLA) all our other lads have been on driver training had to do LGV first which gives you 7.5 plus talior up to 750kg then a seperate test for 7.5 tonne plus trailer... some lads go straight for class 2 but you still need to do a class 2 plus trailer.

[timb]

hi warhammer

 

how much did the trainning and test cost and wherabouts did you take it?

[Alex Reid]

been looking into getting this sort of qualification myself! But to clarify would I be able to drive a 3tn truck with a 500kg chipper on the back on me post 1997 lisence? or would i need to go and sit a test?

 

thanks alex