Towing restrictions

[Lancstree]

Memebers of the NFU get a discount on towing training I read in a paper today.

[sanny]

the landys overloaded for a start!

 

enlighten me am green to this sort of thing if im getting this rite aye can drive the landy with a 1t load by its self or drive it with the chipper unloaded

[josharb87]

how i translate it is landys have around a 1t payload, (youd better check!) and 3.5t towing capability

so if you have a trailer licence, you can chuck 1t in the back, and tow upto 3.5 t.

with youre licence however, you can only put upto 1t in the landy, so long as the landys weight (with load) stays under 3.5t, and tow the chipper, bringing you to 4250kg

but if the landys got a tipper conversion, this eats into the payload too

 

think thats right. sure someone will confirm/deny

[skyhuck]

Not all landys are 3500Kg, be careful.

[sanny]

Not all landys are 3500Kg, be careful.

 

the landy deffo 3t and thats with tipper prob best if a do the trailer licence anyway save any future comeback cheers lads

[skyhuck]

the landy deffo 3t and thats with tipper prob best if a do the trailer licence anyway save any future comeback cheers lads

 

So 3t or 3000Kg NOT 3.5t or 3500Kg.

 

Even with the test, you need to be really careful its so easy to over load small trucks.

Edited January 1, 2009 by skyhuck

[b101uk]

You should remember the law uses KG as in 3500kg, tonnes as in 3.5t metric (1t = 1000kg) & long tons being rounded to the nearest 10kg so ~1016kg = 1 ton

 

This is why the law for some vehicles is 3550kg being 3.5 ton (age related)

 

Or why weight limits for trailers behind e.g. tractors can be no more than 18290kg or 18 ton & why the GTW of a tractor is 24390kg or 24 ton, the same method is use for most HGV weights of using long tones rounded up/down for the most part but not always.

 

tonne = 1000kg metric tonne or 1t

ton = 1016kg long ton or 1 ton

[Sciadopitys]

Jesus wept, just spent an hour reading all these posts! F**k it, i never wanna tow or hear about towing anything ever again in my bloody life! Give me a rope and harness and let the old gits drive! I'll sleep in the truck on the way back to the yard! Yawn!!!!

[John Hancock]

......I'll get my coat.

[Khriss]

Hello John you can just book a test , hoewever

 

 

Dont get me started on this one

in breif sent a driver for a b+E to the DSA for the third time

 

1st he failed fair do's

 

2nd

the vehicle needed a beep fitted for the trailer indicators Annoyed

 

3rd examiner Refused t otakethe test becuase

=== the chipper wasnt a horsebox ====

Well bugger me backwards I'd didnt see that coming

 

Exactly the same driver vehicle & chipper each time

 

what a bunch of numptys

 

rgds

Iain

 

Just appeal the horsebox one-mate yr taking a trailer test not an equestrian license-tho' I used horsebox fr mine ( double axle is a bit easier)

 

K