B+E training

[Daniël Bos]

Mark if i am crocet you must have done the C test to drive a 14 tone fire engine if so i would recomend that you do the C+E test in stead as if you will also get you B+E test.

 

 

PS i have my Medical for my HGV next week i am woundering if you do the C test do you get C1 as well.

 

C is a higher class then C1(only upto 7.5t) people getting their C1 are usually misinformed as the C test is the same, costs the same but gets you more, so yes, you do get C1 as well.

 

C+E will however cost a vast amount more than B+E.

[scbk]

If you live in Scotland you can get up to £200 towards B+E training with the ILA, all the centres are based in the central belt though

[SAM66S]

I did my B + E in 2007 & it cost me £500 including test. The training was over 2 half days with the test the day after. There was talk when i done mine that all commercial vehicles under a certain ages needed to be fitted with a tacho?? not sure whether this ever came into force? i know that they changed it after i did mine so you had to use a box trailer though

[Big J]

Passed mine yesterday. Pretty easy though I made two silly minor errors (out of a total of three minors - nerves I guess). Had four hours of tuition before, though that was perhaps more than was required, as I'd been doing quite a lot of towing for the last month.

 

Either way, it's bloody good that I can now tow a reasonable trailer. I've got an excellent 5.5 x 12 Indespension plant trailer lined up, so I'm chuffed.

[mark_goldfinch]

Passed mine yesterday. Pretty easy though I made two silly minor errors (out of a total of three minors - nerves I guess). Had four hours of tuition before, though that was perhaps more than was required, as I'd been doing quite a lot of towing for the last month.

 

Either way, it's bloody good that I can now tow a reasonable trailer. I've got an excellent 5.5 x 12 Indespension plant trailer lined up, so I'm chuffed.

 

nice one big J.

[Nick Waring]

maybe a little far, but Driver Training Centre - Hastings East Sussex

[AHPP]

Further to my post here I have received the following reply from my MP.

[b101uk]

done my lgv for fire appliances about three months ago. bit of a joke really i can drive a 14 ton fire engine through red lights but im not aloud to tow a bloody chipper.

 

yes but the fault lays with you should you hit anyone wile your braking the law going threw a red light, just the same as if you overtake with your blue lights on and hit an oncoming vehicle/person, or enter an island and hit someone because you failed to give way or fail to stop at a stop sign or force someone to stop or take evasive action to avoid you.

 

So don’t lose sight of the fact that the buck stops with you as the driver every time you contravene traffic law.

[mark_goldfinch]

yes but the fault lays with you should you hit anyone wile your braking the law going threw a red light, just the same as if you overtake with your blue lights on and hit an oncoming vehicle/person, or enter an island and hit someone because you failed to give way or fail to stop at a stop sign or force someone to stop or take evasive action to avoid you.

 

So don’t lose sight of the fact that the buck stops with you as the driver every time you contravene traffic law.[/QUOT

 

Am I missing the point, but what has this got to do with any thing??

[Lancstree]

So what kind of reversing manouver do you have to do?

 

I did a CDL (commercial drivers license) in the US and it was similar to the B+E. I had to back through two parallel lines of cones, coming back from an angle such that you could see the trailer in the passenger side mirror (i.e the more difficult side to see). You had to back up to within 1 meter of a line of cones, simulating a loading bay. To hit any cone would mean fail. Then a road driving test.