Hurray!

[David Humphries]

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I did mine with a 16" beavertail behind a pickup ..

 

I'm guessing you meant 16 '..............unless ofcourse you are the smallest Arborist in the world

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[nuggsy]

was on the fone to thelocal company yesterday aand they tell me 148 quid for a days training, abt 100 ish quid for the test then vat ontop lol

[ukminch]

Of course there's no need to have lessons. Look up the stuff on the internet, have a practice. Try the test. Maybe I got lucky but it worked for me.

 

Rob

 

P.S Box or not trailer is dependent on vehicle age or something stupid like that....

[Husqvarna King]

what does the test involve? i have a lot of trailer experience, several years of farm work and also towing trailer behind landy befoe i knew i didnt have licence....tempted just to go in for a test? any advice?

[Mesterh]

I think you only need a license if its over 750kg, which i know aint much but most 6" chippers are now under this.

[Peter]

The standard required is high, but if you're confident its worth a punt!

 

The test involves about 45 minutes on the road, urban, country roads and motorways, and some stuff in the yard.

An uncouple and recouple excercise. The hardest thing about that is getting the ball right under the hitch on the recouple. They dont want to see you having to move the trailer by hand. Make sure you do things in the right order, hand brake on before you unhitch etc.

A reversing exercise, drive into a box, reverse out and across the yard in an "S" shape into another box. The hardest thing about that is getting the end of the trailer lined up right, ie within 1 metre of the end of the box, without nudging the barrier at the end.

Emergency stop, easy peasy.

Few questions at the end, do some homework and they'll be no problem.

[Mesterh]

The hardest thing about that is getting the ball right under the hitch on the recouple. They dont want to see you having to move the trailer by hand.

 

Bloody ell surely that is more luck than anything else! I can hardly do that when ive got a banksman watching me back up.

Thank god i passed my test in 92

[Dean Lofthouse]

I can do it mm perfect every time.

 

Just buy a car with a reversing camera

[Peter]

I can do it mm perfect every time.

 

Just buy a car with a reversing camera

 

You dont need a reversing camera, just a small piece of electrical tape.

[Dean Lofthouse]

You dont need a reversing camera, just a small piece of electrical tape.

 

Tell the paint on my bumper that!