Class B, roughly speaking the constriants are?

[Andrew Reed]

I appreciate the unladen weights and spec very a little, but please have I got this right? With a post 97 Category B licence you can drive:

 

An almost empty 350 Transit (2300-2400kgs) with a mid sized chipper (1100kgs). Where the total does not exceed 3500kgs.

 

or

 

A fully laden 350 Transit with a chipper less than 750kgs.

 

Then with a pre 97 Category B you can drive the fully laden 350 Transit and a max design limit trailer in tow.

 

?

Edited September 26, 2011 by Steve Bullman

[detritus21]

Not right.

 

With a vehicle with a GVW of 3500kg the max you can tow on a post 97 license regardless of whether loaded or not is 750kg.

 

The ruling is that it is the gross weight of the vehicle that counts. You can tow upto the gross weight of the towing vehicle provided the weight of the trailer doesn't exceed the weight of the towing vehicle and the combined weight is less than 3500kg.

[Andrew Reed]

detritus

 

Thank you. Got it now. It was the "loaded or not" part that I had not worked out.