Trailer towing:- B and B+E licence rules explained
Discussion
So I ended up getting an unbraked trailer, saw a very nice 2 year old barely used Ifor Williams cage sided trailer with a nice long drop ramp tail that was too good to ignore, can take load of 500KG at a time, no way I will hit that with clearing the garden - if I like it enough I may end up keeping it after
Will look at booking B&E course instead
Will look at booking B&E course instead
Captain Answer said:
So I ended up getting an unbraked trailer, saw a very nice 2 year old barely used Ifor Williams cage sided trailer with a nice long drop ramp tail that was too good to ignore, can take load of 500KG at a time, no way I will hit that with clearing the garden - if I like it enough I may end up keeping it after
Nice oneCaptain Answer said:
Passed my B+E yesterday, after doing a course over 2 days with Carl
4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Well done. Got mine next month, did a 2hr assessment last week and need a 6hr session including test. Hoping that I can get through at the first opportunity so I can finally swap my car!4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Chicken Chaser said:
Captain Answer said:
Passed my B+E yesterday, after doing a course over 2 days with Carl
4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Well done. Got mine next month, did a 2hr assessment last week and need a 6hr session including test. Hoping that I can get through at the first opportunity so I can finally swap my car!4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Take your time is the only advise I will give, esp on the test
Thinking of swapping my X-Trail out now and going back to a Mercedes ML or getting a Nissan Pathfinder
Captain Answer said:
Chicken Chaser said:
Captain Answer said:
Passed my B+E yesterday, after doing a course over 2 days with Carl
4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Well done. Got mine next month, did a 2hr assessment last week and need a 6hr session including test. Hoping that I can get through at the first opportunity so I can finally swap my car!4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Take your time is the only advise I will give, esp on the test
Thinking of swapping my X-Trail out now and going back to a Mercedes ML or getting a Nissan Pathfinder
eltax91 said:
Captain Answer said:
Chicken Chaser said:
Captain Answer said:
Passed my B+E yesterday, after doing a course over 2 days with Carl
4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Well done. Got mine next month, did a 2hr assessment last week and need a 6hr session including test. Hoping that I can get through at the first opportunity so I can finally swap my car!4 minors and I had to take both shunts to get into the garage, but I got it in and got the result
Take your time is the only advise I will give, esp on the test
Thinking of swapping my X-Trail out now and going back to a Mercedes ML or getting a Nissan Pathfinder
Interesting development relevant to the thread - I couldn't find a new thread started on this and I had this bookmarked and I couldn't think of a better place to post this
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-rules-for-towing-a...
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-rules-for-towing-a...
DVSA said:
Following the recent government consultation, car drivers will be able to tow a trailer without a taking a test
This change will mean drivers who passed their car test after 1 January 1997 will be able to tow a trailer up to 3,500kg when the law is changed. This will be as soon as possible.
Drivers who passed their car test before 1 January 1997 can already tow without a car and trailer test, so are not affected by this change.
This will allow us to offer more lorry tests
We still encourage you to have training before towing a trailer to keep you safe.
This change will mean drivers who passed their car test after 1 January 1997 will be able to tow a trailer up to 3,500kg when the law is changed. This will be as soon as possible.
Drivers who passed their car test before 1 January 1997 can already tow without a car and trailer test, so are not affected by this change.
This will allow us to offer more lorry tests
We still encourage you to have training before towing a trailer to keep you safe.
I've just spotted there is already a new thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Trackdayer said:
I've just spotted there is already a new thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Excellent - I couldn’t find it so have deleted the one I started away from this threadhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
That’ll confuse the mods as I also reported it hahaha
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