Trailer towing test training

[Vixpy1]

Is there anywhere good local? Just need an instructor to tell me exactly how badly I'm going to fail the test and then correct it

[VerySideways]

Test??

[Sods Law]

umm dont you have the entitlement? your old arent you?

[nonuts]

He wouldn't be asking if he had the entitlement, no?

Edited by nonuts on Monday 14th September 13:38

[tuscan_al]

I'm younger and thought I had it, upto 1000kg or something right?

[nonuts]

I've got the below:

Category
Description
Minimum age

B
Motor vehicle with a MAM of up to 3,500 kg, no more than eight passenger seats, with or without a trailer - weighing no more than 750 kg
17*

B
As category B but with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 3,500 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle
17*


B1
Motor tricycles, quadricycles and three or four wheeled vehicles with an unladen weight no more than 550kg
17*

And f / k.

From the DVLA:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensi...

[SVTRick]

Jeepers do not let man loose on the public highway with a trailer...

[Vixpy1]

nonuts said:

B
As category B but with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 3,500 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle
17*

I thought it wwas the total authorised mass of the car and trailor cannot be more than 3.5 tonnes, as thats where i fall. If its a 2.5 rated trailer etc..

[MartinD]

Vixpy1 said:

nonuts said:

B
As category B but with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 3,500 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle
17*

I thought it wwas the total authorised mass of the car and trailor cannot be more than 3.5 tonnes, as thats where i fall. If its a 2.5 rated trailer etc..

Charlie, what does your licence have on it ,B, C1,D1, BE, C1E ,D1E ?

[Vixpy1]

MartinD said:

Vixpy1 said:

nonuts said:

B
As category B but with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 3,500 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle
17*

I thought it wwas the total authorised mass of the car and trailor cannot be more than 3.5 tonnes, as thats where i fall. If its a 2.5 rated trailer etc..

Charlie, what does your licence have on it ,B, C1,D1, BE, C1E ,D1E ?

Not the right one chap, passed dec 97

[MartinD]

Vixpy1 said:

MartinD said:

Vixpy1 said:

nonuts said:

B
As category B but with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 3,500 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle
17*

I thought it wwas the total authorised mass of the car and trailor cannot be more than 3.5 tonnes, as thats where i fall. If its a 2.5 rated trailer etc..

Charlie, what does your licence have on it ,B, C1,D1, BE, C1E ,D1E ?

Not the right one chap, passed dec 97

So it took you 10 years to pass your test ?

[VerySideways]

Ghey.

[john_p]

Vixpy1 said:

I thought it wwas the total authorised mass of the car and trailor cannot be more than 3.5 tonnes, as thats where i fall. If its a 2.5 rated trailer etc..

http://www.gliding.co.uk/forms/lawsandrules.pdf
Go to PDF page 27, it's the best guide I've seen to the new B/B+E rules (ignore any reference to gliders, lol)