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thermidorthelobster:
My 101 is 4.25 tonnes, yet it's tested as Class 4.  (Finding somebody who can test a vehicle of this size as a Class 4 is something else, but...)  I think this is because it counts as a motor caravan.  The VOSA test centre in Mitcham was happy to test it, anyway.

I only mention this because if anybody else has an overweight 4x4 (or 6x6) with appropriate camper paraphernalia, it might save a bit of hassle.

TEMPL4R:
DGW is Design Gross Weight, that is what all new vehicles use.

You can have a Double Decker Bus as a Class 4 Test, if it a Motorhome on the Log Book. It just needs a Test at a Goods Vehicle Testing Station, due to its size.

As  the System is Computerised, the Police have access to it and can tell if and what kind of MOT you have. If they or VOSA pull you and you have a Class 4 on a Class 7 vehicle, it is immediately revoked and the VTS and NT are in serious trouble. I have turned away 2 vehicles who have previous Class 4 Test Certificates as they are Class 7. They were free to call VOSA, but decided on a second opinion and had Class 7 tests.

Chris

Wolfie:
Ok, have been looking for a definition of "Dual Purpose Vehicle" for a while, as they are class 4.
Found this page


--- Quote ---So I rang VOSA (the people who oversee MoTs) to clarify the situation.  This is what they told me:

If a vehicle has a GLW under 3500kg, an unladen weight under 2040kg, has four wheel drive and is equipped to carry one or more passengers (including the front seats) then it is a 'dual purpose' vehicle for MoT purposes and should be tested as class 4.  As far as I can tell, the only commercial Land Rovers which do not meet these criteria are the big 127/130 vehicles, and possibly the Series 2 forward controls.

I have since had this confirmed in writing.  VOSA sent me an extract from the 6th edition MOT Testing Guide, as follows:

Dual purpose vehicles 3. A `Dual purpose vehicle' is one that is constructed or adapted for the carriage of both passenger(s) and goods or burden of any description; and has an unladen weight (ULW) not exceeding 2,040 kg; and  which either:

(a) is so constructed or adapted so that the driving power of the engine, is, or by the use of the appropriate controls can be, transmitted to all the wheels of the vehicle; or

(b) satisfies the following conditions .......
--- End quote ---


So it looks as if the 4x4 aspect of the vehicles makes it a class 4 MOT

Regards

Wolfie

Jimbo:
Wolfie,

That's fine for a standard 110 HT, but as mine is the XD (heavy duty) version it's over the magic 2040kgs so has to go Class 7 - well, that's the way I understand it anyhow  :roll:

Skcollob:
I have been to two testing stations today, one was unsure but the second said it was definatly a Class 4.  I phoned VOSA and they quoted section A page 6 of the testers handbook, which is where the quote above comes from, and assured me that it was a Class 4.

I have a 110 200Tdi Hard top, it does have seats in the back, although I was told it only needed to have a passenger seat in the front to count as it qualified by being under 2040Kg unladen and having 4 wheel drive.

Tony

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