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How many of us are old enough......
300TDi Disco:
Well i had a look at the site and this is what i found out:-
Car licences obtained on or after 1 January 1997
If you passed a car test on or after 1 January 1997 you're limited to vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes maximum authorised mass towing a trailer up to 750kgs, or a vehicle and trailer combination up to 3.5 tonnes MAM providing the MAM of the trailer doesn't exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle. You will need to pass an additional driving test in B+E if you wish to tow a caravan or trailer combination which exceeds these weight limits.
EbonynIvory:
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--- Quote from: ianhwood on January 02, 2009, 14:23:49 ---I must be the oldest one here it seems.
Passed mine in '71
God i feel old :sad:
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Cheers i feel a lot better i wasn't even born then!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Neither was I! Passed my test in 1995 according to my licence.
--- Quote from: V8defender90 on January 04, 2009, 17:55:36 ---I passed in 2004, so i don't have anythink major. I did speak to dvla about towing a trailor & she said "I can tow a trailer, as long as the towing vehicle is a greater weight than the trailor and whats on the trailor. The combined maximum weight 3.5tons with an exception of 750kg which makes it 4250kg. I have asked her to send me some information confirming this, so i will post a copy of the information when i receive it.
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Glad I didn't have to take this test! Basic rule of thumb when it comes to weight is "the unladen weight of the towing vehicle must be more then the laden weight of the vehicle being towed." You then have to concider engine power to weight being towed. Be careful, it is easy to think that you are legal when you are not.
ChrisV8:
--- Quote from: LandRoger on January 02, 2009, 20:08:27 ---Passed mine in 1965 +bike in 68 , ah those were the days , passed test in 1958 Singer Gazelle,
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Ditto passed car in 1965 and bike the year before, took car test in a 105E Ford Anglia estate and bike on a Lambretta, soon got rid of that for a Triumph Bonneville, wish I still had that !!!
thermidorthelobster:
Thankfully yes, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to drive the 101, or the minibuses at work, or tow a trailer. (101 was 5.5 tonnes.)
squaddie_fox:
passed my car test in feb 2005, and the rest in march and april.
on my licence i have B,B+E,B1,C,C+E,C1,C1E,f,h,k,p.
and i turned 21 less than a month ago! :dance: ;)
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