Towing a wooden trailer

[(ROG)]

I'm sure it within the max limits, I did pass my test 28 years ago, so yes. Yes fully road legal.

Cannot see any legal issues with what you intend to do

[limitedblack]

Thanks ROG, I know we all have a laugh on here, but without people like you we would be lost. Always appreciated (seriously)..

[Timbo]

Have you got a certificate for woodworm proofing ?

[(ROG)]

Thanks ROG, I know we all have a laugh on here ..

Oh I agree but funny is different to unhelpful comments

This is funny ....

Have you got a certificate for woodworm proofing ?

[Herts]

Just spoke to hire company and they told me that I can hire a trailer as I have been driving for 30ish years and my van plate is 6000. No need for a tacho.

Andy

[(ROG)]

Just spoke to hire company and they told me that I can hire a trailer as I have been driving for 30ish years and my van plate is 6000. No need for a tacho.

Andy

What makes you think that the hire company can over-rule the tacho laws ?

What they said to you has absolutely nothing to do with the tacho law

[duvet]

A 3500 GVW van towing ANY trailer for COMMERCIAL use means it will come under full EU tacho regs unless an exemption applies

we're back here again.

and its not a horsebox

[limitedblack]

Black socks you say. Well that may help your case if you show the nice man from VOSA when he stops you

[ake]

Just spoke to hire company and they told me that I can hire a trailer as I have been driving for 30ish years and my van plate is 6000. No need for a tacho.

Andy

This would depend upon what you are doing with the trailer.

[Herts]

Picking up machinery.

Andy

[ake]

Picking up machinery.

Andy

Are you being paid for picking up the machinery?

[Herts]

No, it's mine that I will be buying.

Andy

[paul2012]

What the trailer is made of has nothing to do with the laws

If the trailer does not have a weight plate then the total of all the tyre load ratings will be deemed as the MAM with a limit of 3500 even if they total more than that

These rules apply to all B and B+E category drivers no matter when the test was passed

B category
Vehicle not more than 3500 kg plated GVW

B category towing
A trailer of 750 kg max plated MAM may be towed by a B category vehicle making a possible total plated MAM of 4250 kg
If a trailer over 750 kg plated MAM is towed by a B category vehicle then the plated GVW of the vehicle added to the plated MAM of the trailer (MTPLM of a caravan) must not total more than 3500 kg

B+E category
Towing a trailer with a B category vehicle where the trailer is not over 3500 kg plated MAM

To tow a trailer over 3500 kg plated MAM the category needed is C1+E

That's correct for B licence is issued from Jan 1997.

But for some of us who gained our B licence before Jan 1997
We fall under this category

If you passed your car test before 1 January 1997 you are generally entitled to drive a vehicle and trailer combination up to 8.25 tonnes MAM.

& we already have C1+E which allows us to tow upto a combined weight up to 12 tonne

[paul2012]

No, it's mine that I will be buying.

Andy

Then no tacho required

[(ROG)]

No, it's mine that I will be buying.

Andy

For personal or commercial use?

Personal use = no tacho

Commercial use or if any part of the journey is commercial = tacho regs