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by **Terry** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:07 am

Spotted this apparently idle, outside a small factory unit near me in Sunbury.
Never noticed it before despite it staying less than 2 miles from home.

Have fun

by **madmark** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:07 pm

by **bigmastif** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:26 am

that was on the bay last year

by **ake** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:34 am

Theres somethin smart about Transit Artics

by **Gurj51ngh** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:02 pm

Is tat a 3.5 tonne is well :?:

Or did they do a HD version in the Mk5?

by **Jacob Mcintosh** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:10 pm

what type of driving licence do you need to drive that ?? class 1?

by **knighty1981** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:31 pm

yes class1 liscence needed

by **Luke** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:57 am

knighty1981 wrote:yes class1 liscence needed

really

why can't you drive it on a normal licence :?:

by **knighty1981** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:59 am

the trailer is too long ?

(I'm not 100% on this.... but have looked at simmiler stuff before)

by **Luke** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:01 am

i'd be interested to know for sure

i've seen them advertised on ebay and they always say you can drive them on a normal licence

and the only man i know that has one is a wagon driver anyway :lol:

by ME » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:07 am

Luke wrote:i'd be interested to know for sure i've seen them advertised on ebay and they always say you can drive them on a normal licence
and the only man i know that has one is a wagon driver anyway

Its a Car Licence jobby, pre the 7.5 tnr law 97 ish :?:

It will be under 7.5 tns so it the equivalant of a van and Big Trailer.

by ME » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:17 am

Beats me why these Mini artics never caught on over here. Go into europe and you see under 7.5 tn artic set ups everywhere. The Rental Companies have them as well. I saw a Dutch one the other day going round Parliment Square.

by **Terry** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:21 pm

ME is correct, a normal licence.
I noticed the owner (Simon) parking it up yesterday tea-time so stopped & had a word.
He uses it about half a dozen times a week.
Trailer is rated at 700 kgs max.whole rig is GTW 6500 kgs, and 22 feet long. He has to have a tacho but it doesn't need to be registered ? He has spoken long & hard with VOSA to get himself legal. (No he's not ASPDS or whoever :wink:

). I recommended this site so he may well join.
Have fun
Terry

by ME » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:42 pm

Might be a idae to delete what its used for :wink:

by **knighty1981** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:21 pm

wow 700kg for the trailer is next to nothing ?

if it's 6.5ton mtw, then that means it must weight about 5.8ton empty ?

can that be right ? if the transit on the front is 1.5 ton (guess?)

that means the trailer must weigh 4.2ton empty ?

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