started my towing lessons today !

[fatboy33]

i took my test in 1998 which means i cannot tow! ANYTHING !
WHICH,i have always thought a good idea considering the amount of CLUELESS NUMPTYS towing anything and everything without on the road ! sorry bit of a rant there !
anyway i've basicly grown up around vechiles(dads scrap yard)and weekend banger racing so known how to drive since my teens including parking the trailor ect ect !
i thought it really handy today doing a lesson after ten years on the road ! i'm looking real forwad to next week and my test by the end of MAY !

my instructor advised me of the exact nature of the test and its not really difficult at all !
anyone else done it ?
if like me you took your test after after1997 i reckon its not a bad bet to get legal ! ! ! and tow erm how can i put it QUALIFIED lol

fatboy33

[nero279]

not strictly true that you can't tow anything, i haven't worked the ins and outs yet but you can tow upto 750kg unbraked, i can't remember what the braked trailer rules are on the new licenses but i gotta do minibus and trailer sometime soon coz i know i ain't covered for a 2.5 tonne box on the back of a minibus.

[Sancho]

That's pretty much right. I think you youngsters have Category B on your licence, but you need B+E to be up with us fogies. Details here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...es/DG_10013073

[Retribution]

That's pretty much right. I think you youngsters have Category B on your licence, but you need B+E to be up with us fogies. Details here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...es/DG_10013073

B+E sounds like break and enter

[Bibs]

That's pretty much right. I think you youngsters have Category B on your licence, but you need B+E to be up with us fogies. Details here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...es/DG_10013073

It's not just the youngsters - I only found out after I had bought my truck that I can't tow (anything heavier than the vehicle I was told) because I only passed my test just over 5 years ago.

[Slugsie]

I passed my test in '88 so I'm technically qualified to tow things. I've tried in the past when moving house with a box trailer. Going forward was dead easy. Backwards was a disaster. I reckon the test is a good thing, so good luck for when you take it.

[joker??]

lol i passed my test in 96 when they started the theory tests
so can drive 7 1/2 tonner and trailer on car license

[Bibs]

Yeah - not a bad thing when you see some people trying to reverse horse trailers

[LURCH]

I passed my test in '88 so I'm technically qualified to tow things. I've tried in the past when moving house with a box trailer. Going forward was dead easy. Backwards was a disaster. I reckon the test is a good thing, so good luck for when you take it.

I passed mine in 88 as well, and i'm pretty good at reversing with a trailer, comes from towing bangers about for about 5 or 6 years.............

[BioHazard]

I passed mine in 88 as well, and i'm pretty good at reversing with a trailer, comes from towing bangers about for about 5 or 6 years.............

88 that explains a few things ........Two fat ladies

[LURCH]

88 that explains a few things ........Two fat ladies

What, mr heavy weight of the shift......................... .

[Tiger]

I agree in general about having some kind of rules and regs coz some idiots should not be on the road, but a lot of it is just an excuse to bring in more revenue. a lad who works for me has just done a fortune on the thoery test because he failed it a few times and i don't think it makes any difference to his driving and he's already on the road on a motor bike any way. where's the sence in that. you pass a theory for one licence then you have to pass the same theory again to get another licence. (so it's not about the money then W@ankers)
Ive got a class 1 so i can tow what ever i want

[mckirdy-services]

I agree in general about having some kind of rules and regs coz some idiots should not be on the road, but a lot of it is just an excuse to bring in more revenue. a lad who works for me has just done a fortune on the thoery test because he failed it a few times and i don't think it makes any difference to his driving and he's already on the road on a motor bike any way. where's the sence in that. you pass a theory for one licence then you have to pass the same theory again to get another licence. (so it's not about the money then W@ankers)
Ive got a class 1 so i can tow what ever i want

I agree its more about the revenue than safety. I dont disagree with the test but i resent having to keep paying out to gain even more bits of paper just to get on with life.

I should legaly go and pay for the test but its just another added tax on motoring that i cant afford. I passed my test in 2001 so by law to tow i must take the test,

[plumb bob]

You need a license to drive a car?

[Albannach]

That's a daft rule.

In general, the heavier the trailer, the longer it will be. And the longer (longer fulcrum) the trailer the slower it will react; the slower it reacts the easier it is to control.

Definitely a money thing...