Is there a category you can do that allows you to drive up to 7.5 tonnes or do you have to do the full HGV license? It's always a barrier for me with this 3.5T thing so I'm thinking about doing the necessary test but I wouldn't have a need to drive something absolutely massive.
My question refers particularly to spec lift recovery vehicles.
Upon reading this:
Driving larger goods vehicles (LGV) on a car driving licence | nidirect
and particular this section:
There are special licensing arrangements allowing you to drive larger vehicles without having to hold the higher Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) driving licence entitlement. Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the large vehicles listed below:
goods vehicle fitted with apparatus designed for raising a disabled vehicle partly from the ground and for drawing a disabled vehicle when so raised (whether by partial superimposition or otherwise) being a vehicle which is used solely for dealing with disabled vehicles and isn't used for the conveyance of any goods or load other than a disabled vehicle when so raised and water, fuel, accumulators and articles required for the operation of, or in connection with, such apparatus or otherwise for dealing with disabled vehicles and has an unladen weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes
So does that paragraph mean that I can legally drive a spec lift vehicle so long as the recovery vehicle itself is less than 3.5 tonnes unladen (such as a Transit)?
My question refers particularly to spec lift recovery vehicles.
Upon reading this:
Driving larger goods vehicles (LGV) on a car driving licence | nidirect
and particular this section:
There are special licensing arrangements allowing you to drive larger vehicles without having to hold the higher Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) driving licence entitlement. Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the large vehicles listed below:
goods vehicle fitted with apparatus designed for raising a disabled vehicle partly from the ground and for drawing a disabled vehicle when so raised (whether by partial superimposition or otherwise) being a vehicle which is used solely for dealing with disabled vehicles and isn't used for the conveyance of any goods or load other than a disabled vehicle when so raised and water, fuel, accumulators and articles required for the operation of, or in connection with, such apparatus or otherwise for dealing with disabled vehicles and has an unladen weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes
So does that paragraph mean that I can legally drive a spec lift vehicle so long as the recovery vehicle itself is less than 3.5 tonnes unladen (such as a Transit)?
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