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W license

  • 04-08-2008 8:17pm
    #1
    davehalligan
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    i will be applying for my W license next month and i want to know what vehicles come under "work vehicle" other than tractors.?


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  • #2
    rliston
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    it just covers tractors as far as i know


  • #3
    taram
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    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/travel-and-recreation/motoring-1/driver-licensing/categories_of_motor_vehicles_and_minimum_age_of_drivers_in_ireland
    Citizens info says JCBs also, see above link.


  • #4
    Kenn sprinter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭Kenn sprinter


    Unimogs and Cherry pickers


  • #5
    MrFoxman360
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    Tractors, and most other farm machinery such as self propelled sprayers, harvesters, mowers and combines. Also plant machines such as teleporters diggers, dumpers and other plant machines registered for road use as work vehicles. Unimog if its registered as a tractor.

    Might allow you to drive a quad bike but they can be registered in different ways so i'd double check that one.

    by the way a "JCB" can be anything, its a brand name,


  • #6
    il gatto
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    "JCB" stands for J.C. Bamford, the inventor of the "backhoe" type digger. Other companies such as CASE, Massey Ferguson, Ford etc. also produced or have produced the same sort of machines, but JCB has become the generic term for them. I believe the W licence is for the machines listed by MrFoxman above, and basically covers agri/plant machines that don't fit any other categories.


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  • #7
    emaherx
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    il gatto wrote: »
    "JCB" stands for J.C. Bamford.

    wow the J actually stands J and the C for C. He must have got an aweful slagging at school:D

    they should have named him Joseph Cyril


  • #8
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    A useful rule of thumb I once heard was that the 'W' licence entitles the holder to drive vehicles on the public road that can legally run on marked gas oil (green diesel).
    Might not be absolutely 100% accurate, but I can't think of any exceptions at the moment.


  • #9
    il gatto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭il gatto


    emaherx wrote: »
    wow the J actually stands J and the C for C. He must have got an aweful slagging at school:D

    they should have named him Joseph Cyril

    As opposed to Jay Cee?:D It could've been worse. The guy who started the Case company was called Jerome Increase Case:D


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