BE /Trailer licence, have you it to pull a trailer behind a jeep/van/car???

And on on the trailer license question, where does the Insurance come in? I thought that to be full covered by your insurance, you had to have the correct license category when towing?

My RAV is rated to pull 2000 kgs.

30 ish years ago there was only 3-4 classes of liciences

A. Motorbike

B. Tractor

C. Car

D truck. AFAIK.

In the early 90's we standardized to the EU liciences. In the transfer process you were entitled to transfer categories to the new category type.

There was never a requirement for you 90 year old father or grandfather to sit a BE liciences. He originally sat a C test ( if it was required he may have been from a time when there was no requirements to sit such a test) and transfered his entitlements to the new liciences.

To retain that license for the last 20 ish years he has had to provide a medical certificate to renew. I be questioning his GP if he signed the cert and your father in a wheel chair not the system.

Currently, as a retired truck / Bus driver I have all categories. But later this year, my license is due for renewal, and I don't think that I will go for the full license again as I do not plan on driving anything other than a passenger car in future. However as I use a small trailer ( 6 x 4 single axle) I want to keep whatever category I will need for that. any advice is more than welcome. Thanks

I keep the BE however of you keep that you will be able to keep the rest.

It's a professional driver license and you will need a medical certificate for it. Get it filled out sone time you visit the doctor. The BE is a 5 year liciences however you get a 10 year fir the B part

It's not that easy you need to renew it with the medical report. However you only need the medical report every 10 years to keep it on your liciences. If you are using it as in towing you would need to renew it every five years

Just check to make sure that you have the BE category on your current licence. You are entitled to have it if you passed an artic test. Then, when you're renewing your licence, make sure they add it again to the new one.

Do you need a northern adress to apply for northern liscense ,where did you get this info .

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Everything is a money racket now (and probably always was) and in general people don't kick up enough of a stink about new quangos etc multiplying like bacteria snd becoming a self perpetuating drain on their finances

I bring a van for a test and "inspector" a snot nosed surly git looking like he barely got out of his pre teen patchy beard phase and about as communicative as a disgruntled teenager says it fails on a crack in tail light (plastic) and lights not focussed

Grand I think, I'll replace the tail light, which is working fine btw and needs the entire unit replaced (another racket and wasteful too....they should be a small bit of plastic that doesn't cost the earth ....I meant that both ways btw seeing as we are so environmrntally conscious) in fairness maybe water leaks in and shorts the light etc

But I had the temerity to enquire after reading the report where it mentioned dip beam....was it too low or too high...no response..I tried another tack, what standard or criteria do you use so I can raise or lower the beams? Ie: should it be 20 metres back from a wall and lights should illuminate 0.5 m upwards or something along those lines etc etc

I could fix it if you could provide some sort of guidance on what you want, why make me go looking for the standard? The van btw has been on the road for a year, I can't see an issue with the dips, they work perfectly and not a single oncoming vehicle has flashed that they are too high so I can only assume they are too low...I looked for guidance in an old rules of the road and a YouTube video and according to both they are fine .....yer man was having a bad day and hand over the money **** was my conclusion

So that's about 160 ish for test incl a retest fee which is a total lark for something that can be "inspected" in 2 minutes....

Around 170 for the light unit and time and labour (which I'll supply) and diesel/wear and tear to fit and drive the thing back to the thick aggressive knobjockeys...

And thats replicated across all areas of life....

People in general are way too likely to take the easy option and sing dumb when a lot of these things are in the pipeline.....and they get what they deserve as a collective

You can complain too much or not enough ... its hard to get it right but maje no mistake as a consumer/citizen you are a cash cow to be milked at every opportunity and they want you on lean pasture as much as possible to boot

Life is a subscription model unless you are lying up on the state.

Most people are sheep and will pay up. Its a money racket, just like everything nowadays. I had to get rid of the jeep a few years back, no trailer license, the jeep cost a fortune to run then another fortune to get through the doe every year. I just use the tractor now, no requirement for a trailer license, can use green diesel,and i don't give a fook anymore if theirs a mile long tailback behind me on the road

Yes. Thats the one!! A beauty. They had another one a long time ago.. but LIDL have it now. Still, better that the days when there was no marts, and the dealing was done on the side of the street. I remember them days too. The next door Neighbours were cattle dealers, and as a kid I went along with them. Buy the time I was 11 or 12 I had travelled most of Munster. I remember minding cattle for them on a mart day. The wheeling and dealing, spitting on the palms, the "make the deal" middleman. The drinking, and occasional fighting that ensued. And of course, the monumental clean up afterwards.