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can a person drive a cab/unit without an hgv licence ?can you pay private road tax for the cab ?
a friend said years ago you could drive on a normal licence so long as you did not have the trailer connected and you only paid as a private vehicle.
a friend said years ago you could drive on a normal licence so long as you did not have the trailer connected and you only paid as a private vehicle.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.No, the cab unit will be plated up to the maximum train weight, of perhaps 38 - 44 tons. You would need a licence for that weight.
If it had the fifth wheel removed so that it was incapable of towing a trailer, then I think you could drive it on a C licence (rigid lorry), but I wouldn't swear to that.
Chris Eubank drives a tractor unit as his personal transport - but he does have an HGV licence.
If it had the fifth wheel removed so that it was incapable of towing a trailer, then I think you could drive it on a C licence (rigid lorry), but I wouldn't swear to that.
Chris Eubank drives a tractor unit as his personal transport - but he does have an HGV licence.
chris passed the HGV test, but didn't bother taking the articulated test.
failed 3 times passed on his 4th go
the thing he drives is twice the length of one of our trucks
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i think my friend is thinking of years back , there was no speed limit on motorways when he was younger
come to think of it there was no speed limit when i was a kid ?
failed 3 times passed on his 4th go
the thing he drives is twice the length of one of our trucks
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i think my friend is thinking of years back , there was no speed limit on motorways when he was younger
come to think of it there was no speed limit when i was a kid ?
In very limited circumstances only, and don't forget people who have passed their driving test since the mid 90s can only drive up to 3.5 tonne
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLic ensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_40 22499
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLic ensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_40 22499
If you look way down the bottom of this discussion
http://www.5ive-o.org/forum/archive/index.php/ t-20291.html
it appears that you would have to have the vehicle modified so that it couldn't tow a trailer, and replated at under seven and a half tons. You would need a C1 licence, but many older people got that for historical reasons.
http://www.5ive-o.org/forum/archive/index.php/ t-20291.html
it appears that you would have to have the vehicle modified so that it couldn't tow a trailer, and replated at under seven and a half tons. You would need a C1 licence, but many older people got that for historical reasons.
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