Lorry driver shortage

farmerclare

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Livestock Farmer
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Somerset
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had e nuff

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Location
Durham
Was told today that if you passed your car test before 1997 then you automatically get grandfather rights to a hgv class 2.
Does anyone know if this is true.
Google seems to suggest it is.
 

TheTallGuy

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Location
Cambridgeshire
Was told today that if you passed your car test before 1997 then you automatically get grandfather rights to a hgv class 2.
Does anyone know if this is true.
Google seems to suggest it is.
No, the grandfather rights are to 7.5 ton rigid - C1 in the current system, similar to the old Class 3. Class 2 is over 7.5 ton rigid & is class C, Class 1 being CE. The definitive answer though is what categories are on the licence along with the restriction codes as the towing rules are slightly different.
 

Renaultman

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Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
No, the grandfather rights are to 7.5 ton rigid - C1 in the current system, similar to the old Class 3. Class 2 is over 7.5 ton rigid & is class C, Class 1 being CE. The definitive answer though is what categories are on the licence along with the restriction codes as the towing rules are slightly different.
Class 3 was a 2 axle rigid above 7.5t class 2 was any rigid above that and class 1 artics. You could go direct to class one and tow any trailer you wanted to behind a car. Before the world went mad.
 

had e nuff

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Location
Durham
No, the grandfather rights are to 7.5 ton rigid - C1 in the current system, similar to the old Class 3. Class 2 is over 7.5 ton rigid & is class C, Class 1 being CE. The definitive answer though is what categories are on the licence along with the restriction codes as the towing rules are slightly different.
I thought it couldn't be right.
 

JWL

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Location
Hereford
I wonder if they'll put the 10.25t gross weight back on the B+e like we had before. Where you could tow a trailer over 750kg behind a 7.5t lorry. Can still do it with a minibus/Small coach but not a lorry anymore
 

TheTallGuy

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Location
Cambridgeshire
I wonder if they'll put the 10.25t gross weight back on the B+e like we had before. Where you could tow a trailer over 750kg behind a 7.5t lorry. Can still do it with a minibus/Small coach but not a lorry anymore
B is unlikely to be relaxed to 7.5t prime. C1E gives 7.5t prime with over 750kg trailer up to 12t train unless there's a code 107 restriction to 8,250kg.
 
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southwest
If you pass your LGV "driving" test but fail the "reversing" test, do you still get your LGV licence? Do trucks no longer have a reverse gear?


Reminds me of when I did my LGV training through a school run by a bus company. My trainer said "buses aren't allowed to reverse" So I asked "what happens when two buses meet on a narrow road?"
 
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Werzle

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Midlands
Annoys me when you hear of these driver shortages and yet you order bulk feed for example and they bring loads which are 1-3 tons short, which means you need extra deliveries . Multiply those extra journeys across just us farmers and it causes thousands of extra trips.
 

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