driving a tractor on L plates

[dave mountain]

Would you need a B+E to tow a trailer ?

tractor is class f so would be f+e if there were such a thing

 

[betweenthelines]

What age can you drive a tractor on the road? ... You can drive a tractor to and from the driving test appointment, but you can't practise on the road. At 17, however, you can drive any tractor unaccompanied on the road as long as you display L-plates.27 Sept 2011 (copyed from google)

Well if it's on google it must be true

You can check what you are entitled to drive on the Gov website-just need your licence details and NI number

 

[Exfarmer]

For gods sake does no one on here know the law?
From the age of 17 you can take a tractor and trailer on the road on L plates with no restriction!
Trailer up to 18.29 tone gross tractor must be 25% minimum of gross weight
Total gross up to 32 tonne.
Standard tractor up to 25 mph and that includes all blue green and red tractors.

However , hauling mulch may not be an agricultural operation but this does not affect driving an agricultural tractor in terms of licence.
Also check the insurance cover, this may not include using provisional licence drivers for commercial operation, but you should be covered for third party and so not breaking the law
@simonchiles

 

[Banana Bar]

does anyone know where i can read full restrictions as for tractor size weight limit ect but not for 16 yr olds like i said im 29 and theres nothing on it anywhere that i can find

I’m sure this will offend. I wouldn’t employ someone of 29 who hasn’t passed a car test whatever the circumstances.

 

[flywheel]

 

[Exfarmer]

Perhaps it would be better to ask the DVLA rather than Toyota
There is no question you can drive a tractor on L plates

 

[76masseyman]

 

[Netherfield]

FFS just don't do it, you'd be a liability on the road, as well as probably uninsured.

Enough accidents in farming without looking for them.

 

[flywheel]

Perhaps it would be better to ask the DVLA rather than Toyota
There is no question you can drive a tractor on L plates

Toyota just popped up as I was screen shot from dvla

 

[Exfarmer]

FFS just don't do it, you'd be a liability on the road, as well as probably uninsured.

Enough accidents in farming without looking for them.

This I would agree with.
The advice from DVLA is very unclear, suggesting, I am sure correctly, that you can drive on the road with L plates.
It then goes on to say that if the tractor is equipped with a passenger seat that it must be occupied by a qualified driver.
However I understood most second seats in tractors are not rated as passenger seats, just jump seats so do not fit this bill.
I think insurancecompanies would take a dim view of employing someone on a regular basis without a full licence , but as I understand it, there is currently a huge back log of tests

 

[Highland Mule]

This I would agree with.
The advice from DVLA is very unclear, suggesting, I am sure correctly, that you can drive on the road with L plates.
It then goes on to say that if the tractor is equipped with a passenger seat that it must be occupied by a qualified driver.
However I understood most second seats in tractors are not rated as passenger seats, just jump seats so do not fit this bill.
I think insurancecompanies would take a dim view of employing someone on a regular basis without a full licence , but as I understand it, there is currently a huge back log of tests

Story is that a lad up north passed theory test on his 17th birthday and car test later the same week - he’d been driving tractors on a tractor licence for the previous year so was quite experienced of being around traffic. I don’t think the backlog is as bad as they claim, unless he just got very lucky with things.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

What age can you drive a tractor on the road? ... You can drive a tractor to and from the driving test appointment, but you can't practise on the road. At 17, however, you can drive any tractor unaccompanied on the road as long as you display L-plates.27 Sept 2011 (copyed from google)

... and have a provisional licence covering category F


..... and the trailer meets the learner restrictions.

 

[PSQ]

Story is that a lad up north passed theory test on his 17th birthday and car test later the same week - he’d been driving tractors on a tractor licence for the previous year so was quite experienced of being around traffic. I don’t think the backlog is as bad as they claim, unless he just got very lucky with things.

Youngest son is almost old enough to sit his test, but we had to wait for the new DVSA theory test booking system which went live at 8 o'clock this morning, crashed for 5 hours, and all of the testing slots at the local test were booked up to December within an hour, and still going strong. There wont be any slots until well into next year now.

Eldest son was very lucky last year (June), and got an 'emergency driving test' as a key worker, before the current problems started.

 

[Highland Mule]

Youngest son is almost old enough to sit his test, but we had to wait for the new DVSA theory test booking system which went live at 8 o'clock this morning, crashed for 5 hours, and all of the testing slots at the local test were booked up to December within an hour, and still going strong. There wont be any slots until well into next year now.

Eldest son was very lucky last year (June), and got an 'emergency driving test' as a key worker, before the current problems started.

Can he look further afield? Lad I mention went a good few miles for theory test and then got cancellation for road one. @Andrew1983 mentioned it a couple of weeks ago.

 

[PSQ]

Can he look further afield? Lad I mention went a good few miles for theory test and then got cancellation for road one. @Andrew1983 mentioned it a couple of weeks ago.

Took the December booking in the knowledge that booking dates can be amended at any time, and if we see a cancellation for an earlier date he’ll go for it.

 

[Highland Mule]

Took the December booking in the knowledge that booking dates can be amended at any time, and if we see a cancellation for an earlier date he’ll go for it.

Try one of the outlying centres then - Kyle, Helmsdale or the likes. Make a short trip of it and have a few days away.

 

[nobby91]

FFS just don't do it, you'd be a liability on the road, as well as probably uninsured.

Enough accidents in farming without looking for them.

I’m sure this will offend. I wouldn’t employ someone of 29 who hasn’t passed a car test whatever the circumstances.

no offence taken, only reason iv never done car test is iv never needed a car, always had bikes, now having a child so yano