EB licence

ubs69

Hello , can anyone tell me which trailer is suitable for the test or were to find this info out , don't say horse box type ! As there is so many different size trailers , there has to be certain dimensions to this trailer , thanks

Silvera

If the towing vehicle is 2004, or older, you can use a flat-bed trailer, after 2004 must be a box-trailer. See www.rsa.ie for specifics on trailer size, weight, etc

mullingar

Silvera wrote: »

If the towing vehicle is 2004, or older, you can use a flat-bed trailer, after 2004 must be a box-trailer. See www.rsa.ie for specifics on trailer size, weight, etc

No.

It all changed in 2013.

The rules are the trailer must be of closed box design at least the height and width of the towing car, have 30x 4" concrete blocks inside (800kg), must be at least 8ft long interior. Simple terms, a horse box or large box trailer. The towing vehicle must be able to tow all that weight too!

Trust me I know as I sat the BE test last year. .

ubs69

I have my own 10x5 tipper trailer with high sides is like to use this as I'm used to this trailer , I don't want to go to expense of hiring one , any way try to hire box trailer in Dublin with working lights , brakes etc is hard to do ! ,

mullingar

Try a local driving school. One of my local schools had a horse box with the required blocks in it, so I did a pre-test lesson and used their box for the test. Much handier.

Silvera

mullingar wrote: »

No.

It all changed in 2013.

The rules are the trailer must be of closed box design at least the height and width of the towing car, have 30x 4" concrete blocks inside (800kg), must be at least 8ft long interior. Simple terms, a horse box or large box trailer. The towing vehicle must be able to tow all that weight too!

Trust me I know as I sat the BE test last year. .

I stand corrected. The pre-2004 vehicle option must have been discontinued. There were indeed a lot of such changes introduced in 2013.

For example, I passed my C test in 2003 (no weight needed in the truck) and my C+E in 2014 (weight required in rigid truck+trailer).

Where did you take your B+E test btw? How did you find it? Did you take many lessons beforehand?

I considered doing my B+E lessons/test, but opted for C+E lessons/test instead, using this combination of truck + trailer (a 'larger' EB test if you will) http://www.aclearsteerdriving.com/?page_id=46

mullingar

I did my BE test in Mullingar. I applied immediately to do my test after I got the BE learner permit, got a date 6 weeks after, I just did two lessons one in my car, an auto, but borrowed a friends manual to do a combined second lesson/test with the instructors trailer.