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Can I draw a trailer with full irish license

  • 15-05-2015 07:32PM
    #1
    kh8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭


    hi can i draw a tractor trailer with full irish license


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  • #2
    TrailerBob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭TrailerBob


    Yes. But within limits... Use the search function on the forum, it's been covered a thousand times here already. You'll find the answers handy enough


  • #3
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Different rules and regulations regarding trailers. You can pull a single axel trailer with your full licence up to a certain weight. If you want to pull a double axel trailer then you must have a trailer licence AFAIK.


  • #4
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    mhackett102 wrote: »
    Different rules and regulations regarding trailers. You can pull a single axel trailer with your full licence up to a certain weight. If you want to pull a double axel trailer then you must have a trailer licence AFAIK.

    Incorrect.
    Amount of axles is irrelevant.


  • #5
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    kh8 wrote: »
    hi can i draw a tractor trailer with full irish license

    By tractor trailer you mean to draw it with a tractor?
    IMO yes, you can if you hold category B licence, no matter if Irish or other EU country.


  • #6
    The Diddakoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭The Diddakoi


    https://www.ndls.ie/cars-and-trailers.html#what-trailers-does-my-category-b-licence-cover


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  • #7
    mhackett102
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭mhackett102


    Sorry I mis-read the first post. I presumed that it was for a car, not tractor. My own fault :o


  • #8
    TrailerBob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭TrailerBob


    Edit.... Post deleted, misread


  • #9
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,844 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    I presume you need to have the W category on the liscence.
    I don't think a B cat supersedes and covers a tractor unless the W cat is there also.
    Once you have the W you can indeed draw a tractor trailer.


  • #10
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Also, your license might cover it but your insurance might not.


  • #11
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Senna wrote: »
    Also, your license might cover it but your insurance might not.

    You mean his tractor insurance will not cover towing a trailer behind a tractor?


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  • #12
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    _Brian wrote: »
    I presume you need to have the W category on the liscence.
    I don't think a B cat supersedes and covers a tractor unless the W cat is there also.
    Once you have the W you can indeed draw a tractor trailer.

    You don't need W printed on your licence.
    Category B gives you entitlements for W category, no matter if W is listed on your license or not.


  • #13
    kh8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭kh8


    its a bale trailer or silage trailer for tractor


  • #14
    The Diddakoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭The Diddakoi


    Might be worth asking in farming and forestry forum ?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=845


  • #15
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,844 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    CiniO wrote: »
    You don't need W printed on your licence.
    Category B gives you entitlements for W category, no matter if W is listed on your license or not.

    Thanks , wasn't sure.


  • #16
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    If it goes pear shaped, just say you heard it here


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