Artic + BE

Gerrup Outta Dat!

brian7cwl wrote: »

Your right a car licence allows you to drive s tractor with a trailer that is equivalent to an artic, it is very wrong but farmers do get everything in this country. Even when transport in live stick they are CPC exempt

neris wrote: »

farmers also dont need a tacho for pulling loads

So what if an overtired farmer decimates a young family in a car?

brian7cwl

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

So what if an overtired farmer decimates a young family in a car?

Then our government will do everything in their power to cover it up and keep it quiet

Because the farmers vote is more important than the lives of one family

boardsuser1

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

So what if an overtired farmer decimates a young family in a car?

Farmers have far more clout than some people would ever believe.

Politicians dare not 'upset them'

neris

brian7cwl wrote: »

Your right a car licence allows you to drive s tractor with a trailer that is equivalent to an artic, it is very wrong but farmers do get everything in this country. Even when transport in live stick they are CPC exempt

theres talk now of the lads who do milk tanker work having to become tacho compliant. think the rsa have coped on that theres a bit of piss taking going on in that sector

Wishbone Ash

brian7cwl wrote: »

If you can drive a rigid with a trailer (Drag) you should be well fit to drive any artic you get into

...or a drag unit with axles at both ends of the trailer (as opposed to a twin center axle) - a bitch to reverse as there's a double pivot.

brian7cwl

neris I didn't know the milkers didn't need techo when driving that is very wrong is there many industries that don't need techo in ?

boardsuser1

brian7cwl wrote: »

neris I didn't know the milkers didn't need techo when driving that is very wrong is there many industries that don't need techo in ?

http://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Professional-Drivers/Tachograph-cards/Exemptions/

parishsavings

neris wrote: »

theres talk now of the lads who do milk tanker work having to become tacho compliant. think the rsa have coped on that theres a bit of piss taking going on in that sector

More examples of farmers getting away with stuff, milk tankers and cattle lorries exempt!

Vehicles used for the carriage of live animals from farms to local markets and vice versa
or from local markets to local slaughter houses within a radius of up to 100km.

Gerrup Outta Dat!

Do travellers have an exemption of BE when towing caravans? I can't imagine every traveller having BE license.

parishsavings

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Do travellers have an exemption of BE when towing caravans? I can't imagine every traveller having BE license.

Some caravans are quite light so might fall under B licence as being within combined weight

brian7cwl

parishsavings wrote: »

More examples of farmers getting away with stuff, milk tankers and cattle lorries exempt!

Vehicles used for the carriage of live animals from farms to local markets and vice versa
or from local markets to local slaughter houses within a radius of up to 100km.

I know these are cpc exempt but are you sure they are techo exempt ? I though every truck needs techo

boardsuser1

brian7cwl wrote: »

I know these are cpc exempt but are you sure they are techo exempt ? I though every truck needs techo

Milk trucks are tachograph exempt.

They all have the tachograph ‘VU’ fitted but the truck will still operate as normal despite no driver card being inserted.

Wishbone Ash

parishsavings wrote: »

More examples of farmers getting away with stuff, milk tankers and cattle lorries exempt!.....

I don't know any farmer who has a milk tanker - most I'd imagine are owned by contractors or Co-ops.

Again, most livestock trucks are owned by haulage contractors as it wouldn't be feasible for the average farmer to operate one.

Most of the tacho exemptions are for haulage where there is no direct competition which might otherwise tempt a driver to overload/speed to get more work done and undercut his competitor.

kilianmanning

Did the rigid & artic test in the finish, got my be licence aswell!

Tigerpants

kilianmanning wrote: »

Did the rigid & artic test in the finish, got my be licence aswell!

Congratulations, well done.
On the BE part of the licence is there any code to let you know that the BE weight is unrestricted or is it blank i.e. restricted to 3500kg?

kilianmanning

Tigerpants wrote: »

Congratulations, well done.
On the BE part of the licence is there any code to let you know that the BE weight is unrestricted or is it blank i.e. restricted to 3500kg?

Restricted to 3500kg, no code, but I have seen others fellas licence with the code, do you know why I didn't get it?

Tigerpants

kilianmanning wrote: »

Restricted to 3500kg, no code, but I have seen others fellas licence with the code, do you know why I didn't get it?

I'm not 100% sure, perhaps some others on here might be able to shed some light