recovery truck

[BrokenBiker]

can I drive a transit based flatbed recovery truck on a class b license?

mate has managed to break a leg after a long night on the pop and asked me to pick 2 cars up on the weekend with his truck.

he has old type license so is ok for 7.5t, but I'm only good for 3.5t

 

[octo0072000]

as long as transit is 3.5 tons
some i believe can be uprated to 4.25tons

 

[BrokenBiker]

thought it would be ok if it was under the weight, just wanted to check it wasn't classed as 7.5t rigid though. was thinking of buying one a while back but it was a bigger truck and was unsure

 

[octo0072000]

also make sure his insurance covers you i doubt your car insurance will cover you for it

 

[BrokenBiker]

he has insurance to cover anyone working for him. Already checked that.

 

[octo0072000]

Good to go then

 

[dunk]

BB, if its 3.5t be careful what you pick up, it does not take to much to put these overweight, your corsa`s, fiesta`s, and such like should be fine, stray into pug 407`s, galaxy`s, 4x4`s etc and there`s a good chance you will be over weight,

 

[Justme]

I doubt it. If you have a car on the back you are already at 1 to 2 tonnes add in the truck & you going to be close to the 3500kg if not well over it.

Check the plated weight on the tranny first.

 

[BrokenBiker]

first car is a vectra, second is an old merc, will check weights when I seen him in the morning

 

[dunk]

I doubt it. If you have a car on the back you are already at 1 to 2 tonnes add in the truck & you going to be close to the 3500kg if not well over it.

Check the plated weight on the tranny first.

what do you think i just said,
corsa`s / fiesta`s are down at the 1 ton mark, if you go up to pug 407 your up to 1650kgs, go up to some 4x4`s and you will hit 2tons+, he more than likely will have around a 1000kgs - 1200kgs to play with depending on body material and equip. This is why i steered away from transits/ vw/merc chassie cabs, trust me vosa aint stupid
and know roughly what to pull in as regards to being over weight

 

[dunk]

BB, do your self a favour and find the unladen weight of the tow truck, then use the site on the web for kerbside weights, but i think you will be over with the merc if its a c class or above, also with the vectra as well, vectra goes from 1300kgs up 1500+ kgs depending on spec

 

[Jan]

Recheck the insurance cover. 'working for', 'working on behalf of' and 'employed by' are not synonymous! You may not be covered.

 

[Justme]

what do you think i just said,

Why the attitude?

No need to be rude.

 

[dunk]

Why the attitude?

No need to be rude.

brummy straight talk lol, sorry if you got offended

 

[BrokenBiker]

Recheck the insurance cover. 'working for', 'working on behalf of' and 'employed by' are not synonymous! You may not be covered.

ok, the insurance covers all company employees to drive any company vehicles. he only has the one vehicle, and only employs himself, unless he needs a favour, he then employs who ever Is doing said favour. so I will be employed by his LTD company, I will sign a bit of paper to this effect for legal purposes and then will be on my way.

as for the weights, the merc is an old e190 (not cossie) and the Vectra has no interior or engine, so should both come in under weight. at first I thought they were both fully assembled cars but apparently he doesn't deal with anything drivable. never really paid attention to what cars he has to be honest, don't even know what he does with them.

 

[Sidewinder]

Sometimes being old has its advantages!

Anything up to 7.5 tonnes GVW.