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Message posted by Papa Pip on 16/11/2007 at 8:48pm
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Hi Linsay, Take the camper along to the nearest weigh station and i am sure they will be happy to weigh it for you.
Contact DVLA and I am sure they will be able to make sense out of the above for you.
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Message posted by Big_Mike on 12/1/2008 at 5:56pm
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Hi,
Have just been looking up the EU Driving Licence Laws.
Basically they are the same, but there are some big differences.
We don't have a 'P' class this is then class 'M', I think that this was
taken from the English word for 'Moped'. Its very simple, class
'A' with 3 underlying category's all Motorbikes. Class 'B' with
3 underlying category's are cars/trailers/caravans. Class 'C' with
4 underlying category's only for commercial vehicles, in commercial service. Class 'D' with 4 underlying category's is for passenger carrying bus. There are a few others like class 'R' for Police, Fire, Customs or Ambliance. Class 'Y' for soldiers and other forces. ALL these classes are the same, roughly, from Finland to Greece. This is all not a big problem, but there are some that don't match up i.e the bus driver in Holland has a licence with 'DE', or a driver from the UK with a car and caravan with his UK class 'C1E'. This would mean a very heavy fine, and possibly loss of licence. This class is reserved for commercial vehicles only, correct, under EU law would be 'BE'. We don't have any 'N' or 'F', 'F' in the EU is 'L' = land machine (Harvester), or 'T' for tractor. In the EU class 'S' is for snow machines, quads, easy-riders. I have classes BE, C1E, A, D1. I wish the EU would get it all together.
Mike
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Message posted by Papa Pip on 13/1/2008 at 6:53pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Big_Mike on 12/1/2008
Hi,
Have just been looking up the EU Driving Licence Laws.
Basically they are the same, but there are some big differences.
We don't have a 'P' class this is then class 'M', I think that this was
taken from the English word for 'Moped'. Its very simple, class
'A' with 3 underlying category's all Motorbikes. Class 'B' with
3 underlying category's are cars/trailers/caravans. Class 'C' with
4 underlying category's only for commercial vehicles, in commercial service. Class 'D' with 4 underlying category's is for passenger carrying bus. There are a few others like class 'R' for Police, Fire, Customs or Ambliance. Class 'Y' for soldiers and other forces. ALL these classes are the same, roughly, from Finland to Greece. This is all not a big problem, but there are some that don't match up i.e the bus driver in Holland has a licence with 'DE', or a driver from the UK with a car and caravan with his UK class 'C1E'. This would mean a very heavy fine, and possibly loss of licence. This class is reserved for commercial vehicles only, correct, under EU law would be 'BE'. We don't have any 'N' or 'F', 'F' in the EU is 'L' = land machine (Harvester), or 'T' for tractor. In the EU class 'S' is for snow machines, quads, easy-riders. I have classes BE, C1E, A, D1. I wish the EU would get it all together.
Mike
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Thanks for the info.
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Message posted by Papa Pip on 07/7/2008 at 12:46pm
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Hi Irn Bru, had a look into weights etc and believe that 3.5 Tonnes = 3,500kg.
Our car is 1850kg and the caravan just below 1000kg giving us a total of 2850kg which would be permissable judging by the information in the original post. The max weight our Citroen is permitted to tow is 1300kg (Manufacturers Max figure) which would mean that at its heavyist we would be 3150kg with a braked trailer. The max for an unbraked trailer is 690kg.
To find out what your cars weight is have a look at the weight plate on the car (inside engine bay or on one of the door pillers on most cars)
Hope this helps!
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