Train weight !

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Any advice here is appreciated.

Looking to buy a motorhome 3.5 T but with something that has an overall train weight north of 6 tonne.

Unfortunately I have the new style cornflake licence.

 

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Think the thread has legs due to the lack of clarity in the licence categories and depending on if you notice the significant difference between categories B & BE.

However how is it reconciled that a +70 (test prior to 1997) losses C1 to drive a vehicle (lets not get into how much) over 3500kg but retains a BE which allows a gross train of 7000KG?

I agree , but that's the law.

 

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I don't think that there is any great lack of clarity in the categories but logicality is another matter.

BTW if B+E was on your licence before 19th Jan 2013 then the licence covers any weight of trailer, obviously subject to the physical capability/train weight of the towing vehicle.

Another anomoly, exploited by vwalan is that if downplating a 5or 6ton gross vehicle to 3.5t the train weight is not reduced thus giving a possibility of 12000k train weight with a 3.5 t vehicle legally with a Cat B+E licence.