Redhand , Trewey, so if i buy a yank tank camper weighing 6500kg's it can be a class 4 (car mot) but a 110 weighing less than 2000 kgs come's in at a class 7 (commercial mot) just don't make sense , and seems daft to some (me).
baffling , so in "theory" you could down rate the springs bringing it in to a lower weight limit thus allowing a class 4 mot ?
I have weighed mine several times ( weighing metal in) and i can guarantee a 90 is a smidge over 2640kg
I have weighed mine several times ( weighing metal in) and i can guarantee a 90 is a smidge over 2640kg
Is it fook it's a smidge over 1400kg empty. with you and a tank of fuel plus tools etc it might reach 1640KG but no way it'll reach 2640Kg.
Yep it's about type of use not size of vehicle.. Beasties mate has just bought a London Routemaster double decker bus, that he's gonna use as a mobile bar It's taxed as a PLG and he can drive it on his normal car licence.
Some years ago I set up an AEC Regent 5 double decker bus for MoT.
Nine and a half litre straight six lump. Used as an advertising "tool" for the Rhondda Heritage Park, and not for carrying passengers it was class 5.
Filled the garage with smoke when I started it, but somehow it passed the emissions test too.
It was built in 1963 so classed as a "classic" vehicle and therefore tax exempt.
Provided fewer than 16 non-paying passengers were on board I was able to drive it on an ordinary driving licence.
Special build for Rhondda Transport, seven foot six wide instead of eight feet and a close ratio gearbox especially for the narrow, hilly roads in the valleys.
On a humerous note, I did once have a police escort up through the Rhondda Valley, but then the mayor, councillors and the council mace were on board.
We used to love taking my mates Scamell Explorer "motorhome" fer its mot. That had a big Gardner! Ansum.
was it a former tank transporter type beasty ? , i like the old trucks and buses something about them
How the fook should I know?