Trailer Test.....

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How old do you need to be? How much does it cost etc etc?
Currently have a 7 1/2 tonne lorry but i wont be able to drive that for a while, and i need to be able to get both horses aout and about.
SO any info greatly appreciated!
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It's £80 to sit your trailer test around this way, I assume it's the same everywhere
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You can tow a trailer laden/unladen with L plates and an experienced tow-er with you. That's what I'm doing until I have enough practice under my belt before i sit the test.
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Think you can be ay age to take the test providing you have passed your car license of course.

Prices vary but i was looking at £700 for a 3 day course. Couldn't find anywhere that just did one hour lessons here and there.
 
If you google trailer test training lots comes up. I found some around this way (Wales) where you could do a half day training and test for around £130 they also do 2 3hr sessions ie two evenings and the test. Think like to know what you can do before they let you book though. ie if you'ev done lots of towing but just need to brush up on what you need to pass then they will let you do a 3 hour session and test. If you've never towed in your life then they would want to get you to do a 2 or three day course and test for around £500

that's what I found anyway
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what a shame Kelly as its a lot of money to find all in one go.
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I must be really lucky as mum knows the company who is training me and they do day lessons for £230p/d
 
I don't know about ages, I assume 17 if you have passed your car test. You can tow without taking the test if you have a qualified person with you and are displaying L plates, and that is the best way to learn. (A qualified person is anyone who passed their test before 1997 whether they can tow or not, or someone who has passed the test). Find somewhere flat, like a supermarket car park when everyone has gone home, get someone who knows what they are doing to drive you there and practise reversing and turning. It is worth having a couple of lessons to brush up on the finer points, and to practise for the test, but the best way to learn is to tow as much as you can with someone else there. Well, certainly the cheapest!
 
TBH you might as well do the lorry test if you have a lorry - will cost a bit more but if you ever want to drive the lorry, you'll need to do the test! You can do the C1 (3.5 to 7.5t) at 18 I believe, C (HGV) at 21.
 
Really?

Its going to be cheaper and easier in the long run i think, to sell the lorry put the doller in the bank and buy a trailer.
Plus i dont really want to be driving round in a 7.5 tonne lorry on my own.
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You are right. It is definitely cheaper to tax, test and insure one vehicle, and a 7.5tonne lorry is quite a sizeable object to manoeuvre. Plus you will never get bogged down at a showground with a 4x4!
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A box is far easier to drive than a trailor. Much safer for the horses too. & of course it's handy for overnight shows. The test is not that difficult either. I still think the best route for you younger ones is to do the HGV free of charge on the Young Driver Scheme. You can then do the class 1 for £1100.00 Its another qualification should you ever need it.
 
No seriously you dont have to be 21. Providing you are working in the Industry, & riding horses & travelling to shows is a qualifying industry then you can join a government training scheme. Providing you have got Maths & English (I think) at a C then you dont have to take the key skills test (which is actually ABC & 2+2=4) then you do an assesment take the necessary days training with a hgv training school & take your test. You have to have beeen driving for 12 months or 18 yrs old. My son took his theory in July just before his 18th & passed his Practical in September. Then in the next 6 months they get 4 sessions with a hgv trainer & providing they dont do anything really stupid they are then allowed to drive abroad. Andy completed this in March. So now can legally drive not only in the UK but also Europe. I was very sceptical at first but I got to say he can drive the box better than me or his Dad. It is a 40 foot Scania with god knows how many gears. (split box with 1/2 gear changes) The training is absolutely fantastic. If he wanted to get a job tomorrow as a HGV driver he could. Funnily enough the Insurance has not gone stupid either. An extra £30 per year on the older Merc 6 horse box (without living) & £150.00 per year extra on the near new Scania 380 6 horse with living. Madness isnt it .
 
I don't suppose you have a link to a site wch gives more information about the HGV stuff do you? I've just done a quick search for it but can't bring anything up.

Anybody know if you have to have held a car licence for a certain amount of time before going for your LGV? I don't want my mother driving the box anymore after she kindly dented it last week
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