how much does H licence test cost ?

[kevin powles]

Richard,
why not book it at the Lowestoft test station, you can use my carrier, i will put you on the insurance. One thing to remember is as a steel track laying vehicle you top speed is restricted to 5 mph, so you dont actually ever get out of first gear. You just book it on line, i will try and find my instruction book i bought for the H test and post it up.

kev.

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

One thing to remember is as a steel track laying vehicle you top speed is restricted to 5 mph, so you dont actually ever get out of first gear.

Do you have that in writing Kevin? I have found the rule that states all tracklayers are limited to 20mph but not seen a specific steel track rule.

[shaun]

Guys, if you check the rule book i think you will find it states - a track laying vehicle with no rubber tyres and no suspenion is limited to 5 mph - a track laying vehicle with rubber tyres but no suspenion is limited to 20 mph - a track laying vehicle with rubber tyres and suspenion is limited to 25 mph. i have seen nothing that relates to the material the tracks are made out of.
The vehicle you take your track test in must be road registered.

[shaun]

richie the carrier has very poor vision to the left , so bare that in mind when deciding on what vehicle you take your test in.

[RichardT10829]

Having had a go in a CVRT I think that is the way to go the controls were nice and responsive and the FOV in the scorpion was suprisingly excellent ! Infact I have really fallen for the CVRT and would deffo buy one tomorrow if I could !

[tankbarrell]

This is what I found.

Part III
Track-Laying Vehicles(see application provisions below the following Table)
Table 1 2 3
Item No. Class of Vehicle Maximum Speed (in miles per hour) while vehicle is being driven on a road
1. A motor vehicle being a track-laying vehicle which is fitted with—(a) springs between its frame and its weight-carrying rollers, and(b) resilient material between the rims of its weight-carrying rollers and the surface of the road,and which is not drawing a trailer. 20mph
2. A vehicle specified in item 1 above drawing one or more trailers each one of which is either—(a) a track-laying vehicle fitted with springs and resilient material as mentioned in that item, or(b) not a track-laying vehicle and each wheel of which is fitted with either a pneumatic tyre or a resilient tyre. 20mph
3.A vehicle specified in item 1 above drawing one or more trailers any one of which is either—(a) a track-laying vehicle not fitted with springs and resilient material as mentioned in that item, or(b) not a track-laying vehicle and at least one wheel of which is not fitted with either a pneumatic tyre or a resilient tyre. 5mph
4. A motor vehicle being a track-laying vehicle which is not fitted with springs and resilient material as mentioned in item 1 above, whether drawing a trailer or not. 5mph
5. A motor vehicle not being a track-laying vehicle, which is drawing one or more trailers any one or more of which is a track-laying vehicle—(a) if every wheel of the motor vehicle and of any non-track-laying trailer is fitted with a pneumatic tyre or with a resilient tyre, and every trailer which is a track-laying vehicle is fitted with springs and resilient material as mentioned in item 1(b) in any other case 20

The key being the phrase ' between the rims of its weight-carrying rollers and the surface of the road'.

I would argue that the wheel rim does not include the rubber tyre but a court may decide differently..... I would suggest a carrier is allowed to do 20 mph.

[shaun]

well found Adrain, it was a few years back when i went and sat with a traffic cop in police HQ Norwich sorting out the regs for tracked vehicles on the road, i wanted to know what they may nick me for if i was ever stopped.