how much does H licence test cost ?

[martyn]

use a m548 cargo!!!

[RichardT10829]

is that the rapier support vehicle ?

[RichardT10829]

Still prefer the CVRT mate.....too cool for school !

[George McKenzie]

O Canada the land of the FREE .Be carfull what you ask for .You may not like what you get . I have done alot of hiway trucking with construction equiptment and have never heard of having a licence to operate a track machine on the road .The only thing we were concerned with was damage to the road caused by the tracks, the speed limit minimum and top speed and lights .For this reason most things are hauld . For parades most things have nothing ,insurance or licence but you have to trailer it to and from the paraded if you do this .I find it interesting that a inspecter would know anything about an army vehicle .let alone be able to drive one . In Alberta I helped to get a lifetime licence for the old cars over 30 years old .I have # 5 on my 28 Ford CVT .It can only be used for antique perposes . Good luck Richard

[Hans Mulder]

Here in British Columbia I am having a tough time convincing ICBC (Crown's insurance corporation) to issue me with registration for the carrier, even though others on here have done, and even have collector or antique vehicle plates. I might have to register it as machinery or as a utility vehicle to get around ICBC.

[George McKenzie]

Originally Posted by Hans Mulder

Here in British Columbia I am having a tough time convincing ICBC (Crown's insurance corporation) to issue me with registration for the carrier, even though others on here have done, and even have collector or antique vehicle plates. I might have to register it as machinery or as a utility vehicle to get around ICBC.

When you run into this don't open up a can of worms .Just call it a tractor Otherwize You may have to have a public enquirey to decide what kind of a commission that would be needed to find a groupe of people that could decide what should be done . There is nothing like GOVERNMENT to screw up things .Ha Ha I have been in parades for years and have had no problems .These machines will never be used like cars and trucks .You are doing the public a favour by showing the off .

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by George McKenzie

I have done alot of hiway trucking with construction equiptment and have never heard of having a licence to operate a track machine on the road .The only thing we were concerned with was damage to the road caused by the tracks, the speed limit minimum and top speed and lights .For this reason most things are hauld . For parades most things have nothing ,insurance or licence but you have to trailer it to and from the paraded if you do this .

Basically the same here in Holland: one needs a licence for mopeds, motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses and trailers, but not for tracked vehicles or farm tractors. The latter will be fixed shortly, since the legislator now finally sees that driving today's huge farm tractors with multiple trailers by 16 year olds without a licence is a huge liability.

A friend of mine once drove a Sherman recovery tank on the public road, and he was stopped by the police as "he could not drive it on the road". He showed the policeman all of the above drivers licences and insurance for the tank. He had no registration papers as one cannot get a registration for a tracked vehicle here. The poor policeman did not have an answer to what else was needed to drive it legally, so he had to leave him drive off. Talk about a "grey area" when standing in a huge cloud of tank exhaust smoke!

H.

[Phil Waterman]

Hanno's comment about some one meeting the police while driving a tank reminded me of a similar happening locally.

Each year at our summer rally we take a trail ride with many of the vehicles attending the show including the armor. To be sure we have no problems we always check in with the police and the Army Corps of Engineers to get approvals ahead of time. Pictures of Rally http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.c...lly%202010.htm

One year there was a new officer on the force who did get the memo about the show and came rolling into the rally site to ask what was going one. He pulled on to the field with a very surprised look on his face when he saw 75-100 military vehicles and 6 or so pieces of armor including two tanks with the with their main guns trained down the road he had just driven in. (Guns elevated to be over the roofs of vehicles.)

Any way we explained what the show was all about gave him copies of all the permits, including a copy of the memo from his own department. He went from looking concerned to a smile as he finally got out of his cruiser. He explained he had been flagged down by a citizen about tanks on the road, then with a grin said he was a little conflicted as to checking it out or heading in the other direction.

If your curious about why permits from the Corps Engineers most of our off roading is on a flood control project that they are in charge of.

We have had some big armor drive over the road to the show, most is hauled in but the Army Reserve drove a tank retriever 23 miles over the road one year to the show.

Cheers Phil

[RichardT10829]

Thank you for your email dated 1 June.

I can confirm that your category H, tracked vehicle test will consist of the following:
Note: All the requirements of the test must be carried out.
1. Read in good daylight (with the aid of corrective lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79.4 millimetres high at a distance of 20.5 metres (or 20 metres for new style number plates) for Categories F, G & H.
2. Answer Vehicle Safety Check Questions.
3. Start the engine of the vehicle.
4. Move away straight ahead and at an angle.
5. Overtake, meet and cross the path of other vehicles and take an appropriate course.
6. Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly.
7. Stop the vehicle in an emergency and normally, and in the latter case bring it to rest at an appropriate part of the road.
8. Answer Highway Code questions.
This test will be conducted on public roads.
The Official DSA Guide to Tractor and Specialist Vehicle Driving Tests is available to buy using the following link:

http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.a...trackid=002305

jeez didnt know i would have to read hahahha