recovery truck/beavertail for my car

i ssen that! i thought it looked a decent old bird!!!

i cant drive that on a car license though oi don't think? i passed just at thee point where they took 7.ton off

what are you alloewd up to on a car license???

i have to move my triumph a few differant places to work on it so i think its gonna work out cheaper to have a beavertail for a little while & maybe if i have the balls! move some cars, i'm not sure, i want it for my own use at the moment

I think its December 1996 ish, before that you could drive anything upto a 7.5 ton, after its anything up to 3.5 ton. I *think* you can take a mini test and drive a 7.5 tonner without having to go to the expense and hassle of getting a class 2 licence.

Bonus of owning a truck over 3.5 ton is that you can use the licence thing as a reason not to let people borrow it!

Tachos aren't a problem, piece of cake in fact. Other things about extended chassis trucks are: a) props are usually specially made and tricky if they break, some extentions are laughably bad and also, apprantly, you are not allowed something like more than a 45% overhang from the rear axle. Having seen some of the bloody awful rubbish touted about on eBay I wouldn't drive next door in most of them. Even better still are these supposedly MOT exempt beavertail trucks: there isn't a single beavertail out there which is genuinely test exempt.

Aye, you can go with an 'o' licence (full or restricted) or not bother if it's your own stuff.
I got the info about MOT exemption from VOSA Tim. There's definate;y a sort of grey area in that you can get certificates to exempt them and a lot of police etc would be happy with that. However the only truly exempt ones have to be 3501kgs or more and no capable of carrying goods on the bed of the truck, Therefore a slide bed with a spec lift is not test exempt but a spec lift only is, as long as 3501kgs or more. Also, just to 'help' matters if you took a car to scrap on a spec lift and bought the wheels home on the back of it you would be breaking the exemption rule as you are carrying goods! Honestly, that's straight from a few people at VOSA.
The other thing is that how many of these test exempt trucks are ever properly serviced and maintained? I know an MOT certificate is only a notice that on the day of the test the vehilce met the standards but I'd rather that once a year than some clapped out old truck which hasn't seen maintenance since my love life once flourished!

Thats pretty much what I heard.

Its better just to have an MOT and have piece of mind your kingpins/brakelines/spring shackles are up to spec. My mates beaver was a great truck but within a few years it completely died in every aspect..MOT exempt doesnt mean spanner exempt!