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Anyone actually done the B+E test or are you guys all too old

i passed my test in 2003 and require to do B+E to tow a land rover on a trailer.

Ive looked about the net and found the cost of the test to be 115 quid but no one will give me a price on line for a days course in how to do it right(i would phone but im in turkmenistan right now)  - ive driven with trailers big and small a plenty but keeping within the guidelines for an unlicenced driver but dont feel like wasting 115 quid on a test without training if what im doing is wrong....

in in aberdeenshire area if anyone has any recomendations for instructors.

We use our Mr Moffat, success every time, he covers North Lanarkshire.

http://www.moffat-drivertraining.co.uk/

Jules.

I'm new school and decided there was a limit to how much I could get away with. Especiall as a few boys here (West Coast) got caught.
I did the full course - 2 full days training and then onto the test. I was surprised at the number of bad habits I had. It came all in around £500 but it did include alot of tea, cake & lunch 
Test it self was more on advanced driving rather than trailer work. If you can reverse a trailer in a s bend into the garage then you should be fine.
Ask your local centre if they would do an assessent before doing a full 2 day course.Could save you a few quid.

Ruari

One of the few advantages to being an old fart. 

i think i am right in saying this         until you lose your licence  or it is revoked then on re issue you have to sit your test for the trailor
regards tom

i think i am right in saying this         until you lose your licence  or it is revoked then on re issue you have to sit your test for the trailor
regards tom

Correct, you lose all "grandfather" rights and are considered as a new license holder

yes but lets be realistic - you will have to be driving liek a complete moron to loose your licence

my dad had it recently when applying for his new photocard - motorbike mags said take a video of your licence before you send it , clearly showing both sides as peoples have come back with nothing on.

came back empty except for the car

He had alot of paid for licences on his , motorbike and plant etc etc. The video gave him the evidence needed to get them back.

he got his grandfather rights licences back too .

I done my trailer test at 18, 3 years ago. I never done any training just booked the test for 115. I hired a trailer from indespension for £20 for the day. It must be a box trailer so you can't see through your rear veiw mirror.
You must have L plates on the Towcar, extended caravan mirror for the tester and when driving to the test centre with the trailer must have a passenger who has already got there test or passed before 1997.
Passed no problems and saved a lot of money as it was a waste of time in my opinion.

I also used Stuart Moffat for my training a few years ago, very useful for pointing out bad habbits and teaching you the way you are actually meant to do things.
Highly recommend him.

after spending the week running all over scotland with my dads > 750kg trailer on the back of the frontera your probably right about that farmerboy - if i can put the trailer into my drive i can stick it anywhere.

how ever - i dont have access to a big enough trailer so probably easier just to pay someone to give me a bit of tuition , especially as i plan to be towing my 90, my colleague flipped his caravan as he didnt know what to do during a snaking incident(badly weighted van) , there has to be lots of tips and tricks like that to pick up surely....

that said - not exactly alot of choice where the weight goes when your towing a 90 - its front or back pending which way you drive on, no central.

ill have an ask locally and see if anyone does a crash course  (i work offshore so booking anything ages in advance is a nightmare)

Quote from: Tomm_Watt on February 22, 2013, 03:03:44 PM

i think i am right in saying this         until you lose your licence  or it is revoked then on re issue you have to sit your test for the trailor
regards tom

Correct, you lose all "grandfather" rights and are considered as a new license holder

Sorry lads this time your wrong on re issue you get the same as before trust me this one I know