HGV to drive Duck on road?

[Vinpetrol]

Hi All

ive has a quick look to see if this has been covered on the forum and I can’t see it anywhere so apologies if it has .
does anyone know if the law has been changed in regards to the license needed to drive a duck on the road? I’ve recently heard of a driver being prosecuted for driving on a car license.

cheers

vin

[Muz]

The Govt list is here You certainly used to have to have a different category for road rollers etc, but back then when you applied for a licence, you got given them without asking IIRC. I remember talk of a different licence for JCB 3c for example but that just came under 'tractor' .. there doesnt seem to be a definitive category for a duck ? .However, there is an online service available from the DVLA, and it shows what you have a full licence for and what you only have provisional entitlement for, you may get a surprise there, as a tracked vehicle is an actual category for example. https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence

[d4c24a]

licence

No hgv needed , exempted goods vehicle Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the large vehicles listed below:

• goods vehicle propelled by steam eg large vehicles with coal or wood burning engines
• road construction vehicles used or kept on the road solely for the conveyance of built-in road construction machinery (with/without articles or materials used for the purpose of that machinery)
• engineering plant vehicles (designed/constructed for the purpose of engineering operations)
• works trucks (primarily designed for use in private premises or in the immediate vicinity eg dumper trucks/forklift trucks)
• industrial tractors (tractors used mainly for haulage work off the public road, the vehicle must not have an unladen weight exceeding 7370kgs and have a design speed not exceeding 20mph)
• agricultural motor vehicles which are not agricultural or forestry tractors (primarily used off the public road eg crop sprayer/combine harvester)
• digging machines (vehicles which are limited to travel on public roads only for the purpose of proceeding to/from sites - used for trench digging or any kind of excavating or shovelling work eg vehicles with digging buckets/shovels)
• goods vehicle which is not used on public roads or, if it is so used during any calendar week:

[v8druid]

No hgv needed , exempted goods vehicle Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the large vehicles listed below:

• goods vehicle propelled by steam eg large vehicles with coal or wood burning engines
• road construction vehicles used or kept on the road solely for the conveyance of built-in road construction machinery (with/without articles or materials used for the purpose of that machinery)
•engineering plant vehicles (designed/constructed for the purpose of engineering operations)
• works trucks (primarily designed for use in private premises or in the immediate vicinity eg dumper trucks/forklift trucks)
• industrial tractors (tractors used mainly for haulage work off the public road, the vehicle must not have an unladen weight exceeding 7370kgs and have a design speed not exceeding 20mph)
• agricultural motor vehicles which are not agricultural or forestry tractors (primarily used off the public road eg crop sprayer/combine harvester)
• digging machines (vehicles which are limited to travel on public roads only for the purpose of proceeding to/from sites - used for trench digging or any kind of excavating or shovelling work eg vehicles with digging buckets/shovels)
• goods vehicle which is not used on public roads or, if it is so used during any calendar week:

spot on Gra ..... mobile cranes used to under this category too, but truck mounted were changed many years ago and need a 'class 2' HGV.

the likes of Iron Fairys, Vallas, Rapiers, etc., still come under eng. plant though .... self propelled mobile cranes, as opposed to 'truck mounted' ... even though many so called truck mounts have their own specialised chassis, they are 'configured' the same as a truck mount
the B class entitlements on your license will also depend on how long you have held it/when you passed your test. Old farts like myself have all the B class entitlements as I've had it a good 20+ years before it changed in, IIRC '97