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Old 07-02-2006 | 07:55 PM
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Can someone here fit one to my pick up

I would like the digital headunit style type

Old 07-02-2006 | 08:49 PM
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y u want one m8 cost u big money i have one in my wagon new id tacho cards come out in may no more paper disc just a id card
Old 07-02-2006 | 08:52 PM
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I need one bro because ill be towing up to 3 tons

for my business

Im using a pick up
Old 07-02-2006 | 08:57 PM
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are u allowed too tow 3 tonnes ?
i no now all new drivers cant drive nothing over 3 and a half tonnes (ie some long wheel base transits ) anything over that is a class 3 which is 7.5 tonnes i think lol only been driving wagons for 7 years
Old 07-02-2006 | 09:01 PM
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I got my liscence after 97

DVLA have told me that to tow over 3.5 tons i need to do an hrs test at a DSA centre
Old 07-02-2006 | 09:03 PM
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New drivers up to 3.5 ton only allowed,dont know if just anyone can fit tacho think tacho center got to do it then got to calibrate it and seal it.
Old 07-02-2006 | 09:05 PM
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it will cost u a lot of money m8 too fit
it runs of a lot of sensors and then fitted every 2 years u will have too have it calabrated by law

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Old 07-02-2006 | 09:23 PM
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I will go to the main police station in cambridge tomorrow and ask, but if i need to have ill have to bite the bullet and get one
Old 07-02-2006 | 09:25 PM
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try this m8

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/

ther the twats who pull me all the time lol
Old 07-02-2006 | 09:35 PM
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depends on what your use of towing is pal , if its for PLG, then you dont need a tacho, i tow a gross train of 5.5 tonnes and dont need tacho , but its for personal use - no reward or gain.
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Cheers bro
but still dont really understand it all, think i may just go to the cop shop and see what they say on the matter, ill ask to speak to a traffic cop
Old 07-02-2006 | 09:38 PM
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what is it? i'm curious
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mines for business and personal, but towing no more ten 3 tons including weight of trailer
Old 07-02-2006 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by KA ZETEC
mines for business and personal, but towing no more ten 3 tons including weight of trailer
tacho excempt then iirc
Old 07-02-2006 | 11:12 PM
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i hope your right bro
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Originally Posted by barney
try this m8

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/

ther the twats who pull me all the time lol
Got them coming in this morning to check the vehicles out ..looks like an early day for me then




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