motor home question?

[Ext User(milo)]

ok, ive seen some nice motor homes around, ie
http://www.carsales.com.au/cmotor_images/324.jpg
now, do u need a different lisence, other than a car one?
and can u tow a small car on a trailer, ie like my mazda 2 neo ?
milo

[Ext User(Gonz)]

> ok, ive seen some nice motor homes around, ie
> http://www.carsales.com.au/cmotor_images/324.jpg
> now, do u need a different lisence, other than a car one?
> and can u tow a small car on a trailer, ie like my mazda 2 neo ?

If its a van like a coaster, Car Licence.

If its a Bus, medium rigid

Dual wheels on back, heavy rigid.

[Ext User(athol)]

Gonz <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> If its a van like a coaster, Car Licence.

If it's a van like a _hiace_ including _commuter_, can licence.

> If its a Bus, medium rigid

If it's a bus (or on a truck chassis) under 4.5T GVM (eg SWB Coaster), car
licence.

If it's a bus (or on a truck chassis) over 4.5T but under 8T GVM (regardless
of axle config), Light Rigid licence.

If it's a bus (or on a truck chassis) over 8T with only 2 _axles_, Medium
Rigid licence.

> Dual wheels on back, heavy rigid.

Wrong. As long as the rear axle is only a single axle, it doesn't matter
whether it's single wheels or duals.

Heavy Rigid applies for rigid vehicles over 8T GVM with more than 2 axles,
regardless of whether they're single or dual tyres.

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[Ext User(athol)]

athol <me@privacy.net> wrote:


> If it's a van like a _hiace_ including _commuter_, can licence.

Meh. I guess a car licence is a licence to drive a tin can, so that
typo isn't too serious. :-p

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[Ext User(veritas)]

milo wrote:
> ok, ive seen some nice motor homes around, ie
> http://www.carsales.com.au/cmotor_images/324.jpg
> now, do u need a different lisence, other than a car one?
> and can u tow a small car on a trailer, ie like my mazda 2 neo ?
> milo
>
>
>
Suggest you DL the relevant part of the traffic act for the state you reside and familiarise yourself with it. Your
question cannot be answered from the information that you have provided as each particular vehicle type has to be looked
at separately....

[Ext User(Kev)]

milo wrote:

> ok, ive seen some nice motor homes around, ie
> http://www.carsales.com.au/cmotor_images/324.jpg
> now, do u need a different lisence, other than a car one?
> and can u tow a small car on a trailer, ie like my mazda 2 neo ?
> milo
>
>
>
with any of those licence classes menttion by others, the towing of a
car trailer will be nothing special, no licence needed

one thing I do suggest
even if it doesn't require a truck licence maybe you should go get
yourself a light rigid truck licence anyway, just so you know that
driving a 3 tonne bus towing a 2 tonne trailer is so much different to
driving a Mazda Neo

the roads outside of the big cities are soo much narrower and you WILL
have B/Doubles coming at you at 100kph with only 12 inches of space
between your mirror and theirs

not something you should be doing without a bit of training

Kev

[Ext User(athol)]

Kev <kevcat@optunet.com.au> wrote:

> with any of those licence classes menttion by others, the towing of a
> car trailer will be nothing special, no licence needed

Just gotta watch out for the screwy logbook rules...

A vehicle under 12T GVM doesn't require a logbook (in NSW at least), but
if you hook up a trailer and the combination of GVM and ATM exceeds 12T,
you suddenly need a logbook, even if the truck and trailer are empty!!!

I know a wrecker with a large F-series (guess what he wrecks) who had an
empty car trailer behind the truck and was booked for not running a
logbook by an RTA IVR. Put the trailer on the back of the truck (it is
a tilt-tray) and it doesn't need the logbook!

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