How can i find if i can drive a certain machine on the road for work?

BarrelScraper

We have a JCB loadall (52450 specifically) at work, which at times is required to be driven on the road in order to serve customers or our own vehicles.

I'm not totally convinced i can legally drive it. My question stems from me not wanting to get in trouble. If i can drive it then i will - i'm not trying to be difficult. I just want to find out if i can legally do it.

It's a bit late in the day so i'll get the classifications off my driving licence tomorrow, but who would i get in contact with over this? The DVLA?


For the record, i've had no 'official' training. No certificate passing me on this machine. My training consisted of someone from work saying - that lever does that, that pedal does that, there's your steering wheel. I jump in, show that i can use it & that's me 'qualified' to use the machine to serve the public.

PasturesNew

On my license I've a huge list of what I can drive.... is there a list of letters on yours?

Here's an online tool that might tell you: https://www.gov.uk/vehicles-you-can-drive

Your age and the weight of the vehicle seem to play a part too....

peter_the_piper

What does fklnp mean? F & K I can find but not these.

agrinnall

The official website doesn't seem to cover l and n (p is on the list, it's a moped) but there is a fuller list on Wikipedia, which says l is electric vehicles and n is vehicles used for very short distances on public roads - but also says the category no longer exists and the vehicles have been incorporated into either B1 or B. I suspect if you got a replacement licence l and n would drop off the list that it shows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_licence_in_the_United_Kingdom

Norman_Castle

I would check you are both licenced and insured to drive this on the road.

Stooby2

Try ringing the DVLA - they're pretty helpful and should put you right.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/contactus/drivers_enquiries.aspx

molerat

http://www.diggertoys.co.uk/diggerlicence.htm

Seems you only need a cat B to drive on the road. Your competence to use the machine in anger though is a completely different licencing matter which would most likely fall under H&S legislation and I doubt being told which lever does what would cover it. A CITB accredited course or similar would be the only one to cut it in court after an accident !!

forgotmyname

Is it taxed? A customer had an issue with his forklift offloading lorries.

Due to the design of the road/property boundry. Lorries would park on the road and the forklift would offload from one side.

He was warned because it was actually classed as being on the highway when offloading.
Had to apply for a tax disc. But as it was an electric forklift it was all free anyway.

Just some old moaner reporting them.

sandy2210

you can drive it on the road on a car licendce you dont need citb or proper training by law just some sites and ins companys insist on it when useing it on site -no requirements for driving from site to site on the road other than forks should be folded up so you dont "spear" any one