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Im considering buying a caravan. Looking at my licence card the other day, I see I have a B licence code, which means I may not tow a caravan. What to do?

I could be wrong but AFAIK you have to redo the whole thing

Dink ook so

Rebel 4x4 wrote:Im considering buying a caravan. Looking at my licence card the other day, I see I have a B licence code, which means I may not tow a caravan. What to do?

Elso speaking under correction but believe you can ask to have it changed when you renew your license.

Van voor af alles (dis reg alles) oor doen

Ek sleep self maar so nou en dan onwettig ( did that came out loud :wth: )

Weet nie hoe werk dit al dag nie my vrou mag caravan sleep maar nie ek nie en my lisens is ouer as hare

george wrote:I could be wrong but AFAIK you have to redo the whole thing

WTH???? Dis crap. Check die spietkops ooit of jy EB het as jy sleep?

WTH???? Dis crap. Check die spietkops ooit of jy EB het as jy sleep?

Ongelukkig ja

Rebel 4x4 wrote:

george wrote:I could be wrong but AFAIK you have to redo the whole thing

WTH???? Dis crap. Check die spietkops ooit of jy EB het as jy sleep?

En jy moet nog n PDP ook he

Masekind wrote:En jy moet nog n PDP ook he

Only if someone is asleep in the caravan whilst towing it.

Jy mag sleep met jou lisensie, Jy moet net nie gevang word nie

Sleep ook die laaste jaar baie onwettig aan my Conqueror Courage
Was nou in Desember afgetrek oppad Sabie toe, gelukkig het ek en die verkeersbeampte n gesprek gehad en ek het belowe ek het nie geweet van die ding nie
Sy het my vriendelik vermaan om dit maar te doen asap...ek is daar weg met n groot verligting en sy het gevoel sy het haar goeie daad gedoen vir die dag

Met die oordrag van die lesensie in jou ID na die lesensie Kaart, het party 'n EB gekry en ander 'n B??
Is ek reg of verkeerd met die aanname?

Correct Cobus - it was complete luck as to which code you ended up with. In my case, my bike license just disappeared totally!

Kaspaas wrote:Met die oordrag van die lesensie in jou ID na die lesensie Kaart, het party 'n EB gekry en ander 'n B??
Is ek reg of verkeerd met die aanname?

According to the traffic department, everyone prior to 1999 that had a licence in their ID's were converted to EB licence.

zepplin wrote:Correct Cobus - it was complete luck as to which code you ended up with. In my case, my bike license just disappeared totally!

not "luck".

You had to fill in the forms to show exactly what you have, and what your new card should show.

either form filled in wrong. OR admin error.


take that old ID with the old licences, go in and ask that the admin error be corrected ... apply for a new card and insist it reflect what is in your ID

ChrisF wrote:take that old ID with the old licences, go in and ask that the admin error be corrected ... apply for a new card and insist it reflect what is in your ID

Been fighting this since the card type licenses first came out...........traffic dept. passing the buck to dept. of home affairs and vica versa.

Even ended up in court last year for not having a valid bike license on my card and the magistrate was stumped. Case was thrown out........

Masekind wrote:

Rebel 4x4 wrote:

george wrote:I could be wrong but AFAIK you have to redo the whole thing

WTH???? Dis crap. Check die spietkops ooit of jy EB het as jy sleep?

En jy moet nog n PDP ook he

Nie vir karavaan of trailer nie.

Went for my test yesterday, did the EB test and passed. Was very very easy! Starts off with pre-trip inspection, inside and outside. 40m straight reverse between 2 yellow lines. Lines are 3.5m apart. Then an alley docking, alley is 4m wide.

Then you do parallel parking with trailer unhitched. From the left and right. lastly the incline start and then the road test.

Now I have canned the idea of a Sherpa Tiny (which is a very nice little Van) and going to buy a proper caravan.

Total cost including learners, lessons and trailer hire with final payment to traffic department for my card, just under R2100......Took me 3 weeks from learners to the road test!

Awesome

Congrats man

4x4BEES wrote:Awesome

Congrats man

Thanks!

Lekker man!

Congrats, I have an EC licence so I am lucky. One of our drivers on the farm has a C licence ( code 10) and was stopped awhile ago driving a bakkie and trailer( 2ton braked). Was fined as the C licence does not cover the bakkie and trailer.

Geluk! Ek het ook EC 10jr terug gekry, die pdp is n shlep elke 3jr dink hernu.

Froll wrote:Congrats, I have an EC licence so I am lucky. One of our drivers on the farm has a C licence ( code 10) and was stopped awhile ago driving a bakkie and trailer( 2ton braked). Was fined as the C licence does not cover the bakkie and trailer.

Some traffic official in PE told me a C licence would be fine to tow a trailer above 750kg GVM. LUCKILY I investigated the statement and found it was false. The "E" must be infront of the code like EB, EC, EC1 that allows you to tow above 750kg GVM.

Congrats

Dankie vir al die info, dit maak die lewe vir ons ander makliker!

Geluk met jou EB lesensie!!

Dankie Kobus, Charl, Pierre, Roger, Stefan.

Firstly Congrats on the EASY PASS...
What you going to buy Thomas? Sprite Tourer SP/SW (I understand they are very popular, but the fridge/freezer is a bit small) or a proper 4X4 Caravan?
I am still interested in the Sherpa Tiny Rough Roader with the same wheels as my truck with a few mods...