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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    The speed of the vehicle if it was travelling at 60 mph ie 20% over the 50mph supposed limit of a pickup weighing over2040 kg
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    The only other thing to consider is how an insurance company would react in case of an accident
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    After using an oldish Issuzu for some years which weighs under 2 tonne when I came to replace it I looked at Ford and asked the salesman about speed limits and was told that the limits in the link below do apply and that most modern pickups exceed 2040 kg and he was aware of some one local who...
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    http://pickupand4x4.co.uk/pickup-truck-speed-limits/ just a bit of old info on it but perhaps still relevant
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    just looked up the VW Amarok it starts at kg 2218
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    the gov uk site does seem to contradict itself in two different areas the critical thing that seems to apply is unladen weight of kg2040 I am now going to go and check the plate on mine it as maybe the auto box and other bits puts it over that weight hence the N1 category of registration
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    That could be a challenging project for some one to sort out the facts The thing that set me off looking was a report from the driver of a medium sized van ie not car based who supposedly received three tickets for speeding and that type of van seems to be grouped along with dual purpose vehicles
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    So much information but some of the things that keep coming up from different sources are ;two rows of seats , four wheel drive and max unladen weight of kg 2040 see the link in the dual purpose section of the above gov.uk site which does also say about car derived speed limits and also larger...
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    can you point me in the right direction for that information as I always seem to end up here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/car-derived-vans-and-dual-purpose-vehicles/car-derived-vans-and-dual-purpose-vehicles which does not have the same figures it might be usefull one day...
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    Towing with a pick up truck who does it?

    we have used our 06 isuzu rodeo to pull our oldish van it is a little bit choppy as there is little weight on the rear wheels but some thing to be aware of is that the V5 states vehicle category is N1 which is commercial and has lower speed limits on some roads
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    70 years old

    That a very interesting link , makes optimistic reading so looks like I shall have to do the online and renew with the BE and try for the C1 when we are back to some sort of normality
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    70 years old

    Thanks will just have to wait and see
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    70 years old

    I rather thought that might have to happen but cant find any information if the C1 can be applied retrospectively
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    70 years old

    Hi Has any one any information on the current position renewing their license . I am approaching that age now and had arranged a medical so I could keep my C1 but that probably is not going to happen now . Anybody know if deferral is possible? Thanks Alan
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