HGV licence for tractors?

MOVES ARE afoot to bring the licence requirements for driving a tractor on the road in line with the heavy goods vehicles regime.

Proposals within a UK Government consultation include moving the licence requirement for agricultural tractors from a category F to a category C.

If this were to be put in place, tractor drivers could face training and additional tests which currently costs lorry drivers thousands of pounds and can take months to complete the entire process.

The Department for Transport stated: “There are some concerns that people using the category F driving licence (which is granted concurrently with a category B licence) are taking unfair advantage of the rules to drive very large tractors with very heavy loads.