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Hi, my name is Jamie, and for close to twenty years, I had the challenging job of running a construction company. We had lots of heavy construction equipment at our disposal, and we faced huge loan payments and bills every time we had to buy new equipment. To help control our bottom line, I began to research strategies for lengthening the lifespan of heavy equipment. I discovered everything from covering equipment with tarps in the rain to training drivers to use the heavy construction equipment more carefully to better insuring equipment. If you are interested in these ideas, please take a look at these posts to see what I have discovered and learned over the years. Thanks for reading.

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Upgrading Your Driving Licence? Here Are 5 Heavy Vehicle Licence Classes You Can Apply For

31 July 2015
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If you have a standard car licence class C, you can upgrade to a heavy vehicle licence. This will let you operate larger commercial vehicles. This is ideal if you plan to work in agricultural, freight, mining, construction and other areas that require the use of heavy vehicles. In total, there are 5 heavy vehicle licence classes. Read on to see what they are, which vehicles you can drive under each and their respective requirements

Light rigid (LR)

This is the lowest heavy vehicle class. With this licence you are allowed to operate vehicles that have a GVM (gross vehicle mass) greater than 4.5t but not more than 8t. You can also operate buses that carry more than 12 passengers and fall within the same weight limit. In addition to this, you can operate vehicles with a single trailer.

To apply for this licence, you must have held a standard C licence for a year and be 18 years of age or above.

Medium rigid (MR)

This licence allows you to drive standard C licence vehicles and LR licence vehicles. It also allows you to operate vehicles with a GVM greater than 8t but not more than 15t. In addition to that, you can operate vehicles with a maximum of 2 axles and tow trailers not exceeding 9t.

To apply for this licence, you must have held a standard C licence for a year and be at least 18 years of age.

Heavy rigid (HR)

This licence allows you to operate standard C class vehicles, LR and MR class vehicles. It also allows you to drive heavy vehicles that exceed 8t and have more than 3 axles. However, towed trailers must not weigh more than 9t.

To apply for this licence you must have held a standard C class licence for at least two years. Alternatively, you must have held either a LR or MR licence for a year. You also must be at least 19 years of age.

Heavy combination (HC)

This licence allows you to operate  vehicles under class C, LR, MR & HR. It also allows you to operate vehicles with a GVM greater than 15t and more than 3 axles  and to pull single trailers weighing more than 9t with two axles or more.

To apply for this licence, you must have held an MR or HR licence for at least a year. You must also be at least 19 years of age.

Multi combination (MC)

This is the highest heavy vehicle licence available. It allows you to operate vehicles under class C, LR, MR, HR & HC. It also allows you to operate heavy vehicles with heavy combinations such as road trains and B-doubles.

To apply for this licence, you must be at least 20 years of age and have held a HR or HC licence for at least a year.

To get started look for a registered trainer near like All Onsite Training and Assessment you to undertake the needed competency and driving tests.