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JEP

  • Joined Oct 2011
driving tractor
« on: May 11, 2015, 04:58:21 pm »
hi i am 17 and can i legally drive a tractor on my own on a provisional licence thanks

devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: driving tractor
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2015, 05:05:49 pm »
I've been driving tractors and a Landie illegally since l was 14, you could do this 50 odd years ago. Nowadays I would advise contacting the DVLA, they will give you the rights and wrongs of it :)

mowhaugh

  • Joined Jul 2013
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Re: driving tractor
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2015, 07:52:50 pm »
Off road, you can drive a tractor from 13.  At 17, you can drive on road as long as you have a standadrd provisional and display L plates.

This is not relevant to you as you are 17, but you can get a provisional to drive a tractor at 16, but this only allows you to drive on the road with L plates on the way to or from a tractor test, which you can also take at 16 which would then allow you to drive on the road.

This is the legal stuff:

https://www.gov.uk/learning-to-drive-a-tractor-or-specialist-vehicle/driving-licence-requirements

Buttermilk

  • Joined Jul 2014
Re: driving tractor
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2015, 07:56:36 pm »
As tractors are only designed for one you drive alone from the start. To drive alone in a field it used to be aged 13 and on the road with L plates it is/was 16. You can take your tractor test at 16.  Check for up to date regs with the DVLA website,

 

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