So I learnt in a 10ft 3" Merc and have driven other vehicles ranging from 11ft 3" to 12ft 8".
Started a new job the other day and the truck is 2016 13ft 8" Daf and had a bunk in the back. A 1st for me. This truck seems huge.
Just wondered what you have driven and if its larger than this?
My current truck is a 26t 30ft body long and 13ft 11" high Merc Actros sleeper , that’s only slightly smaller cab wise than our merc artic
Our MAN Tgs are 14ft
blue estate:
My current truck is a 26t 30ft body long and 13ft 11" high Merc Actros sleeper , that’s only slightly smaller cab wise than our merc artic
Our MAN Tgs are 14ft
ThI suppose its all good practice incase I ever go for my Class 1 licence. It shouldnt be that much of a jump.
billythewhizz:
blue estate:
My current truck is a 26t 30ft body long and 13ft 11" high Merc Actros sleeper , that’s only slightly smaller cab wise than our merc artic
Our MAN Tgs are 14ftThI suppose its all good practice incase I ever go for my Class 1 licence. It shouldnt be that much of a jump.
nope as most 26t are based on artic cab and chassis any way , I’m going for mine in September
Stop measuring things in rocks and sticks 
Longest rigid you can get would be 12m as that’s the legal limit. In terms of weight, you won’t get more than 4 axles on a rigid unless we’re talking specialist stuff which is probably DSGO anyway. Off the top of my head, 4 axles gives a max weight of 28t.
Realistically, the biggest thing you can drive would be something like an FMX tipper, although I think the Mercs are a bit taller.
4 axles = 32t
You can drive any rigid vehicle as long as you’re not towing a trailer that weighs more than 750kgs. That would be anything from a little transit through to a 10 axle mobile crane.
Ah that’s interesting, I’d have thought there’s another cert for that, if not DSGO then something else.
Some of the long rigids I see on the road have crazy overhang. I doubt I’d enjoy driving them.
Nah, they’re alright, it’s only around town where it becomes an issue - and until you get used to it, you just straddle lanes to block cars off before you turn. The worst bit about them is not knocking over pedestrians when you’re parallel parking on a high street as you have to put the tail over the pavement - but I just avoid doing that anyway as you always get some tube walking behind you like you have eyes everywhere.
billythewhizz:
So I learnt in a 10ft 3" Merc and have driven other vehicles ranging from 11ft 3" to 12ft 8".Started a new job the other day and the truck is 2016 13ft 8" Daf and had a bunk in the back. A 1st for me. This truck seems huge.
Just wondered what you have driven and if its larger than this?
pretty sure my car is larger than any of them - over 14ft if i’m not mistaken 
iomex:
Ah that’s interesting, I’d have thought there’s another cert for that, if not DSGO then something else.
Mobile cranes used to have some classification for driver licencing which let them be driven on a car licence.
That was changed a while back so now a goods vehicle licence is needed.
The normal maximum weight for a four axel goods vehicle is 32 tonnes, but some specialist vehicles, such as volumetric mixer trucks, can weigh more, such as 38 tonnes on a four axel truck chassis.
Mine is 64 mtr long, 14.6 wide and 27mtr from top to bottom … and carry up to 840 ton 
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So 32t on 4 axles comes to 8t per axle. I heard somewhere the limit was 11.5t? Or is that only for artics and w+d?
It’s 7 and a bit t. Remember that 32t is gross
I think the OP might be taking about hight.
I know I have seen a few rigid double deckers and they are normally 16’ 4".
Two axles and 40ft long. Too much tailend overhang, Was a problem reversing up steep inclines it used to bottom out.
Radar19:
So big I couldn’t get back far enough! It was the overhang at the back that made the driving fun.0
Looks like the Arndale in Manchester but I may be wrong tho.
