The 3 ton ULW Bedford TK

Carryfast:
When did it change to car licence up to 7.5t gross ?.That’s what I always worked under but I knew there had been some sort of different rules based on the 3 ton UW before that.Don’t know anything about about an HGV sub class below class 3 though or why it was needed.While 7 t payload on a 3 ton tare sounds bonkers in that regard. :confused:

The Austin/Morris FGK 100 (later renamed as a 900 FG under Leyland) was sold as a five tonner (the 100 in BMC commercial parlance represented the payload in cwts so 100 cwts = 5 tons, the FGK 80 was a 4 tonner etc) but when fitted with a lightweight platform body could actually carry 6 tons and was advertised as such by various bodybuilders but not by the manufacturer. The only actual 6 tonner they made were the WEK/WFK 120 ranges but they weighed in at just above the 3 ton unladen limit as presumably their normal control cab was heavier than the FG type.

Pete.