I did not know that I had to change my UK licence at 70 until a friend said I should. I always thought my licence was for life!! I did change it and for the past few years have had my lorry in a barn. It’s a horsebox and the DVLA do not have a record of it anymore!! I would love someone to get it going and someone takes it somewhere to sell. I really regret that I am unable to drive it as it looks like new. Any suggestions what I can do with it and how to remove it from the barn? As for papers. That’s another question.
Don,t understand your post,where do you live and what licence have you got now?
Slightly confused, are you and your lorry in the UK or France?
In the UK you need a medical check every 3 years once past 70. Equally in France you have to keep renewing it every few years. You don’t actually have to change it just renew it.
If you are in France was the lorry imported and is on French plates? If not you will have a problem. What documents do you have?
Sorry my question was to ask if anyone had an idea how to get a lorry moved. I have a UK licence but the DVLA did not add on lorry permission when I renewed it. I was asking for ideas how I can move it from mybarn in Brittany.
You can trabsport it anywhere in France on a low loader ie. Its wheels must not be on the road.
Do you live in France? If so, how did you renew your licence?
Just renewing mine. (70 in April)
You can keep your entitlement to drive 3.5 - 7.5 tonne vehicles and minibuses (through “grandfather rights”) but you can’t do it on line and you have to send in a D4 (medical report) which my doctor was going to charge me £150 for as it counts as private work.
There are companies around England who specialise in it and charge about £50.
I’m no longer living in France so don’t know what your rules are there.
The lorry is in France and was never actually officially imported as it was on Sorn for a long time then circumstances happend that it stayed there for years. I have a UK licence that excluded lorries when it was changed.
Teapot,
Thanks a lot for that info. It was very helpful. It seems like the DVLA had no right to take away my right to drive a lorry then. I am now in the UK for a few weeks and will look for one of those companies who can do that if I can find one. It’s going to take forever to get a medical though. I asked for an appointment the other day for something simple and it’s a month’s wait. I can’t remember how many years ago since I last saw a doctor!!
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Your right to your previous categories depends on how you renew at 70. Online, you elect to lose some of them, however it is possible to retain them by applying by post. I took the easy option. The categories i lost haven’t been utilised in decades.
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Did you provide a medical certificate when you changed your licence? If you didn’t then they are within their rights not extend cover for driving 3.5 tonne+
Are you French or UK resident, as to dispose of lorry you may have to register it and where you are resident makes a difference?
No one told me that I had to have a medical. I changed it online. As it wasn’t an HGV I didn,t even think about it.
Life was so simple years ago. It’s so complicated now and gets worse and worse. There never used to be so many restrictions on where you were allowed to be. I suppose I am a UK resident but spend far more time in France.
That’s not really possible unless you spend time somewhere else too.
Why is that?
While we’re being pedantic it could not have been in France and on SORN because the rules of SORN are that the vehicle has to be off the road and in the U.K.
It’s been the same for. many years now.
As I said. Grave circumstances prevented the lorry going back to the UK. There was no option but to Sorn it as it was stuck in France and never returned. Wasn’t our fault. It was off road in France so there is no difference. Off road is off road!!
JohnH. Just do it online.
@Cindy1
I think that it is relevant to know the Maximum Permitted Gross Weight as shown on the Manufacturer’s Plate fitted to the vehicle. Generic terms such as “lorry” don’t really help much in relation to a topic such as this.
Also, do you have currently valid insurance for the vehicle ? Even though it is not being used, and is in a barn, it still needs to be insured under French law unless you have a certificate confirming ”Le retrait de la circulation d’un vehicule”.
One assumes that the vehicle is probably still on UK registration plates. Can you confirm this please.