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crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 6, 2018 12:29:29 GMT 1

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Post by hmgvs on Sept 6, 2018 12:29:29 GMT 1

Hi, Ford transit, 9 seats with side windows and sliding side door, rear doors as a normal van(no glass) separate closed off space for goods?
weight 3.500kg. booked in to us as mini bus,service book says crew cab on our records as van.
So what is it classed under for mot?
This is not a test, i have it in the workshop.
Our option is that it is a duel purpose class 7
your options would be much appreciated.
Thanks Tony

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crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 6, 2018 13:09:54 GMT 1

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Post by castrolrob on Sept 6, 2018 13:09:54 GMT 1

if its got a load space its a van,dual purpose has to have at least I row of seats behind the driver(assuming no 4wd)lit from sides + rear by glass of a set aggregate area(described in guide),no rear lighting=no dual purpose,just a 7.

bikenut MOT tester Posts: 107 Class tested: 1, 2, 4, 7 Last Online: Feb 6, 2019 22:57:52 GMT 1 Likes: 53	crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 6, 2018 14:50:22 GMT 1 via mobile Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by bikenut on Sept 6, 2018 14:50:22 GMT 1 Yup. No windows in the rear doors rules out dual purpose. Its a goods vehicle.
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hmgvs AE/Manager/Owner Posts: 28 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Apr 5, 2021 16:18:09 GMT 1 Likes: 14	crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 7, 2018 9:57:05 GMT 1 Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hmgvs on Sept 7, 2018 9:57:05 GMT 1 Thanks for that,your right. After taking a bit of time to go through regs etc decided it is no more than a van class 7.

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crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 7, 2018 23:16:54 GMT 1

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Post by baldrick on Sept 7, 2018 23:16:54 GMT 1

Hijack alert ...

I tested a '62 plate Transit twin wheel RWD tipper today . Very clean machine . I actually passed it with only an advisory for a nail in offside rear outer tyre . But ...
When I registered it for test I noticed it had previously been tested as a class 4 . The chassis plate said 3500kg so I changed the test class to 7.

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How much trouble would you get into for testing a vehicle that had the wrong test class on the system and not noticing the error that I just described if you were a C4/C7 station . I assume there would be major problems if you were a C4 only VTS .

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crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 8, 2018 8:11:10 GMT 1

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Post by castrolrob on Sept 8, 2018 8:11:10 GMT 1

if they catch you testing out of class its a biggy but they don't so its irrelevant.given the amount of sh1tebag 7 trannys that were obviously scrap last year that some one bought with 12mnths ticket and finds out its scrap when we test it the following year that also turn out to have been magically class 4 last year my considered opinion is that they don't give a fook,certainly not enuff to answer my query on why class changes aren't flagging up on the system......

mike617 AE/Manager/Owner owner ae tester Posts: 1,006 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Apr 26, 2024 13:19:42 GMT 1 Likes: 498	crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 8, 2018 9:05:19 GMT 1 Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mike617 on Sept 8, 2018 9:05:19 GMT 1 it does flag up rob if you are only allowed to do class 4 and it has been tested as a 7 in the past but then you could alter it to a 4 on the system.

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crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 8, 2018 9:49:40 GMT 1 peter and mike617 like this

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Post by castrolrob on Sept 8, 2018 9:49:40 GMT 1

that's the problem,most places aint licenced for 7 so the moody ticket chappies just change it to 4,it doesn't show up till next year when the likes of me see it,see a lotta crew cab vivaros etc that have been done as 4 primarily cos most dealers do the first test and most aint 7 licenced and hey?3030 kg aint far over right?,same scenario,asking the owners is little use now,no class on the ticket,gotta enter it as a duplicate/test to get the class it was tested as last time.no incentive to fraud tho.....

mike617 AE/Manager/Owner owner ae tester Posts: 1,006 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Apr 26, 2024 13:19:42 GMT 1 Likes: 498	crew bus, mini bus or duel purpose Sept 8, 2018 11:20:15 GMT 1 Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mike617 on Sept 8, 2018 11:20:15 GMT 1 Spot on with the above Rob

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