As a specialist truck sales site, you would expect to find plenty of STGO heavy haulage tractor Units for sale at Truckpages. These tractor units can represent a huge investment for the first owners and typically do not cover too many kilometres. Consequently the heavy haulage rigs can remain on a fleet for many years. It is therefore unusual to find a late example of a ‘Special Types’ tractor unit for sale in the UK market – if you can find one then snap it up! (assuming you have the work and the necessary licences to operate it.) These are the regulations that heavy haulage operators should abide by. Standing for ‘road vehicles (authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003′, it covers the exceptions that are allowed to both the Road vehicles (construction & use) regulations 1986 (C&U Regs) and the Road vehicles (authorised weight) regulations 1998 (AW Regs).
There are three categories under the STGO regulations – check the one you are considering to see if it complies.
If you are looking for a different type of tractor unit for sale then we have a main category that lists all of the tractor units for sale
CAT 1 if for a maximum of 50 tonnes GCW (minimum 6 axles) – This can be reduced to 46 tonnes GCW if only five axles. These trucks appear to be allowed to travel at 60mph on the motorways (where there is usually a 56mph limit?)
CAT 2 permits loads of up to 80 tonnes GCW with no more than 12.5 tonnes on one axle and a minimum of 6 axles. Speed is restricted to 40mph on a motorway.
CAT 3 is the heaviest category which can reach up to 150 tonnes GCW. Again, minimum of 6 axles are required however, does not require a special movements order – this is for operations over 150 tonnes GCW
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