The Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads has early this year clarified rulings regarding the ability of a motor grader to tow. There had previously been a widely held belief that a conditionally registered vehicle could not tow a roller. This has been rejected by the authority, who site that Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) restrictions in section 18 of the Heavy Vehicles National Regulation do not apply.<\/p>\n
As it turns out a conditionally registered heavy vehicle can tow plant or machinery, and when doing so is considered a single unit for registration purposes – you simply affix the registration plate from the rear of the grader to the rear of the roller and hey presto, you have a Class 3 combination!<\/p>\n
The flexibility this will give road maintenance teams will be revolutionary in the Sunshine State. All other states can use graders to tow a smooth steel drum multi-tyre compaction roller for highly effective maintenance grading. One tank of fuel and one operator can rip, grade and compact a road with a single piece of plant. This new ruling will open the door for similarly efficient gravel road works in Queensland. <\/p>\n
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