Cab24 Akademie

Trailers, weights, load and passengers

How many trailers are allowed, what the weight terms mean, how to couple and secure, what the load may do and who may ride along.

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From the key facts

  • Agricultural tractors may tow two agricultural trailers, plus one unladen trailer or one light industrial trailer (VRV art. 68 para. 3).
  • Maximum dimensions: tractor-trailer combination 18.75 m long, 2.55 m wide, 4 m high (VRV art. 64–66).

All key facts, the questions with explanations and the exam simulation are part of the course.

Legal references for this topic

The questions in this topic are based on these provisions:

  • VRV art. 5, 13, 17, 22, 54, 58, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 86
  • VTS art. 7, 8, 90, 91, 195
  • SVG art. 9, 29, 30
  • SSV art. 19, 20, 21

Some of the questions in this topic are additionally based on generally accepted safety practice; these questions are labelled «Praxiswissen» (practical knowledge) in the course.

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Theory for the Swiss special categories G and F: signs, right of way, agricultural vehicles, lighting and marking, trailers and load, risk of overturning – with one or two correct answers, as in the exam.

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