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Use the ESDAL system to plot your route when transporting abnormal loads
Get a 'certificate of keeper' for your abnormal load trailer if you want to use it outside the UK, or replace a lost certificate.
You must notify Roads Service to transport an abnormal load by road in Northern Ireland
Ways to load items on a goods vehicle safely.
What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.
Safety advice for vehicles carrying overhanging loads.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
How to transport goods out of the UK by road - vehicle operator licences and permits, driver documents and road haulage rules.
Equipment and methods you can use to secure a load in a goods vehicle and how to use it safely.
How vehicles which are outside the normal dimensions and weights usually allowed on the road ('special types') can legally be used on the road.
Send test and certificate forms using the technical application submission (TAS) service, including first time tests, notifiable alterations and replacing plating or test documents
Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
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