mrsswordfisherman Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 A friend noted that they had been charged as a class B vehicle on some trips to go fishing. This was on the M5 and with a small boat in tow. There were some instances where the outgoing trip was charged as a Class B vehicle and the return as a Class A. The boat is well under the 2 metre height limit for Class A Just FYI to check your cash back statements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 So that would mean the trip is not eligible for the rebate I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Maybe the car is higher than 2 metres. I’m not sure how they work it. My Screen is just on the height but the Bimini is over it. I have gad the extra charge for a few years. The first time I did the cash back they sent me a please explain that I replied to. Since then I get the cash back so it costs the GST. If you pay the high toll both ways, pay for parking at the ramp, food, drink, fuel it makes for an expensive day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigma Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I got slugged a few times until I worked out that I had something like an aerial of my marine radio upright. Donna, Could you find out if he had an aerial or a rod maybe in the upright position? Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deek Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I had the same thing happen to me. It turned out it was the bimini in the upright position. Folded it down and hasn't been an issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolongeramember Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Yeah me too. Bimini was left up and I got charged extra. I don’t think they are randomly charging boat trailers the extra. Something must have tripped the limits to charge to class B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 19 hours ago, kingie chaser said: So that would mean the trip is not eligible for the rebate I presume? Means you pay $14.23 each way instead of $4.74. It will also start taking a lot of bucks from your bank acct to auto top up the amt in credit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 19 hours ago, Welster said: Maybe the car is higher than 2 metres. I’m not sure how they work it. My Screen is just on the height but the Bimini is over it. I have gad the extra charge for a few years. The first time I did the cash back they sent me a please explain that I replied to. Since then I get the cash back so it costs the GST. If you pay the high toll both ways, pay for parking at the ramp, food, drink, fuel it makes for an expensive day. Indeed it does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 9 hours ago, Sigma said: I got slugged a few times until I worked out that I had something like an aerial of my marine radio upright. Donna, Could you find out if he had an aerial or a rod maybe in the upright position? Cheers Dave I will investigate yes and come back to you Dave They did check the photos and an investigation is underway. He has to take his boat to the gantry at the toll station to get it's height measured. They will then put an alert on it to ignore any vehicle Class change that appears in their system. It is all about the height of the boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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