NSW tolls and caravans

YEP !!! you assume correctly.
On the M7 and then the M2 in bleep ney...on a trip to Port stephens ...the automatic toll reader picks up my rig as a semi trailer ...!!!???.GQ Nissan Patrol and Jayco 17 foot Discovery POPTOP outback...12.5 metres all up..Toll $7.00 one way.
I just cop it as it beats heaps of turn-offs...and dozens of sets of lights using the alternative...some of them uphill on take off.
Welcome to the rip-off state Alan.

Cheers Keith

I have an Etag on my tow vehicle and have used the sydney and Qld toll roads with my 22' van in tow. I have never been charged for any more than my tow vehicle.

I did register my caravan as a car(because there is no category for a caravan or trailer) on the Etag site along with my tow vehicle though.

if you doubt this then check the RMS website.

frank

As far as I know, the M2 and M7 charges are the same (damned expensive) for a car and for a car/caravan rig. The M5 used to charge, and probably still does charge truck rates for trailers with dual axles or vehicles over 2 m high, so if you had roof racks on your 4by, you got hit with the truck rates. Single axle box trailers are charged at car rates. And if you try to drive on the M5 at peak hours, it is a parking lot, so it is a wonder they don't charge you for parking as well!

Whatever, the tolls around Sydney are ridiculously high. Hell - we pay road taxes, fuel excises and GST on the lot, and then we still have to pay to drive on roads which if not fully funded by the state, are at least subsidised by the state (us)! It is easy to see why I live in the country. Rant over - go back to sleep...

Some years ago when tolls could be paid in cash the M5 wanted to charge me truck rates
because of my aerial . I protested at the toll booth so they got out the measuring stick & I was ultimately allowed through at car rates.
The cars behind were not impressed with the delay but I proved my point.
Doesn"t happen now with auto tolls.

I thought city link in Melbourne charge like a wounded bull but at least they don't charge for caravans!

If you look at the rules on all Toll roads caravans are not charged for unless perhaps being towed by a truck.

A normal rig only pays for the Tug

Use this map to calculate Sydney tolls. Just zoom in to find a start point, click on it and click on start point. Pull the map around with your cursor and select the exit point, click on it and select exit

Hi Alan , don't want to sound too blunt however if you are travelling through with a caravan on the back and are charged for it once on the way to somewhere else and are not coming back , why does it matter weather they charge you for the caravan or not ? $ 3.00 , $10.00 whatever , you can't do anything about it anyway so just call it part of travelling interstate .