What’s your opinions men, I’m doing my exams tomorrow and whilst the technical Wikipedia answer States any vehicle with a semi permanent or permanent pivoting joint, and pictures of wagon and drag pop up when searching articulated,
Is it articulated or not?
Thanks in advance
Yes it is.
I think you will find that an articulated vehicle is one which connects the towing vehicle to the trailer with a fifth wheel plate
it would depend what they mean by articulated. if under cat ce or c1e licence then any trailer however connected ie: 5th wheel drawbar or other way would be articulated.
or they could be referring to trailer and unit using 5th wheel.
Depends on your definition of articulated, it is still in C&U regulations that an articulated vehicle must have an imposed vertical load of at least 20% of the trailers weight.This was to differentiate a tractive unit and semi trailer from a tractive unit and draw bar trailer, which imposes negligible vertical load on the tractive unit.
Prior to various changes in regulations relating to taxation, weights, licences etc this was important, not so much these days.
It is correct that the coupling on a draw bar combination is ‘articulated’ in the dictionary definition of the word.
Then why is it that a 4,6,or 8 wheel truck wiyh a drag only needs a class 2 licence? Although technically it is articulated. 
shirtbox2003:
Then why is it that a 4,6,or 8 wheel truck wiyh a drag only needs a class 2 licence? Although technically it is articulated.
Because its a class 2 vehicle as has no trailer. Same as a tractor unit can be driven on a class 2 license. Its not articulated untill a trailer is hooked up an then becomes class 1
shirtbox2003:
Then why is it that a 4,6,or 8 wheel truck with a drag only needs a class 2 licence? Although technically it is articulated.
Not now it doesn’t
A rigid 4,6,or 8 wheel truck (LGV C) with any trailer over 750 kgs plated MAM needs C+E
Under the old pre 1991 HGV rules it was different
I am with wikipedia on this, and under the stricter definition of what an articulated vehicle is I would say that a W&D is not articulated.
In 1981 I was 19 and took my Class 3 through what was then the Young Drivers Training Scheme. The company I worked for had an 18 metre drawbar combo. I was legally allowed to drive the “front half” on my own but if I put the A-Frame draw bar on the back then I had to be accompanied by another driver 
Then, when I turned 21 I was let loose around Europe on my own with the trailer on the back. So, im guessing that if you could then have driven an 18 metre drawbar outfit on a Class 3 licence then it could not have been classified as “articulated”, otherwise It would have required a class one licence!
Im not aware if the legislation has changed and / or this type of vehicle has been re-classified!