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"vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of 7.5 tonnes or less that are used for carrying work equipment for the driver where the distance is less than 100km"

 

Question - If you put a chipper behind a 7.5t tipper do you then need to use the tachograph (even if its a climber/not main role)?  

 

 

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52 minutes ago, richy_B said:

"vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of 7.5 tonnes or less that are used for carrying work equipment for the driver where the distance is less than 100km"

 

Question - If you put a chipper behind a 7.5t tipper do you then need to use the tachograph (even if its a climber/not main role)?  

 

 

Yes once the combined permissible weight of lorry plus chipper goes over 7.5 tonnes you must use the tacho.

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7 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Yes once the combined permissible weight of lorry plus chipper goes over 7.5 tonnes you must use the tacho.

Unless you use the AG, forestry,hort exemption that has no weight limit.

 

Some types of vehicle are exempt from EU rules. This means they come under GB domestic rules in the UK.

The main types of exempt vehicle are:

  • vehicles that cannot go faster than 40 kilometres per hour, including vehicles that are restricted by a set speed limiter

  • emergency aid vehicles - vehicles used in the non-commercial transport of humanitarian aid for use in emergencies or rescue operations

  • breakdown vehicles - specialised breakdown vehicles working within a 100km of their base

  • vehicles undergoing road tests for technical development, repair or maintenance purposes, and new or rebuilt vehicles which have not yet been put into service

  • non-commercial vehicles under 7.5 tonnes - for example a person moving house or goods carried by a non-profit making group or registered charity

  • vehicles manufactured more than 25 years ago

  • vehicles used by agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery businesses for carrying goods within 100km of where the business is based

  • vehicles that are used to carry live animals between a farm and a market, or from a market to a slaughterhouse where the distance is less than 100km

  • vehicles that are used to carry animal waste or carcasses that are not intended for human consumption

  • educational vehicles, for example play buses and mobile libraries

  • vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of 7.5 tonnes or less that are used for carrying work equipment for the driver where the distance is less than 100km

  • vehicles driven only on islands whose area does not exceed 2,300 square kilometres

  • vehicles with a maximum weight of 7.5 tonnes which use natural or liquefied gas or electricity as fuel and carry goods within 50km from their base

  • driving instruction or exams - vehicles used for driving instruction and examination. Includes instruction for renewal of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)

  • circus vehicles - specialised vehicles transporting circus and funfair equipment

  • milk collection - vehicles used for collecting milk from farms or returning milk containers or milk products for animal feed to farms

  • any vehicle that is propelled by steam

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2 hours ago, aspenarb said:

vehicles used by agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery businesses for carrying goods within 100km of where the business is based

Does this same exemption apply to O licencing? I have always found it a very vague area.

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4 hours ago, aspenarb said:

Unless you use the AG, forestry,hort exemption that has no weight limit.

 

Some types of vehicle are exempt from EU rules. This means they come under GB domestic rules in the UK

I'd be very careful about  using these exemptions as they normally depend on the vehicle being in a taxation class to take advantage of these. A member on here, username forgotten, successfully defended his use of a crane lorry and drag because DVLA accepted his application of it as an agricultural machine but I doubt they often make tat mistake.

 

As to the risk of getting pulled by an official who knows the rules...

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1 hour ago, maybelateron said:

Does this same exemption apply to O licencing? I have always found it a very vague area.

There are exemptions again   but normally once you are carrying goods and the vehicle has a MAM of more than 3.5 tonnes you need an operators licence. A vehicle with a MAM of less than 3.5 tonnes can pull a trailer without an O licence if the unladen weight of the trailer is less than 1020kg (IIRC but it was an old ton)

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14 hours ago, richy_B said:

"vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of 7.5 tonnes or less that are used for carrying work equipment for the driver where the distance is less than 100km"

 

Question - If you put a chipper behind a 7.5t tipper do you then need to use the tachograph (even if its a climber/not main role)?  

 

 

Yes unless another exemption applies ;) 

 

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Thanks guys,  Part 2.

 

What are owner/operators (single driver in company) using for tacho analysis?  I appreciate their are companies online offering the service but it seems they are more aimed at fleets with multiple drivers/vehicles.  My situation is just me and one truck.  

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