Running a hgv

[aspenarb]

17 hours ago, AHPP said:

 

 

The plan has been a rigid lorry that can carry 20' containers (each containing different facets of my life, living quarters, heat and power generation, music studio, workshop etc), equipped with a crane for swapping them. Like a gypsy but no horses.

Is it just a matter of buy any lorry, MOT it, tax it (Private HGV Tax Class 10 a .gov .pdf tells me), insure it and off I go or do I need to have certain things on the V5 etc?

 

Sounds like a job for something like an eighteen tonner, you will need a mother of a crane to place loaded containers any distance other than next to the truck.May be better off with h5 type hook containers, you could do that with a ten tonner.

 

Bob

 

[AHPP]

42 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

 

Sounds like a job for something like an eighteen tonner, you will need a mother of a crane to place loaded containers any distance other than next to the truck.May be better off with h5 type hook containers, you could do that with a ten tonner.

 

Bob

 

Either way, was I right about the regulation? MOT, tax and insurance only or do I need particular registration or anything else?

[aspenarb]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

Either way, was I right about the regulation? MOT, tax and insurance only or do I need particular registration or anything else?

 

Yes you can drive an lgv on private tax class, its no different to the bigger horseboxes. It will still need plating though ,you may also struggle to privately insure a truck with a crane or hook loader . A privately registered lgv with a shipping containers on the back may also be a bit of a red flag for eagle eyed plod or DVSA.

 

Bob

[AHPP]

31 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

 

Yes you can drive an lgv on private tax class, its no different to the bigger horseboxes. It will still need plating though ,you may also struggle to privately insure a truck with a crane or hook loader . A privately registered lgv with a shipping containers on the back may also be a bit of a red flag for eagle eyed plod or DVSA.

 

Bob

When you say privately registered, do you mean taxed as private (class 10) or registered on the V5?

 

And what’s plating?

Edited March 10, 2023 by AHPP

[Stubby]

On 10/03/2023 at 11:53, AHPP said:

When you say privately registered, do you mean taxed as private (class 10) or registered on the V5?

 

And what’s plating?

Plating is the MOT for a HGV  . It must comply to the " plate weight " that is on the plate riveted to the vehicle  If I remember correctly our 7.5 tonner ( horse box ) was once a year but a 10 tonner is every 10 weeks .