My new toy.

[J The Tree]

No we were not prosecuted- We would have been if HMRC could prove the amount of red we were using-sadly their investigation was flawed due to me hiring out the mog to my landlord at weekends in exchange for free fuel

[skyhuck]

someone driving their luxury yacht down the river Taymar for pleasure should also have to use white.

 

They do mate, came in last year!!

[logger]

As i see things what people seem to be overlooking is not as much the type or classification of vehicle but the nature of work it is being used for.It is wrong to try and compare private treework with forestry or that of a Farmer.The hay and straw is classed as an input relevent to the Farmers business as animal feed or a crop produced on land owned or occupied by the same Farmer that is being taken into storage.

[Dean Lofthouse]

They do mate, came in last year!!

 

I always have been slightly behind

[treequip]

I think your wrong, the chips become mine when I take down the tree and chip them.

 

Dont take my word for it. Call customs and excise and ask them.

 

Andy

[Big dog]

I think youre all looking in the wrong direction, why not ban unimogs? Problem solved. Then no one would have to bother with those over priced, under reliable, eco hateing old junkers.

[Rupe]

How many years we talking?

 

 

Its been 8 or so years since I drove a mog..

[David Riding]

The farmer is carrying his own goods and is exempt.

 

Whatever you are carrying is termed goods. Anything you take off a paying job is part of that job and therefore for hire or reward.

 

Andy.

 

so you truly believe that thousands of tree workers around the uk are running their vehicles illegally

[skyhuck]

Dont take my word for it. Call customs and excise and ask them.

 

Andy

 

The thing is THEY don't know, they know what they WANT it to be, but until there is a test case taken to court, it is not clear cut, IMO.

 

Are agricultural contractors harvesting a farmers silage for the farmer exempt? its not their silage.

[skyhuck]

so you truly believe that thousands of tree workers around the uk are running their vehicles illegally

 

Yes I do !!, most of the 3.5 tonners I see are well over weight!!