Overloading lol

[Peter]

I will never run a transit or similar vehicle again for tree work, they are totally unfit for purpose imo.

[Hodge]

I will never run a transit or similar vehicle again for tree work, they are totally unfit for purpose imo.

 

Your not going to tell us the answer is in your avatar are you:)

[Pedroski]

Your not going to tell us the answer is in your avatar are you:)

 

Of course he is - a pick up with 6ft bed is perfect for woodchip, logs, ladders........

[Paul Smith]

We are exmpt from "O" licence regs, taco nonsense, and indeed that CPC palaver.

We run a 5.2 tonner downplated to 4750 +the 3500 kg tlr and 7.5 tonner, the only bind is the bloody post 1997 reduction to 8250kg GTW (as was)

 

 

Are you saying we as an industry are exempt and there is nothing stopping me getting a 7.5ton truck? I have class 1 licence so can drive anything.

[Peter]

Your not going to tell us the answer is in your avatar are you:)

 

I also run an 18 tonne lorry. Right tool for the job, I just don't have a job that is right for a transit.

[Arran Turner]

Im NEVER overweight and I live on Dartmoor if VOSA are reading:thumbup1:

 

:laugh1:

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

I would have thought a lot of people would hesitate before admitting to regularly overloading their trucks on a public forum, especially when including links to webpages, location etc...

 

If I was Mr VOSA in Newcastle, I know whose yard I'd be sitting outside waiting for them to return with a load of chip next week

 

 

He'd be a bit daft if he sat outside my yard as I dont bring woodchip or logs back to my yard, I had thought this through before I posted this info, Im not as daft as youve just made me out to be.... Thanks for that.

[jrose]

my apologies, I wasn't trying to make you out to be daft or otherwise insult you. I only used your post as an example to show how posting on a public forum can be easily done without thinking through the possible consequences, it may have been wrong to use you as an example - it wasn't meant as a personal attack!

[Mark Bolam]

Good and valid points raised, but noone is coming up with any solutions.

 

Meanwhile, as Chris has done, I would urge anyone running a 3.5t vehicle to get on a weighbridge with 1/2 a load of chip on and see what it says. Noone forces you to fill it to the brim!

[treequip]

Unfortunately the post 1997 car test being reduced to 3.5 tonne (from 7.5t) plus the 3.5 tonne break point regarding "O" licences is a bummer.

What however is the situation regarding "O" licences for ARB work?

I presume the distance from base is one factor , but surely one "owns" whatever one is carrying in the truck, plus the trucks main purpose is to transport the guys to the site and provide support whilst there.

all I know is that because we only work a standard 37 hour week, are a limited distance from the Depot, always return at night to the Depot,&

do not carry third party goods.

We are exmpt from "O" licence regs, taco nonsense, and indeed that CPC palaver.

We run a 5.2 tonner downplated to 4750 +the 3500 kg tlr and 7.5 tonner, the only bind is the bloody post 1997 reduction to 8250kg GTW (as was)

 

You need to check the regulations. None of the above is a legitimate exemption from O licence.

 

Any road going vehicle over 3500 kg MAM needs a licence

 

 

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