Digital tacographs

[Mr Ed]

I beleive the problem with Unimogs is that all new mogs since 2003 (I think!) are now registered as HGV from new. occasionally you'll see an older mog like some of the old welsh water registered as HGV.

[madmatt]

Ed its not just Mog's its even tractors and trailers used now. If you are not carrying out forestry work, and you use a mog or tractor and trailer it should run on white and either have a tacho or be on a hrs log book, (I'm not sure when you can get away with a book and not a tacho)

 

 

Jim, your right tree surgeons can't claim forestry exemptions, and as I said earlier I belive if you claim a tacho exemption under forestry use, VOSA have a right to ask for proof of how much of your work is forestry.

 

I'm in the throws of having a Tacho in the 130.

[Mr Ed]

I'm lucky in that I manage about 40 hectares of woodland for the estate, and have done a good deal of Harvesting in the past. However, we got rid of the mog long ago and went over to HGV's with Tacho's. My trucks have the simple old paper disk jobbie's. Easier than using a logbook.

[Quickthorn]

 

I'm in the throws of having a Tacho in the 130.

 

Make sure you're seated when they let you know how much. I looked into this when the forestry exemption only allowed 50 km from base. I was quoted around £700 for a landrover 110. One bloke thought it wasn't possible..he seemed to think that it had to be a digital tacho now, and didn't know how one could be fitted to a 20 year old vehicle. If that was the case, I suppose they'd expect me to replace the whole vehicle, and all for the sake of half a dozen trips per year into the next county!! I wouldn't mind filling in a logbook so much - I record all my mileage anyway - it's just the cost of the tacho that would knacker me.

 

I'm hoping my work comes under the exemption..hedgelaying is agricultural work, woodland management is forestry, I'd have thought, as is planting (although I'm probably not allowed to do the latter until I get a gangmaster's licence).

 

Jim, thanks for posting your info. I'm based near Horncastle/Spilsby, btw.

[rumination]

You guys have so many rules over there, it's amazing you can get any work done!

[Webby]

It's not just the fitting that costs, but the servicing and inspection too.

I use this chart, from it i feel i don't need a tacho.

 

Ok it's slightly out of date now the distance has been changed, but feel it still applies for me.

[Mr Ed]

Nigel from Fletcher stewarts had a nifty little auto Tacho in his mitsubishi. I'd like to try and get more info on it.

[madmatt]

Make sure you're seated when they let you know how much. I looked into this when the forestry exemption only allowed 50 km from base. I was quoted around £700 for a landrover 110. One bloke thought it wasn't possible..he seemed to think that it had to be a digital tacho now, and didn't know how one could be fitted to a 20 year old vehicle. If that was the case, I suppose they'd expect me to replace the whole vehicle, and all for the sake of half a dozen trips per year into the next county!! I wouldn't mind filling in a logbook so much - I record all my mileage anyway - it's just the cost of the tacho that would knacker me.

 

I'm hoping my work comes under the exemption..hedgelaying is agricultural work, woodland management is forestry, I'd have thought, as is planting (although I'm probably not allowed to do the latter until I get a gangmaster's licence).

 

Jim, thanks for posting your info. I'm based near Horncastle/Spilsby, btw.

 

I'm lucky in that my mate is a tachograph engineer, So he'll be fitting mine, and taking care of the 2 & 6yr tests. Its only vehicles registered after 1/5/06 that require digital Tachos by law. Anything before that date can have an analouge tacho fitted.

[Lee Winger]

I had the area VOSA enforcment boys around mine the other day, one of them is a mate of my Dads, if your ag/forestry/horticultural exempt from using a tacho, as longs as you don't go out of your ''50k as the crow flys radius'' you don't even have to fill in a log book, and thats the law!

[madmatt]

Yes your right it is, But if like me you do forestry work but also fencing work that takes you more than 50k from base or you do tree surgery you need a tacho