Project 6x6

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

13 litres of V8

[pie eater pete]

Was watching a Magirus few months back on EBay.. Looked fantastic..

[skyhuck]

Nice spec with diff and cross locks, I cant remember how many gears its got but it goes like the clappers. V8 13ltr engine , 17,000 km from new ex gritter.

To rid the vehicle of its hgv status just take the v5 into a dvla office and change the body type to AG machine along with the taxation class.This is now Tax free and test exempt. They sometimes want to see photographic evidence of the body type. We also have a Bedford 4x4 plant watering unit (Bowser) registered the same way. Same as a mog its not allowed on the motorways.

Bob

 

 

 

What legislation states this??

[aspenarb]

Here

https://www.gov.uk/motorways-253-to-273/general-253-to-254

 

The only time they are allowed on is if they are working on the motorway as part of a contract. We had a 5 year watering contract for trees on the m25 with our Bedford 4x4 bowser and it was only allowed on at junction before the site and had to come off at the next slipway .

 

Bob

 

Edit . you can run a mog on the motorway but it has to be plated and conform to all the same criteria as a lorry. Virtually impossible.

Edited September 21, 2013 by aspenarb

[fergusonforestry]

I though that only applied to agri machines that came under the 20mph speed limit? not fast tractors?

[aspenarb]

The use of a mog,tractor or agri machine all fall into the same category as far as motorway regs go. Clever well informed and on the ball motorway plod pulled our mog+trailer off the motorway a few years ago, they did a truly legal number on the driver with over 20 offenses committed. My advise despite what others do or "get away with" is keep off the motorways. Even on normal roads the use of these type of vehicles is limited for agri/forestry uses, that does not include arb/tree surgery which is considered domestic trade. When you register for vat your number can tell plod if you are a proper agri/forestry contractor. Without going into huge detail because the case against us was massive we got away with it. The case timed out because of the massive amounts of paperwork going backwards forwards ,it ran past the six month deadline to bring a prosecution.

 

Have a read of this.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/iacs/aiac/transport/conference0308/paper2.pdf

[Breezeblock]

more pics please this looks like a belter of a project big toys

[Stephen Blair]

Cracking big truck!

[roseyweb]

The use of a mog,tractor or agri machine all fall into the same category as far as motorway regs go. Clever well informed and on the ball motorway plod pulled our mog+trailer off the motorway a few years ago, they did a truly legal number on the driver with over 20 offenses committed. My advise despite what others do or "get away with" is keep off the motorways. Even on normal roads the use of these type of vehicles is limited for agri/forestry uses, that does not include arb/tree surgery which is considered domestic trade. When you register for vat your number can tell plod if you are a proper agri/forestry contractor. Without going into huge detail because the case against us was massive we got away with it. The case timed out because of the massive amounts of paperwork going backwards forwards ,it ran past the six month deadline to bring a prosecution.

 

Have a read of this.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/iacs/aiac/transport/conference0308/paper2.pdf

 

Clearly there wasn't much budget for this document

[Little Butch]

Just came across this. What happened to this beast in the end?