Agriculturally registered vehicles?

[wisecobandit]

As far as I know its 1 1/2km your allowed.

The biggest clause which is the main hitter is the vehicle should not "due to its construction" exceed 25 mph.

Its that clause which made it difficult for farmers and contractors with JCB fastracs and alike to register it as agricultural. Also meant then it would need to run on white instead of red fuel.

[Matthew Storrs]

So, how far can a farmer go in his tractor running on red? By the book I mean.

[shendy]

What would be the best way to register a 4x4daf. Flat bed with bolsters and hiab?

 

 

Sent from the future.

[treequip]

I think he was asking just that, is a ag mog running on red limited to how far it can go from base?

 

1.5km

[wisecobandit]

So, how far can a farmer go in his tractor running on red? By the book I mean.

 

1 1/2 km up the road from his furthest field officially afaik. Its the farming contractors moreso which appear to break the rules, having vehicles exceeding 25mph, using red etc.

 

Even agri registered quads shouldn't exceed the above.

 

I guess the likes of the highways and councils get away with it as "they own the roads"....

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

30 miles / 50 kilometers from base on legal Agricultural/Forestry vehicles on red diesel. 1.5 KLMS is being pushed from HMRC but nonsence. (VOSA checked us and confirmed) Private tree work in gardens and haulage of diggers to domestic site will result in vehicle seized! Haulage of own wood produce allowed and NFU insure to do so. Hope that helps.

[treequip]

30 miles / 50 kilometers from base on legal Agricultural/Forestry vehicles on red diesel. 1.5 KLMS is being pushed from HMRC but nonsence. (VOSA checked us and confirmed) Private tree work in gardens and haulage of diggers to domestic site will result in vehicle seized! Haulage of own wood produce allowed and NFU insure to do so. Hope that helps.

 

VOSA aren't the arbiters of fuel usage HMRC are, VOSA wont give you a get out of jail free card for using red

 

It matters not what NFU insure, that's just a mutual company and it means nothing.

 

Can you provide a citation to support your 30 mile claim

[haforbes]

Why isn't it?

 

As Matt said that was meant as a question

 

I'm just a bit confused, why can I take my tractor and trailer many miles to collect straw/feed or what ever when it's an agricultural vehicle but then you're saying if I had a Mog I could only do 1.5km:confused1: I think that might be the case for light goods vehicles registered as Ag?

 

I think the case for red diesel usage on the road for farmers is something like what Traditional Loggers said. I think I'm fine to travel on the road using red to collect feeds etc...for use on the farm but if I was collecting them to deliver to a neighbour then I should in theory be using derv...I think. I'm not sure about situations such as, say I was collecting some timber to be used on the farm, I presume that'd be fine? But then If i was collecting timber to split into logs and sell....?? Gets confusing!

[LGP Eddie]

The 1.5 km thing I think you're getting slightly mixed up with is the 'limited use vehicles' category?

 

Eddie.

[Johnnyboxer]

It matters not what NFU insure, that's just a mutual company and it means nothing.

 

Why's that then??