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[Gray git]

Going to have ours on the scales before long and see what it actually comes in at as plated numbers aren't worth shit if your pulled.

[PhillH]

That is impressive... I could live with the bone-shaking cramped-ness for that kind of payload on a 3.5t truck. DVSA seem to be everywhere right now.
One of our tranny’s got pulled the other day.. 40 rolls of turf and a turf cutter, 3 guys - 800kg over.

Hi@TIMON, what was the outcome of being over if you don’t mind me asking?

[TIMON]

2 minutes ago, PhillH said:

Hi@TIMON, what was the outcome of being over if you don’t mind me asking?

£380 fine,  no points on the drivers licence, thankfully.. and the added cost/ time of pulling a crew off another job to go and collect the excess weight from the pulled truck. 

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Gray git said:

Going to have ours on the scales before long and see what it actually comes in at as plated numbers aren't worth shit if your pulled.

I very occasionally help out chipping and brash dragging for a chap with a Canter, full arb sides and a tool box. He never lets me do a tip run in case I go to the weighbridge. I'm convinced it is so close to 3.5 tonnes just with 2 men and tools to make no difference empty. In 11 years he has never been pulled.

[PhillH]

£380 fine,  no points on the drivers licence, thankfully.. and the added cost/ time of pulling a crew off another job to go and collect the excess weight from the pulled truck. 

Thanks@TIMON I was just curious as we all do it and most of the time not intensional

[benedmonds]

1 hour ago, TIMON said:

£380 fine,  no points on the drivers licence, thankfully.. and the added cost/ time of pulling a crew off another job to go and collect the excess weight from the pulled truck. 

I have been told you also get added to a list so are more likely to get pulled in the future..

[TIMON]

I have been told you also get added to a list so are more likely to get pulled in the future..

I wouldn’t be surprised given the technology available today. The depot in question is ‘hidden’ under the M5 J3 multi-agency, plod, HMRC and DVSA. Busy place...

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

35 minutes ago, TIMON said:

 

I wouldn’t be surprised given the technology available today. The depot in question is ‘hidden’ under the M5 J3 multi-agency, plod, HMRC and DVSA. Busy place...

 

A right little vipers nest....  

 

Maybe a bit harsh I guess, it is safety related after all....

 

(must be the heat ‘getting’ to me....)

[TIMON]

[emoji51] we should have a weight system, rule book that is actually in ‘sync’ with true manufacturers capabilities of trucks.
We have a Luton truck that is only good for transporting feathers or light foam when filled to capacity.
Couple of bits of furniture and it goes way over.

[Gray git]

We should be allowed to shift the 3.5ton limit to 4 or 4.5 in a normal license since vehicles are getting so much heavier with all the extra safety features and emmisions crap but are easier to drive than ever.