towing 3,5t

[ukminch]

Well I've learned something today! Which is what these forums are for

[WeFixIt]

After having a discussion with VOSA employee!!

 

Carrying of goods for hire or reward..

 

Tow a chipper - fine tools of your job

 

Tow a trailer carrying a stump grinder, tracked chipper or wheeled chipper - fine tools of hot job

 

Tow a trailer with a chipper on a trailer and chip in the back of the towing vehicle- fine unless your selling the logs today next week or when ever then your carrying goods for sale or reward

 

Tow Trailer with logs or chip on which you may sell at a later point - no no carrying goods for hire or reward

 

If you carry it back to your own yard it's a waste product once you sell it on its goods. You need to be able to prove you have the correct means of disposing of the waste product other wise it is deemed its goods with intent for resale and have documented proof of disposal or look out!!

 

It would look like they are covering all options!!

 

 

I have noticed how easy the rules change without telling folk who will be the ones getting the penalties...

Edited February 22, 2015 by WeFixIt

[GA Groundcare]

You could look at towing a chipper as 'reward' as your being paid...

[WeFixIt]

You could look at towing a chipper as 'reward' as your being paid...

 

 

Nope as it is a tool used in the oppose of your job and is not goods nor are you transporting for a reward you use it for reward.

[R5log]

It's 50km (31 miles) radius for the distance exemption, this may increase to 100km in March.

 

 

 

Trailer must be less than 1024kg unladen for the operator's licence exemption.

 

 

 

You can only carry tools and equipments for the job you are travelling to, not goods for delivery, for the exemption to need a tachograph to record drivers' hours

 

I think it is 100km??

[Warners]

Just shows how difficult it is to grasp the vosa rules...... Lots of posts and lots of different answers......

[ukminch]

In fairness the answers are there if you look, I just hadn't looked enough, would be helpful if they harmonised all the rules though!

[aspenarb]

Just shows how difficult it is to grasp the vosa rules...... Lots of posts and lots of different answers......

 

 

Thats more of an internet problem where research can dig up out of date info. Keeping the right side of plod is a moving target so although these threads seem to go around in circles there will be some useful and correct info in there somewhere towards the end . It just needs putting through a strainer

 

Bob

[gensetsteve]

It sometimes feels like you are better of at home feet up in front of the fire and let someone else have all the grief. But where is the fun in that so i guess I will be out with my 1000 kg trailer within 33km trying not to do anything rewarding tommorrow.

[ukminch]

I might take the missus to the shops in my ag reg 7.5t hiab wagon.....

 

Oh scrub that I'm to ugly to have a missus