If you use a trailer read this

Guys some of you may already know this and for those apologies ,

There is a change to the law coming in on the 4 Dec regarding small trailers which in basic terms means if you are using your vehicle and trailer for hire and reward ie paid business currently trailers with an unladen weight not exceeding 1020kgs are no problem, but after 4 Dec if the total weight or potential weight IE the trailer is platted at say 1 ton and the truck gross is 2.5 tons whether laden or not, Or the maximum train weight equals 3.5 tons then it will need a vehicle operating license HGV class 3 and a taco fitted.

So as I understand it all Goods vehicles towing trailers for hire and reward where the maximum train weight exceeds 3.5 tonnes will be affected by this. !!!

just for your info :-)

That title should read if you have a UK national operators license read this

Blame Ebay for people selling cars which are MOT failures.

 

'NEEDS TO BE TRAILERED AWAY' is a common note.

 

bet the police have had a field day on non-professionals bombing down the M1.

If its your car on the trailer and your not being payed, its not a problem.

i'm sure thats true, but i bet they have stung a few:sneaky2:

How could they its not an offense

So if its your trailer but not your car you transporting and you not being paid for it what happens. (me brother is tighter than a ducks bum)

Getting into splitting hairs here but as long as he isn’t a car dealer all is well

Hire and reward means carrying other peoples goods in your vehicle/trailer. We don't do that in our line of work. Affects haulage people.

Hire and reward means carrying other peoples goods in your vehicle/trailer. We don't do that in our line of work. Affects haulage people.

No it doesn’t, it means getting paid for what you do.

No it doesn’t, it means getting paid for what you do.

I don't get paid to carry my own goods in my trailer.