shaggy

How much do you thinck the 130 on ebay will go for?

I think I would go down the pto chipper route. My main justifications are that I need something with some good off road capability as the yard is a mud bath, I do a bit of paddock maintenance though not much, and recently I have had a few big clearance jobs and have found my self over loading the land rover and trailer which is something I want to stay clear of. My main concern is that I am going to be spending thousands a year maintaining old machinery.

I have been contemplating the idea of getting a u900 I was just wondering what peoples views were on them. It would be used 90% of the time for local domestic work Couple of things that I am worried about are how expensive parts are and whether I would get away with running this as my only vehicle and not also running a 3.5 tonne? Cheers Ben

To your question arborworks “Is it possible to change our 150" 6x6 to an agricultural tax class & if so can you point us in the right direction” Registering vehicles in the agricultural tax class is a bit of a grey area and you need to be ready to prove it is being used for an agricultural or forestry purpose in the event of being pulled over. Please someone correct me if I am wrong. To register the vehicle agricultural you need to send a copy of the vehicle log book along with a letter telling them what the vehicle is going to be used for, to your local dvla office. It is down to your local dvla office weather they think you have got enough reason to register it agriculturally. Then if they let you register it agriculturally, to tax it you need to fill in a V112G form (Goods Vehicle Testing – Declaration of Exemption) and produce this when you come to tax the vehicle. It took me many long phone calls this week to get this tiny bit of information. The dvla don’t seem to know their arse from their elbow.

I spent the day in the tractor topping. Day 3 of a 3 day job thankfully. I had forgotten how boring sitting in a tractor is! At least it was warm and dry.

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I think I have just fallen in love! Stunning land rover Arborworks. I will second what grey git said, I want one!!! Time to find a 110 hi cap then. I bet getting it through a sva may be a problem though. I am sure I saw one a while ago at land rover fest with an extra bit of chassis plated on to the back of it, so its got to be possible. I take that your 150 Arborworks was built up on a new chassis?

Sure is. Would have been a good buy at the right money if it had been already agriculturally registered. The engine is a bit tired and I am pretty sure it’s got head gasket problems. Any info on getting vehicles agriculturally registered would be much appreciated though as I am still slightly tempted

I have been toying with the idea of buying a Bedford mj or similar and Registering it as an agricultural vehicle. I went to look at one today with an Atlas crane and three way tipping body which is not yet Registering as an agricultural vehicle. Does any body know how easy this is to do? Does it need an MOT to initially register it?