Justme

Lots of ditched dug, barns mucked out etc etc

Gritting and hedges are exempt uses.

Doing work for a farmer on a farm is not farming. Moving a digger could be if the digger was doing farming g and the tractor was also used on the same site. If not its haulage. Lots of contractors have been done for this.

Its not just the load distribution its the leverage too.

The trouble with that option is that the work would not be farming or forestry so you would need a CE licence, white diesel, tacho, O licence etc etc.

Second option. Take your C1 & C1E tests & then you can go to 12m trailer & 18m total as long as the towing vehicle is 3501+kg.

I agree, at 7m I would want twin axles even if the weight did not need it the length does.

Just remember that in most stops it will be up to you to prove that an exemption applies. Lots wont even know about the exemption. Why make life hard, keep it under 7m (nearly 23 feet) body length (plus draw bar) & if you need the extra a drop in section is easy. On the 16 foot trailer you would have the full 3m rear over hang allowed, need proper signage & be a pain to balance safely.

Yes.

If the mill is bolted together in sections it might be hard to claim its an indivisible load. Why not have the bulk of it fixed & then extend the bed on a fold out section? I used to tow an over sized trailer that was an indivisible load as it was a one piece fiberglass molding.

Yes for indivisible loads you can go longer. There is still a max of 18m total length of vehicle & trailer. If its a separate trailer with a "load" on it you also have the legal over hangs that are allowed. How much depends on how you mark it. You cant go heavier.

Yeh F-ing VOSA (DVSA) how dare they keep my family safe from door handles that over load their vehicles........

Why not just do it properly & fit a 12s socket & plug or change it all for a 13 pin set? PS take the reverse light feed from the reverse lights on the vehicle. Most bypass relays will already have a reverse in & out connections to use.

My solution to this problem is to fit a camera with infrared led's.

Standard 13 pin plug. Or 7n & 7s plugs.

Ah so the switch is on the trailer. I must have missed that option. I thought everyone was talking about using a side light wire.

Use gel filled ones if you are going to use them.

Till you need to borrow / hire a trailer or vehicle. Or you break down & they cant tow your trailer.

Dont break down.

If you get a fully pined sockets & plugs there are some spare terminals so as well as standard reverse lights for use on the road you could wire in rear flood lights too.

No dont bodge it so its not compatible with any other vehicle or trailer. Do the job right & fit 13 pin plugs & sockets.

Do the job properly & fit 13 pin plugs & sockets to them all.

Felling licence exemptions Before making your application, please check the following list to find out if you need a felling licence. If your felling operation falls within an exempt category, you can start felling immediately. Location You do not need a licence to fell trees in: A garden An orchard A churchyard Type of work You do not need a licence to carry out the following activities: Lopping Topping Pruning Pollarding Volume and diameter You do not need a felling licence: to fell less than five cubic metres in a calendar quarter (note you cannot sell more than two cubic metres per calendar quarter) for trees that have the following diameters when measured 1.3 metres from the ground: 8 cm or less 10 cm or less, for thinnings 15 cm or less, for cutting coppice Other permissions You do not need a licence if you have a valid permission, granted in accordance with planning permission (according to the Town and Country Planning Act). Legal and statutory requirements You do not need a licence if you need to fell trees: that are dangerous, or in order to prevent a nuisance, this exemption only applies if there is a real rather than perceived danger or nuisance as recognised in law. You may be required to provide evidence that the trees present a danger, for example through an accredited arborculturalist's report or photographic evidence. A diseased tree is not necessarily dangerous. You are strongly advised to contact us if you are considering felling tree(s) you consider dangerous. You may be prosecuted for illegal felling if it is shown that the tree(s) did not present a real or immediate danger or they did not present a nuisance to comply with an Act of Parliament to enable you to carry out work as a statutory undertaker

You have to wait 10 working days between tests now. Even getting a test date would mean you would not take a test that close to your 17th birthday. Plus theory test and that it takes much more time now to learn.

The one day comment was re the fact that most people think they can pass a vocational driving test in one day. Virtually no one can unless they have already had some training recently.