Justme

Cost of having someone do it will be more than the value of the scrap. Only way to make it pay is do it yourself. Did one about 10 years ago. A 35 by 12 had 3 builders bags of insulation to get rid off. Lots of wood but untreated so could burn it. Steel was basically worthless at the time.

Dont start me on the red issue. Been looking re firewood processing. Hmrc dont know, guidance is mixed. Found some info that potentially says its ok and others that say not.

Just remember its not what they weigh that counts.

Cat F is specific in the use of the vehicle as well as its type. Cat F agricultural tractor. If used for other activities then cat F does not apply. Agri also includes forestry and fishery ect but not haulage, construction, boat or caravan moving ect. For other purposes you need a licence commensurate with its weight.

To be fully legal on the road, your 16-year old can only drive the following: A tractor with a width of less than 2.45m. Most tractors of more than 150hp and/or built in the past 20 years are likely to be wider than that. A trailer that has a maximum width of 2.45m (See above). That includes the extra width taken up by those fancy tailgate rams. A trailer that has close-coupled tandem axles where the centres of the axles are less than 0.845m apart. Most are considerably greater than that and 1.4m on a 16t grain trailer is not unusual. “The rule of thumb is that if the tractor is big and shiny your 16-year-old won’t be legal to drive it. If it is small and old then you are probably OK,” says PC Bryant.

Not completely correct. How its tax does not define which licence you need. The use at the time does. You could be tax as an agri tractor but doing construction or haulage & as well as the wrong licence you ahve the wrong tax too. To drive at 16 on the road they must have passed the test or be driving too / from a test. Not allowed to practice on road prior to test. Also restricted on tractor & trailer size / weights too.

Take a MF 165 2wd for instance, kerb 2275-2650kg rear load limit 1630kg (mine would never lift much that lol) front load limit I cant find one but it can pick up a bale of silage with a rear weight fitted. Total 3905kg to 4280kg plus what ever the front load is allowed to be. Thats not a big tractor by any standards. Yes 135's & fergies ect will be under. Most of those are now in collectors hands I would guess. Remember licence go on maximum legal wright limits not what it actually weighs. Hardly the tractor we are talking about.

Just because you need the licence to drive it does not mean its acceptable to take a test in. You need C to drive an artic unit with no trailer but you cant take one to test.

They might weigh under 3500kg but what are they plated to be? Most can carry equipment on front and back & that potential weight is counted too. Plus it will depend what you call a tractor too. You can get "garden" tractors lol.

You wont get many tractors with a mam under 3500kg. But yes if under 3500kg then a BE licence to tow over 3500 but under 7500kg with a gtw under 12000kg a c1e. If vehicle over 7500kg or gtw over 12000kg then CE which is where most tractors will be.

CE licence white diesel HGV road tax HGV mot 6 / 12 weekly checks Possibly need CPC tacho Operators licence Want to reconsider yet?

The text talks about forestry, The exemptions always head line agricultural use but forestry fishery & hort often also apply. Cant see any official source that says it has to be in a forest not a yard to be forestry. Think deminimis rules where some processing is allowed to make an item sale able & still be exempt from some regs.

I have been looking at this for a while. One day I find its def not allowed, then I find it might be, then not so sure. However today I found this & think that this says we are ok. What do you all think?

I have been working for https://www.facebook.com/Allseasonsnw/ for the last two days. Approximately 70-80m3 of hardwood from hand cut clearance jobs, so not neat trimmed harvester sticks. Plenty of bent stuff & bits with stubs or unions. Size ranged from 4" to 16" aprox. Lengths from 1m to 4m. https://www.facebook.com/RichFirewood/posts/2166264916865107

Yes a D4 medical to send with your renewal that you have to do anyway to keep car licence. You can get your dr to do it or use a d4 medical specialist that will cost lots less.

Not for towing trailers on a BE licence no. You will loose c1 c1e d1 and d1e if you dont take a medical

The only date of relevance to cat B vehicles towing trailers is now the 19th Jan 2013. If you gained your BE prior to that (test pass or pre 97) then you have no trailer plated weight limit. After that day you are limited to trailers plated to 3500kg. Realistically it matters not as so few vehicles can tow over 3500kg any way & you need active type brakes not over run.

You believe wrong.

Mogs eat money seems to be the mantra you hear from owners. Make sure you actually need one.

Dont know about the new red rules but if its not for actual agri / forestry / fishery use then you would need O licence, tacho (unless within exempted zone) 6 to 12 weekly checks and a licence for the max weight. Old rules would have said no red as well for non agri forestry stuf too.

In the lower end of the motor trade they get round the need to give warranties by only doing trade to trade sales. No effort is made to check if you are trade & no signing ect to confirm. Just clear signage saying all sales will be under trade rules. Make of this what you will.

£300 per incident. That could soon rack up to big number fast.

Only if you want to keep the C1 C1E D1 & D1E do you need to take a D4 medical.

I have no idea if we agree as you have never stated your actual position or plan. Will I have a problem? No all my deliveries will be over 2m3 & have the stupid note. Will you have a problem? I dont know, As you have not said what you are doing. You seem to know your ok so crack on & good luck.

Her own locker with her moving it none. From her locker with a contractor moving it none. But if you are supplying it in 0.5m3 deliveries from your yard then it looks very much like you would be pending an actual court case. As the regs are clear that if the delivery is after the sale than that is what counts. for these purposes the supply is to be taken to have occurred at the point of sale, or if later, on the dispatch of the fuel; You could argue you dispatched it to the corner of your yard into a client storage area. It will be interesting to see how the courts will look at this. I guess you could set up storage space for individual clients to keep their logs. I would also guess the enforcers would look long & hard at this & if it was truly kept individualised or not. I would also expect that insurance for self store could be an issue. In the end is all this effort & potential risk worth the savings? do I think the scheme is a good idea? Hell NO Will I be signing up when this hits Wales? Hell NO but I am lucky as I dont sell a huge amount & every one can take 2 x IBC at a time. Also by then with luck someone in England will have been the first test case & we will have a better picture of just what is what.