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I went for 7.5 tonners as I didn't want to worry about being overloaded every day. I know everyone does it but if you get stopped by DVSA or, worse case, in a crash and weighed, you will be in serious trouble. Nearly every arb wagon I see will be coming home at 4.5t so 100% court summons if you encounter police. My 7.5tonners are probably 50% more expensive per year to run but we save time/can do than if we were using 3.5t vehicles.
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For sole traders it maybe different. If you run a LTD and are a director you will be paying BIK on a new double cab and there is a transitional amount for ones you already own.
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Techincally that is called 'incidental use' . So if you were working and stopped for a sandwich it is incidental. If it's your day off and you take a work vehicle to Asda for your weeks shopping it is private use.
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Yes, it's just another nail in the coffin for micro businesses.
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I ran one over with my mulcher. Unfortunately tractor window was open and they were on me in less than 10 seconds. I ran for about 120 metres before they stopped attacking me. Had a long sleeve shirt on which saved me initially although had to discard it after about 60 metres. Had about 25 stings across back and shoulders. Was a scary moment. I have an epi pen in the vans as a consequence of this.
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Seemingly yes, anyone running a double cab pickups through a business will have to include it on their P11D.
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VAT not recoverable. I expect HMRC are going to be gunning for people for the first year to make some examples. It's difficult as industries like forestry/arb/construction/farming have legitimate reason for needing offroad and full towing capability. Its primarily directors of small business buying snazzy looking raptors or X class that's drawn all the attention in my opinion. All on all small businesses have been hit the hard in this budget.
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I don't believe the road tax is changing at this stage.
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This will apply to capital allowance so you cannot offset purchase against your £1m allowance. The biggest issue is benefit in kind taxation (BIK). If you run a pickup at the moment you pay no extra personal tax. From april they will be treated like a Company car so you'll be paying £3-4k per annum (transitional rates for vehicles purchased before April 25). It seems the vast majority of people are unaware if how big a hit this will be. Going to be some big shocks in April.
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I believe only 4 door versions. Single and king cabs seemed to be excluded.
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Unfortunately not - it'll include all double cab pickups regardless of purchase date. "From April 2025, for corporation tax, and from April 6, 2025 for, income tax, it says that double cab pick-ups will be treated as cars for the purposes of capital allowances, BIK and some deductions from business profits. The existing capital allowances treatment will apply to those who purchase double cab pick-ups before April 2025. Transitional BIK arrangements will apply for employers that have purchased, leased, or ordered a double cab pick-up before April 6, 2025"
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Essentially double cabs will be treated as company cars for tax purposes from April 25 meaning potentially high tax charges for employees/directors using them. Double cab pick-ups to be treated as company cars WWW.FLEETNEWS.CO.UK Transitional BIK arrangements will apply for employers that have purchased, leased, or ordered a double cab pick-up before April 6, 2025. "A Ford Ranger, with a list price of circa £48,000 and CO2 emissions of more than 170g/km, would be in the 37% bracket meaning BIK of around £17,700 a year, leading to employee tax of £7,110 a year for a 40% taxpayer or £3,550 a year for a 20% taxpayer. "
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What do people think - Will there a surge in the sales of double cab pickups after Xmas as people scrabble to avoid the tax hike in BIK? Or will a lot of people ride it out for a bit.
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FOR SALE - Seppi miniforst 175. I am selling our Seppi miniforst 175. We have owned this 5 years and it has been a brilliant tool but as our business has changed it hasn't been getting much use. All working and in good order. Can run it up on our tractor on viewing. Fixed hammer model. 1000rpm. Only needs 1 hydraulic service for the door although we run with 2 for a toplink as I found running it on float on the final pass works well. You will need 80-100hp to run this effectively. Can lift onto a trailer. Over £17k plus VAT new now. £8,500 plus VAT - close offers considered. Full VAT receipt provided. BACS is preferred, no cheques. West London, UB6. 078 254 111 97.£8,500
London - GB
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Most of the time I can't get to the inside, hence the blind rivet but a washer it is a good idea generally. I find the stainless steel rivets superior to aluminium - had quite a few ally ones fail over the years which I believe replace with SS.
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Yes, you couldn't do more than 10 without a jam. 4.8mm stainless steel rivets so not exactly the 'easiest' but they are the correct size for the application. I only ever use them for securing ally planks on the arb bodies so we don't change size much at all.
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Anyone got a good recommendation for a rivet gun? I've used the hand ones for years and they are always a fight. I tried the small battery Milwaukee and it jams so much it became infuriating. I tried a cheapie Clark air one and it was also sh*t . I don't used them that often, just for repair arb bodies etc but I use them enough to warrant spending a few hundred, particularly if it will lady me a decade. Battery or pneumatic. Any ideas?
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But the emissions from my 2015 4.5 litres Iveco 75 is considerably higher than my 1.9 litre 2023 grafter? My 1.3 corsa van is also £335 I believe and it is very low emission comparatively. I can't work out the logic behind it.
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How do they work out road tax - This month I have paid for another year on 2 vehicles - Iveco 75 7.5t tipper @£165 and Isuzu Grafter 3.5t tipper @£335. How does anyone work out that the 3.5t van twice the 7.5t tipper???
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I ran a S426 for about 5 years. They aren't chippers and much slower on large timber but if you are stuff through pruning (we do a lot of lime repollards) they were amazing. Thirsty on diesel though, would use full tank in a hard day of shredding. 5 years of no blade changes is also a massive cost saving - currently on a Forst ST8D we change the blades weekly at a cost of £60/week. Over 5 years that's significant.
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We've got quite a few pto machines that we run off various tractors - I've been wondering about trying to buy/build some donkey engines which we could use to keep the tractors free. Has anyone done this? Not huge power demands, probably 25-30 hp each. Preferably all diesels.
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A friend had to sell their discovery as they existing insurer declined to renew cover and the comparison sites were bring up £8k upwards. Sensible 40 year old in a rural village.. Anything LR is a no go now as they are being pinched left, right and centre in cities.
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As Dan said you get some used for taking logs away once it is down but they've not really got the reach for grapple saw work. 8 or 9metres is your limit. Should be able to get a better deal on a used 6 wheeler compared to an 8 as they are less popular then just switch the clamshell to a forestry grab. Could probably add 400mm additions to the sides as well to increase the volume. A 6 wheeler should hold 12t odd which is a lot of tree. We looked at it last year but it was going to be £40k for the lorry, about £3k estimate for servicing and mot the £4k a year insurance. Didn't think we'd ever make our money back. Plus finding C class drivers is much harder to do.
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I'm a fan of basic tractors but I've not had much experience of the mew zetor range. Anyone used their larger horsepower models? Forterra HSX 140 for example. I'd ideally like to run one with a botex hook loader trailer for mixed usage (flatbed with bolsters, 20m3 chip/log bin).
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That helps a lot as I can atleast start getting an idea on what's available.
