Craig.

Thanks, they dont ring a bell, I seem to recall it being three letters, like abc trailers type of thing. I meant to go back, but forgot. I give DJB a call when I get 5min

I think it was on the DJB stand? there was a lot of Brian James trailers, also there was another make of trailer, I'd not heard of before, an Irish manufacturer, I think. Did anyone happen to get the name of them?

There's no mention of back dating this to current licence holders

I believe they are considering basically going back to how it was before, pass car test automatically getting the +E (trailer), and being able to do C+E (artic) test straight off, not rigid first then artic. @Justme I guess you all ready have, but just in case there`s a consultation you can comment on.

I`ve seen pre stressed concrete panels, like you use for silage pit/shed walls used length ways over the top of a weak bridge, to get timber trucks across.

Ref lead in london air, Someone said further up that some av gas is still leaded, and before this bug Heathrow was in the top 10 worlds busiest airports plus the 5(?) other airports, could be a source?

On some, where the fuel pipe comes out of the tank, it is screwed on to a larger fitting screwed into the bottom of the tank. This larger fitting sometimes has a filter on the inside which often gets overlooked.

While I agree with you about tractors etc, maintaining a tree in Mrs Miggins garden and using a diesel chipper could be classed as horticulture (one definition Horticulture is the art of cultivating plants in gardens to produce food and medicinal ingredients, or for comfort and ornamental purposes ) Sorry to have quoted swinny, as it confused thoughts on the matter, my original reason for the post was to say this fuel reform will effect almost every one in the pocket.

Agree with swinny, it not going to affect arb use. But, look around you there wont be many products that wont of had some thing that`s has used red diesel along it route to you, in the short term its going to increase costs. Plant used in quarrying, house building, road repair, container handlers moving/loading shipping containers of tat (and good stuff), forklifts unloading these containers loading/unloading trucks, fridge trucks delivering food, and plenty of other things. The cost will be passed on.

Only some of them. Take Iveco for example, a 75e something v`s a 80e something, the latter is a factory down rated 10 tonner, or a heavy duty 7.5 tonner if you like. Most 10-12 tonners are not much bigger than a 7.5, some can be based on 15 tonne chassis so a bit wider again.

Introduction | A clean air zone for Birmingham | Birmingham City Council WWW.BIRMINGHAM.GOV.UK Information about Birmingham's proposals to introduce a clean air zone (CAZ) and the consultation details Was supposed to be this year, looks to have been pushed to next due to covid.

It can be done using a phase converter. A static one would suit smaller machines, a rotary one would be better for a mill.

My Dad has a Peugeot Partner van, and uses Riken winter tyres on it, good in snow/winter (obviously!), but also seem good on grass, light mud, and in the wet. He leaves them on all year round and they don't seem to suffer excessive wear in the summer months. I believe Riken are part of Michelin. Riken Snow | Riken PASSENGER-CAR.RIKEN.COM

Your operators licence will be for you as the operator, and state where the truck is usually parked, this is your operating centre (exceptions think of, left a garage for repair/driver having night out), not have the licence at the yard, and take the truck home at night parked in the cul de sac. The operators licence will need advertising in local paper, and will state the operating centre address, I think the council are statutory objectors, and will be notified when you submit your application. If you don't own the yard where you park, you will need a letter off the land owner agreeing to let you park there (there is a template letter with the application packs). The franchised hauliers will have permission off the quarry/concrete plant, and this is then there operating centre.

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