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Ok so dvla says yes!
Mam of 3.5 ton is not to be exceeded.
Fine to tow 1.5 ton.
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I think you're getting confused between mam and gtw. The mam is the maximum laden weight of the trailer and towing vehicle which can be found on the weight plate and the log book. For arguments sake...My isuzu rodeo weighs around 1900kg but has a mam of 2900kg which means that on a B licence I could only tow a trailer plated for a maximum gross weight of 600kg. I feel your discovery will be similar. The combined mam of your disco and 2.6t trailer is somewhere in the region of 5.5t which puts you 2t over your mam towing on a B licence. hope this makes sense

Are we in need of a separate thread explaining what you are allowed to tow with what and with what licences?

Think there already is one

Both my driving instructors, (30+ years teaching)
swore blind you can't tow ANY trailer without a B+E.
See the gov website.
You can put your reg in and it shows what you can tow.

If you can only tow unbraked 750kg on a b license, what about caravans?

If I was driving a tractor, I could tow over 20tons with 30+ton Mam on a b license.

I'll give hmrc a call tomorrow.
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I hate to say it but he's right rough hewn. Take a look on the gov website. Towing on a B licence you have to take into account the MAM (maximum authorised mass, that's plated weight not actual loaded weight) of both the towing vehicle and the trailer. For example...the maximum you could possibly tow on a B licence would be 1750kg but to do that the mam of the towing vehicle would have to be 1750kg, it would have to have a towing capacity of at least 1750kg and the trailer would have to be plated for a maximum gross weight of 1750kg meaning the mam of both trailer and towing vehicle combined would be 3500kg. The guy I did my b+e with was an ex traffic cop and explained it all to me

I tow a 2.6ton indespension plant trailer regularly.
2 ton disco gives me 1.5 ton on a braked trailer.
500kg trailer gives me just under a ton legal load on a B license.
Tows better and stops better than my 750kg unbraked.
But I'd get an Ifor W if I could afford it.
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Doesn't towing on a B licence take the plated gross weight into account? Obviously you can't be over 3500kg gross but I think your plates also can't exceed this. It's well worth doing your trailer test though, saves a lot of hassle

Wireless baby moniter would be a good early warning system for the you're home

Here's our 2 puppers, the flatcoat is 2 and the bernese is 9 months. Certainly keep me on my toes but wouldnt have it any other way

Can't beat these from aldi when they have them. Very thick material and only £10 a throw, I've had them for several years now and still going strong

Firewood? 

If he's considering milling, surely it's too good for fire wood and probably worth a good bit more if milled

Ive a nice big lump of ash and a lump of cedar at the yard. Seeing this makes me want to have them milled but would have no use for them [emoji20]

What other use would you have for them?

Not much in the way of pics today because too much fun haha but got the second stem milled and extraction with an arb trolley is looking feasible and easy. Anyway, here's a couple of pics of today's log

It sure is fun peeling the slabs of layer by layer and revealing the beautiful grain. 
 
Due to dimensions or weight?

Both, but a combination of the 2 really. Due to access they have to be carried out on their side instead of flat and their weight makes that difficult. I'll pull my weight when it comes to lifting but these aren't easy to lift flat let alone on their side. I'm hoping to use a friend's arb trolley so should work out okay

It'll pull a 28 fine if you've got the work for it but as above...It'll fly on a 20

Depends what you want to cut with it. It'll pull a 28 fine but if you've not got that size timber to cut then I'd probably stick it on a 20, will fly through timber.

Thats a super clean lump of Oak. Glad it went well and you went for it. [emoji4] 

Had a really good day at it, my dilemma is how to get it out without having to shorten it, more so with the bigger stuff tomorrow

So here it is...The first stem all milled and thoroughly enjoyed it (although I'm stressing about how I'm going to get it out, bit heavier than I anticipated). The 390xp coped fine on this one at around 30", tomorrow's one at around 40" will test it though

First time milling today on some English oak. Bit of a slow start setting up but got on well once we got going. Got a second, wider stem to do tomorrow. Certainly enjoying it but have no idea how I'm going to get it out, access is tight and they are heavier than I anticipated

Did you notice it running any better apart from it all getting good and hot? Maybe its needs the little bit of pipe to shoot the hot fumes away?

Yes it was definitely running better but the heat ended up making the zorst cover brittle and as a result it cracked and fell to pieces and didn't fancy the same with the chain brake cover. I'm hoping to get it off to spud at some point for a full port and muffler mod

Yes, well I say that. I just had a little play till it all sounded/ran nicely and I had to do the same when I put anew zorst back on

I drilled the zorst on mine and found the entire side of the saw was getting so hot you couldn't touch it, even the chain brake casing. Bought a new zorst and all was fine again. Not sure what I did wrong

I never said I don’t believe you or mentioned grey areas, I asked for evidence which you can not provide.

I never said I knew of cases where someone had been stopped and prosecuted. All I said was that it's illegal and as far as I can tell...you dont need to see evidence for that as you are fully aware of this but happy to suffer the consequences in the event that you are stopped.

Would you show evidence and cases of prosecution to back this up please.
  

I have none but the information is there for all to read. Ag spec can only be used for agriculture and forestry, neither of which are domestic or commercial arboriculture. If you don't believe me then have a quick Google and you'll soon see. There is no grey area. Just because I can't provide proof of prosecution doesn't mean it isn't illegal

Thank you very much for all of your help and considerations/ advice. The direction is a great help to me.
Capacity or maxed out capacity  in the system is I suppose what I’ve been grappling with. 
The mog/ chipper combo needs some proper time,thought and costing out, will try Atkinson vos. 
Failing this, then a larger tow behind still seems to be the big gain for smaller outlay if I can’t get decent money for the LANDY tipper.
 

Just be aware that using a mog on ag spec (no tax, mot and red diesel) for arboricultural works is illegal and although I know a lot do (in an ideal world I would) if you are stopper for whatever reason you could find your self in more trouble than it's worth

Wouldn't happen to be Paul peacock your talking about is it?

I upgraded as my workload increased, I had a jobeau m500 and although a good machine, being gravitated it had it's limits. From experience those little 130s aren't bad and will chomp up to 6" material, albeit a little steady. Upgrading is something only you can decide on to be honest and as has been said...bigger chipper requires more capacity via either bigger truck or a trailer. For me personaly if I were to upgrade from a 130 I'd be looking at n9 more than a 6" machine but with a bigger engine making it more productive

That was a question we put to the Petzl rep last year but I forgot to follow it up. I would have to check out the instructions for the original but I think it does mention single rope use and the addition of a friction device, if that is the case then I dont see why not.
 
 

Thank you, I fancy the zz on srt but I've currently got a mk2 that I've had since 2013 and although I trust it in ddrt, I'm aware of the potential for cracked links and don't fancy pushing it on srt and to be honest...I don't really fact the 2019 zz, not keen on the size