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Using personal truck for work...What's a fair price?
donnk replied to MW Tree Services's topic in General chat
you only get 45p a mile this includes wear and tear as far as the taxman is concerned. Should your employer offer to say pay your tyres or MOT/repairs etc then they can claim the vat back on it and you will have to pay benefit in kind tax on the amount as well. Far cheaper for you, and them really, to provide you with the vehicle rather than them to try and do it on the cheap. Or they could give you cash for your troubles and the world will still spin -
We only use our saw on site for joist / wall plate chopping and other minor bricky carpentry, means having to carry 2 stroke just for the saw. All our other plant runs on red. We replaced our still cutting saw last year for a mains electric as we all got fed up with the hassle of starting it when it doesnt want to, the noise etc. Anyone tried this, is it any good ? We do have plenty of dewalt kit so could use the big battery in our nail guns etc. I see stihl do an electric saw and disc cutter as well, the cutter being a bit smaller. Whats the forums collective wisdom on which is best battery saw ? thanks! DEWALT UNITED KINGDOM | DEWALT UNITED KINGDOM |
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its a hairdryer, be careful you dont burn it out towing.
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surprised thry gave you so much for that knacker!!
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Community Infrastructure Levy (in relation to s106)
donnk replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Trees and the Law
As a builder we see this new build house tax now and again. Currently your only penalised if you build in the countryside, towns are zero rated. Just goes on the bottom line for the poor sap buying the house to pay more. And we wonder why houses are so expensive. Of course the councils dont spend it on useful things like schools and doctors surgeries, they blow it on crap no one really needs or would be willing to pay for themselves. I suspect if the first time buyer had a choice of giving £40/m2 to the local council to waste or save it so they could afford a sofa we all know the answer! -
that looks a good step forward to the normal one where you have to manhandle the log onto a platform.
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Proof ?
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Good point Bob, the merc is at the extreme end. Remember though that its really a 7.5 tonner and is designed to pull the weight. A fifth of the load or 3 ton would be put on the firth wheel hitch putting it at the top end of its 5 ton axle weight, this seems to be the norm for this setup.
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Not as good as the Daily, less train weight, heavier chassis. Also weights 4 ton bare so cant be downplated. http://www.isuzutruck.co.uk/downloads/Euro_VI_Forward_N65-150-0115.pdf The other jap offerings not worth bothering with, very low train weights.
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agree it would be tight, just doable to keep under 3.5ton remember to ignore nose weight all that counts is bare tractor. A daily at 10.5 ton GTW will be plenty for me as I only need the extra to haul the digger, but if I was a boat mover, car hauler or maybe the best of all if you are working in the $hit hole that is London and are hit by the LEZ tax, this route may save you a small fortune. Anything over 3.5 tons is £200 per DAY if your not compliant. The merc is of course not over 3.5 tons, is LEZ compliant and can haul 16 odd tons.
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the 3.5ton has a train of 6.3ton http://ibb.iveco.com/Commercial%20Sheets/UK%20and%20Ireland%2FUK%2FDAILY%20MY%202014%2FChassis%20Cab%2fN.Daily%20%202014%2035S%2014%20CNG%20C%20Cab%20.pdf the 7.2 ton has a train of 10.5/7 http://ibb.iveco.com/Commercial%20Sheets/UK%20and%20Ireland%2FUK%2FDAILY%20MY%202014%2FChassis%20Cab%2fN.Daily%20%202014%2072C%2015-17%20-21%20(HIMATIC)%20C%20Cab.pdf unladen booth just over 2ton
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Not sure, but I would think no more than 3ton for the chassis. http://tools.mercedes-benz.co.uk/current/trucks/specification-sheets/atego/atego-4x2-rigid-816-824.pdf
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adblue aka pig pi$$. Even the £70k disco's have this now unfortunately.
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Again no, where you getting this 'adding the weight' from ? Please link up to the regs on that. I've already said multiple times axle limits should must be observed. The GTW for the downplated daily is 10.5 ton or 10.8 for the auto not 7 as you suggest, not sure where you are getting that from, more than enough for 5-6 ton of cargo. Also you seem to have an issue with 'drawbars' whats that about ? Again link up the regs. The vehicle remains 3.5 ton irrespective of how much weight is on the trailer. I think I've repeated this enough now
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you need to re-read the B+E licence again. there are NO weight limits for trailer on pre97 licence. This is a 3.5tonner vehicle full stop. You are getting confused and adding the trailer weight to arrive at a 7.5ton vehicle which it isnt. Please see above. All the iveco's from 3.5-7.2 ton have the same 6 ton rear axle rating (twin wheeler of course), you can read it on the website.
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thats certainly an interesting bit of kit! I'm going to order new though I think as it will be a keeper.
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Your confusing train weight. Once a trailer is hooked up you go on train weight + axle weights. The rear axle on a daily is 6 tons so plenty. Restricted O licence inst an issue. Tacho exempt. As long as I can get our 5 ton digger + buckets on a low loader trailer I'll be happy. Should be easy enough 10.5ton train weight on a daily.
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8.25 is all a post jan 97 licence holder can legally tow. This is probably built with that in mind.
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In you have on your driving licence B + E pre jan 97 then you are only limited in the weight you can tow with a 3.5ton vehicle to the vehicles plated train weight. The idea being, you find the best train weight unit then downlplate it to 3.5 tons so you can then claim the B + E class, the vehicle keeps its original train weight and there is the kicker. The merc atego is a bit extreme at nearly 19ton train minus the weight of the tractor and trailer should till have a cargo capacity of at least 15 tons once downplated. Pretty mad right but thems the rules.
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seems the merc atego could be the one. 18.7 ton train weight! Bit extreme but 13 ton of capacity on a car licence!!!!!
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how to get an NL driving licence ..... 16 tons, that would get the vosa boys head spinning at the weigh bridge
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O licence is only for vehicles ABOVE 3.5ton, this isnt. Same as its not required for a disco towing 3.5 ton or a transit towing 1 ton etc etc still not required. Tacho is different story but again we are exempt. Its easy to get a 10.5 ton train weight 3.5 tonner new, just have to order it new! Added the original flyer from iveco above where they were selling them. Niche market, limited people with BE licences I guess and no one knows about it or they would shift a lot more as it would keep people legal for cheap compared to the alternatives.
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well done Rog! And in black and white from VOSA
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Justme, here user Rog spells it out on his really informative trailer thread.
