The system I mentioned had a complete purge system built in, but vosa were not interested
what are rules using red diesel in tractor when it should be white?
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Roger Perry
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Red diesel seems to be used in everything here, even semi-trucks if they are on farm.........I have never seen a vehicles tank being checked ever, don't think it happens.....whats the point..
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
The fuel station in our village (1/2 mile from A30) has three pumps, Petrol, Derv & Red
Local Ag contractors regularly fill up there.
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- North Notts
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-75-fuel-for-road-vehicles
Just read this & make your own mind up.
Just read this & make your own mind up.
So if you're using a tractor that's normally on the farm and on red for occasional haulage - I'm thinking of moving a digger from town to local building site - is it ok just to chuck a tankful of DERV in? Obviously if stopped and dipped there would still be some red in the tank. I bet it isn't that simple, though it should be!
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- North Notts
You cant use that tractor for hauling a digger down the road to a building site.
Technically no, because of the tax. I get that. But it's not for reward as such as it's just a favour. So even if I put a tankful of white in, I guess I'd still get what, fined? Tractor impounded?
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Local contractors combine absolute madness
Poor show Dyfed Powys police [emoji35]
Weare Cham
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- N. Devon
This should be in the WTF thread!
Philip Watkins
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- Back in Shropshire
That's one to contest and offer to see PC Astley in court.
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- Welshpool Powys
Letter reads
‘Driving a goods vehicle without an operators licence’
What the F!?
‘Driving a goods vehicle without an operators licence’
What the F!?
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- North Notts
Unless you are doing it on regular basis you are unlikely to get caught so I wouldn't worry about otherwise you need to run on white permanently.
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
From what I've herd from a couple of mates over there it seems that with newer high speed tractors more farmers/contractors are using them for jobs where they really should be using a truck, hauling diggers on low loaders from site to site, using dump trailers to cart material off sites, Hauling stone etc for miles to build farm tracks etc.
With much cheaper costs they're undercutting firms that are doing things legally and they're starting to complain to the police about it.
Maybe that's what's happening in wales as contractors look for "other" work?
With much cheaper costs they're undercutting firms that are doing things legally and they're starting to complain to the police about it.
Maybe that's what's happening in wales as contractors look for "other" work?
Tha Ulsterscot
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- Greyabbey Co. Down.
The Vintage Clubs here had a run in with C & Exise over this a few years ago. We got info from every club in the six counties and had a meeting with the head of C & Ex. and pointed out how much money was raised annually for Charity, and had calculated how much tax they were loosing. Thankfully they saw sense and there has been no trouble since, but it only takes one Jobsworth to upset the apple cart.
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I past them when going through town last Tuesday and wondered what they pulled him over for. T**ts.
Un secure load is another favourite with them at the moment, heard someone with 3 bags of feed in a flat bed trailer got pulled, tried doing him, he chucked em in the back of his pickup and pointed plod in the direction of travel. Heard another had his gator inpounded for something similar.
Red dev was introduced to help produce cheap food for the country. But it is now used on construction, generators, anything that dose not go on the main road. The only thing aloud on the road running on red should be to do with producing food, simpils! And the rest should not be aloud, but that will only push up the price of the end product which will come back and bite most of us on the ass
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
That's the trouble, the police really need better training in this area, or leave it to specialised units as they do here. Pulling you over then making stuff up is ridiculous.
As for the guy with the feed on his trailer it WAS an insecure load and he should have been pulled. He's the idiot there not the police especially as he could have put them in the pickup to start with.
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- mid wales
Sorry should of explained better, the flat bed was an ifor williams with sides on, so wouldn't of slid off, and only talking 25kg bags.
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
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- mid wales
Ah right oh. Don't do themselves any favours sometimes do they
Quite, they gone way ott round here lately, and are out of their depth with the rules themselves half the time as per kevs post above.