Dad, I've had your tractor seized

puntabrava

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Location
Wiltshire
Good old Wiltshire police, ring them up and tell them you had a balaclava clad bloke in your yard 5 minutes ago and they log the call and say ‘little point in sending anyone out now’ but drive 5 mph over a speed limit or commit the heinous crime of being out after dark in a tractor and it’s all resources to the fore. W——-;
I know the lad and he is a great addition to farming in Wiltshire, his grandfather presented him a new tractor and he failed to know the ins and outs of HMRC’s complex requirements, much like the rest of us.
 

7610 super q

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Good old Wiltshire police, ring them up and tell them you had a balaclava clad bloke in your yard 5 minutes ago and they log the call and say ‘little point in sending anyone out now’ but drive 5 mph over a speed limit or commit the heinous crime of being out after dark in a tractor and it’s all resources to the fore. W——-;
I know the lad and he is a great addition to farming in Wiltshire, his grandfather presented him a new tractor and he failed to know the ins and outs of HMRC’s complex requirements, much like the rest of us.
Is the " drag racing motorbikes " bit, a fabrication then ?
 

Bomber_Harris

Member
Location
London
Good old Wiltshire police, ring them up and tell them you had a balaclava clad bloke in your yard 5 minutes ago and they log the call and say ‘little point in sending anyone out now’

George Phillips of Meridian Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” and he said no. Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available.

George said “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. “Hello. I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now cause I’ve just shot them all.” Then he hung up.

Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to George: “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”

George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”
 

Boysground

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Wiltshire
Good old Wiltshire police, ring them up and tell them you had a balaclava clad bloke in your yard 5 minutes ago and they log the call and say ‘little point in sending anyone out now’ but drive 5 mph over a speed limit or commit the heinous crime of being out after dark in a tractor and it’s all resources to the fore. W——-;
I know the lad and he is a great addition to farming in Wiltshire, his grandfather presented him a new tractor and he failed to know the ins and outs of HMRC’s complex requirements, much like the rest of us.

Wilts police dont seem to be getting far with their hare coursing prevention, 3 farms near me robbed on the same night last week all they have is crime numbers for the insurance. Never mind they have found 1 criminal this week.

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Guiggs

Member
Location
Leicestershire
Good old Wiltshire police, ring them up and tell them you had a balaclava clad bloke in your yard 5 minutes ago and they log the call and say ‘little point in sending anyone out now’ but drive 5 mph over a speed limit or commit the heinous crime of being out after dark in a tractor and it’s all resources to the fore. W——-;
I know the lad and he is a great addition to farming in Wiltshire, his grandfather presented him a new tractor and he failed to know the ins and outs of HMRC’s complex requirements, much like the rest of us.

" his grandad presented him with a new tractor" for f@ck sake. ...
Nice to see he's so grateful that he's treating it like his prize position,
The coppers are clearly dicks too.
 

Dry Rot

Member
Livestock Farmer
Reported that Police Scotland had fined a man who stopped and swept up the debris (presumably glass and metal fragments) after a road traffic accident. Apparently, he is charged with causing an obstruction!

If h'de stopped to rescue a drowning child, no doubt the offence would have been the same.
 

TheTallGuy

Member
Location
Cambridgeshire
know the lad and he is a great addition to farming in Wiltshire, his grandfather presented him a new tractor and he failed to know the ins and outs of HMRC’s complex requirements, much like the rest of us.
Complex? Hardly - his journey wasn't agricultural & therefore shouldn't have been on cherry! Besides which, the seizure was for not having road insurance - what if he'd had an accident?

He'll be an asset to the industry if he learns something positive from his mistakes.
 

tr250

Member
Location
Northants
Complex? Hardly - his journey wasn't agricultural & therefore shouldn't have been on cherry! Besides which, the seizure was for not having road insurance - what if he'd had an accident?

He'll be an asset to the industry if he learns something positive from his mistakes.
Yes we all know it's not legal but at 16 a good bollxcking when he gets home should do the trick
 

TheTallGuy

Member
Location
Cambridgeshire
Yes we all know it's not legal but at 16 a good bollxcking when he gets home should do the trick
He's getting one now - an official one! Either he knew what he was doing and wilfully chose to break the law, or he wasn't aware and therefore wasn't competent to be on the road in the first place. Either way, he's been caught and has to answer to the consequences in the same way that any other motorist would have to. Letting him off with a ticking off would be an encouragement to bend the rules!
 

Sharpy

Member
Livestock Farmer
There is a fair chance the tractor is insured. I had a car run into the back of me a fortnight ago (a Zafira at 70mph) and the police said my tractor insurance was not showing on their system. (What they meant was its not insured). It is insured , with NFU Mutual, but there appears to be a glich on the police system . If you check on the government website it is insured, but was not showing on the police system.
Also worth noting that NFU Mutual definitely used to include a proportion of personal use in a tractor policy and may well still do.
 

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