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Don't Drive your Tractor to the pub
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerm" data-source="post: 6677173" data-attributes="member: 7195"><p>In this instance the farmer was charged for driving with no insurance which is a much more serious charge with more serious penalties. You make a fair point though, I would not be legal I as though, I would be insurance for none agricultural use but still classed as driving a vehicle incorrectly taxed and with the wrong fuel! Is it even possible to voluntarily pay to tax a tractor and then run it always on white diesel?? </p><p></p><p>Driving an incorrectly taxed vehicle is an £80 fine reduced to £40 for prompt payment... £250 + the unpaid duty for driving on red... (Interestingly reading the DVLA website as it isn't specified it would suggest you can't snow plough with a tax exempted farm tractor and if tax is paid and always runs on red diesel, either their is a mistake on their webpage or a significant flaw in the legislation!!) </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">"Tractors</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">A tractor qualifies as an excepted vehicle if it is designed and constructed primarily for off-road use. An excepted tractor can be used on a public road solely for:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">agriculture, horticulture or forestry work</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">cutting verges bordering public roads</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">cutting hedges or trees bordering public roads or bordering verges which border public roads</span></li> </ul><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">Tractors with a vehicle excise licence - such as a general haulage vehicle - cannot use red diesel either on or off public roads, regardless of whether it is undertaking agricultural, horticultural or forestry work. This is because it is licensed to perform other work and is not therefore assumed to be used solely for agriculture, horticulture or forestry."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerm, post: 6677173, member: 7195"] In this instance the farmer was charged for driving with no insurance which is a much more serious charge with more serious penalties. You make a fair point though, I would not be legal I as though, I would be insurance for none agricultural use but still classed as driving a vehicle incorrectly taxed and with the wrong fuel! Is it even possible to voluntarily pay to tax a tractor and then run it always on white diesel?? Driving an incorrectly taxed vehicle is an £80 fine reduced to £40 for prompt payment... £250 + the unpaid duty for driving on red... (Interestingly reading the DVLA website as it isn't specified it would suggest you can't snow plough with a tax exempted farm tractor and if tax is paid and always runs on red diesel, either their is a mistake on their webpage or a significant flaw in the legislation!!) [SIZE=5][B][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]"Tractors[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)] A tractor qualifies as an excepted vehicle if it is designed and constructed primarily for off-road use. An excepted tractor can be used on a public road solely for:[/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]agriculture, horticulture or forestry work[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]cutting verges bordering public roads[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]cutting hedges or trees bordering public roads or bordering verges which border public roads[/COLOR] [/LIST] [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)] Tractors with a vehicle excise licence - such as a general haulage vehicle - cannot use red diesel either on or off public roads, regardless of whether it is undertaking agricultural, horticultural or forestry work. This is because it is licensed to perform other work and is not therefore assumed to be used solely for agriculture, horticulture or forestry."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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