Driving a tractor on the road. tax!

[weirdfish]

I’ve just purchased an international tractor and need to move it about 5 miles from where it is to my place.
It’s got a v5 and obviously I’ll temp insure it for the journey, question is does it have to be taxed?
It’s never going to be used on the road once it’s here.
Thanks.

 

[dod1e]

Isn't it exempt?

So might as well tax it, still have to go through the process, but don't get charged.

 

[Badshot]

the only reason for a tractor to be taxed is to show its insured really. No insurance, can't tax it. As long as it's insured you can tax it, it's £0 so why not do it?

 

[Exfarmer]

yes has to be taxed and you can be fined I you have not paid the £0 duty

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I seem to get tax application forms every year for two tractors, cost nothing, no MOT, I guess they check insurance, I just fill the form in.

Having said that, why not just drive it home, hasn't anyone here driven a car round for a few months forgetting the MOT has run out, or in the case of my cousin 30 odd years ago, his Dad said to him, how much is the insurance for your car now, he replied, no idea Dad, you are insuring it, his Dad no, I stopped doing that last year!

 

[Two Tone]

The tax is £0, so you might as well do it. Easily done online.
Then if you ever did need to drive it on the road, you can do so.

 

[bravheart]

I’ve just purchased an international tractor and need to move it about 5 miles from where it is to my place.
It’s got a v5 and obviously I’ll temp insure it for the journey, question is does it have to be taxed?
It’s never going to be used on the road once it’s here.
Thanks.

The tax should be £0 fot the year so why not pay it?
Once you fill out the v5 make sure you insure it or there will be an automatic fine drop through the letterbox. Just don't ask how I know

 

[Exfarmer]

The tax should be £0 fot the year so why not pay it?
Once you fill out the v5 make sure you insure it or there will be an automatic fine drop through the letterbox. Just don't ask how I know

you do not need to insure a vehicle off road , but you must put a SORN in place !

 

[Rich_ard]

I seem to get tax application forms every year for two tractors, cost nothing, no MOT, I guess they check insurance, I just fill the form in.

Having said that, why not just drive it home, hasn't anyone here driven a car round for a few months forgetting the MOT has run out, or in the case of my cousin 30 odd years ago, his Dad said to him, how much is the insurance for your car now, he replied, no idea Dad, you are insuring it, his Dad no, I stopped doing that last year!

I forgot about it can't remember how many years I'd been running it without. I'm not heavy road use but was a while longer than I'd thought. Was always insured though.

 

[Jasper]

I’ve just purchased an international tractor and need to move it about 5 miles from where it is to my place.
It’s got a v5 and obviously I’ll temp insure it for the journey, question is does it have to be taxed?
It’s never going to be used on the road once it’s here.
Thanks.

Sometimes older tractors can be difficult to tax online best going to the post office

 

[B R C]

Why worry, haven’t taxed a tractor in 25 years and they all go on the road…

 

[feilding]

Why worry, haven’t taxed a tractor in 25 years and they all go on the road…

You've no insurance then when you are driving on the public road. Not worth the risk nowadays.

 

[Kidds]

You've no insurance then when you are driving on the public road. Not worth the risk nowadays.

No tax doesn't mean your insurance is void unless there is a specific clause in your insurance which is unusual.
No MOT isn't such a good thing though, obviously not relevant to tractors.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

No tax doesn't mean your insurance is void unless there is a specific clause in your insurance which is unusual.
No MOT isn't such a good thing though, obviously not relevant to tractors.

when I first split up with ex wife, I took over her vehicle, happily driving it six months later and the police pulled me over and told me I didn't have an MOT, and to take my papers to the local police station. I went straight to the garage and got it MOTd, then took that certificate along with insurance and drivers licence to the police. Luckily I just got a warning. I wonder if it was because I got it MOTd that afternoon, same day?

 

[B R C]

You've no insurance then when you are driving on the public road. Not worth the risk nowadays.

Absolute rubbish, tax is purely a government charge for using the roads, nothing whatsoever to do with insurance or mots. The fact that you can’t tax your car without insurance is a means to help combat uninsured cars being in the road.

 

[d williams]

The tax should be £0 fot the year so why not pay it?
Once you fill out the v5 make sure you insure it or there will be an automatic fine drop through the letterbox. Just don't ask how I know

Only if you’ve not sorn it
I filled in the on line free tax for road reg quad we had thinking I was doing the right thing bit me on the arse as we don’t use quads on the road so no insurance atomically fined by dvla not been caught on road or pictured on road purely by tax it for the roads

 

[feilding]

Absolute rubbish, tax is purely a government charge for using the roads, nothing whatsoever to do with insurance or mots. The fact that you can’t tax your car without insurance is a means to help combat uninsured cars being in the road.

A friend got done for no tax, and no insurance because insurance was invalid because no tax about 10 years ago. so not worth the risk as the tax is free. I asked my broker at the time and the answer was no tax, and insurance was not valid on the road. but ok on fields.
I would check with your insurance company.

 

[Lincs Lass]

No anybody with a low loader ,,a few beer tokens and itll be home in 20 minutes

 

[Jasper]

Why worry, haven’t taxed a tractor in 25 years and they all go on the road…

If you have a accident and you’ve got no tax the insurance company will try and wriggle out of paying . Saying if you’ve got no tax you shouldn’t be on a public road

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I seem to get tax application forms every year for two tractors, cost nothing, no MOT, I guess they check insurance, I just fill the form in.

Having said that, why not just drive it home, hasn't anyone here driven a car round for a few months forgetting the MOT has run out, or in the case of my cousin 30 odd years ago, his Dad said to him, how much is the insurance for your car now, he replied, no idea Dad, you are insuring it, his Dad no, I stopped doing that last year!

Those of you old enough will remember when the DVLC in Swansea opened and took over the taxation of all road vehicles from the previous county councils. They were going to use these new fangled computers to manage it.
Wasn't long before cars were running round with notes fixed to the windscreen 'tax applied for' because the computers promptly fell down under the load.