my 55 plate pick up mot is up in march and will need some work to put it through again. I'm only doing 4K miles a year between 3 farms basically. We have a better pick up that tows the trailer. I'm on tracks with it mostly as well . Anybody put an exemption on one and how to do it? What's the rules , from my road end to next farm is exactly 1 mile on main road
Pick up exemption
- Thread starter valtraman
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
You used to get a form from the post office to fill in to change the taxation class to agricultural vehicle. I expect you can do it online now.
Trigger Happy
Member
- Location
- East Midlands
I put one on limited use last year for the shoot. Fairly straightforward.
Fill section 7 and 8 V5C
Download form V10 application for vehicle tax (free if you are successful)
Download form V112 declaration of exemption from mot.
Write a short letter telling them exactly what you will be doing and where (eg feeding livestock on land parcels separated by a minor road) This must be signed.
Take photos of the inside and out one of which should include the numberplate.
Send to Swansea and cross your fingers!!
Fill section 7 and 8 V5C
Download form V10 application for vehicle tax (free if you are successful)
Download form V112 declaration of exemption from mot.
Write a short letter telling them exactly what you will be doing and where (eg feeding livestock on land parcels separated by a minor road) This must be signed.
Take photos of the inside and out one of which should include the numberplate.
Send to Swansea and cross your fingers!!
Dave W
Member
- Location
- chesterfield
What's maximum distance you can travel on road?
Is it measured by actual road or as the crow flies?
Is it measured by actual road or as the crow flies?
Headless chicken
Member
- Location
- West Wales
It's a massive grey area as there seems to be lots of different options floating around on this. But yes it can be done and provided the paperwork is in order it's no problem at all
Goweresque
Member
- Location
- North Wilts
If you change the taxation class to Limited Use you will pay zero road tax plus be able to use red diesel, but be limited to trips of no more than 1.5km on public roads between land you occupy. If in addition you wish to not MOT the vehicle you will need the V112 MOT Exemption form, which will limit the total mileage to 6 miles per week, in addition to the 1.5km distance limit. Obviously it will still need to be insured if you are using it on public roads.
Yes, because if you had an accident you would be a sitting duck.
MOT would still be the easiest way to prove roadworthiness.
Main benefit to us was the ability to tax road risks only for about £30/yr, and run on cherry.
Tarw Coch
Member
- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
If you are limited to 6 miles a week you ain't going to be going far around the fields if you have to travel almost a mile up the road and the same back, you could only go 3 times a week and couldn't venture far from the gate.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I think the 6 mile limit is road miles and therefore impossible to prove.
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
It is, but you must be able to show you can get between the farms in the milage
Goweresque
Member
- Location
- North Wilts
Its 6 miles per week on public roads. So you could do the mile and back 3 times in a week. Off highway you can do as many miles as you like.
- Location
- Ceredigion
We have had limited use for 30 years and never had a milage speedometer check
You would probably only fall foul if somebody malicious recorded your trips and reported you, or an extra keen local copper was looking to get some crime figures under his belt.
The exemption is really only meant to allow you to do not much more than cross between gateways over a public highway legally.
The exemption is really only meant to allow you to do not much more than cross between gateways over a public highway legally.
Goweresque
Member
- Location
- North Wilts
No-one is going to check the mileage (I assume - I suppose its possible you could get caught in a VOSA checkpoint operation and questions might start being asked), but if you are signing the V112 saying that you are exempt from MOT because you're doing less than 6 road miles per week, then your insurance would be invalid if you have an accident and it comes out that you've done more. Again, pretty unlikely, but the possibility is there.
Its one of those things where by and large one is taken at one's word, with no checking up. Its up to the conscience of the individual whether they abide by what they've signed for.
- Location
- Ceredigion
I keep a book in the cab to record my on road miles
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
We had a Fourtrak on limited use. Insurance came down and it could run on red being the best bit . Needs to be kept roadworthy though, at least to the standard of a tractor. Maybe worth keeping a record of maintenance /checks if no mot.
We can just make our outfarm in the 1.5k journey limit. Never heard of the 6 miles a week being checked and "it would be the first time of the week you'd made a trip" of you were stopped.
Only be a problem if you got pulled outside of your land, but you shouldn't do that anyway.
We can just make our outfarm in the 1.5k journey limit. Never heard of the 6 miles a week being checked and "it would be the first time of the week you'd made a trip" of you were stopped.
Only be a problem if you got pulled outside of your land, but you shouldn't do that anyway.
- Location
- Worcestershire
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Might be able to get repairs done, or visit an MOT station
