Police derogation

[Gedd]

Do you all apply for the derogation for moving machinery over I think it's 3 metres on the road if so how do you go about it wanting to stay legal at harvest

 

[Sandy]

Yes through police Scotland depends where you are.

 

[Gedd]

We in durham do you just ring up or email and to what department

 

[Sandy]

https://www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us/abnormal-loads-agricultural-dispensation

 

[Gedd]

Just rang local police they never heard of it

 

[sahara]

Yes.
I ring the abnormal loads dept of Avon & Som police, v nice and helpful people, just take it from there.

 

[Gedd]

Just googled it will try tomorrow

 

[Grass And Grain]

Abnormal loads department of your county police. They will send you a dispensation form.

 

[chaffcutter]

I emailed to renew ours a couple of weeks ago but not had a reply yet, they were quick to do it last year.

 

[sahara]

Ours like us to do it in the quiet months of Jan and Feb, but I have forgotten, so I'm going to have to ask very nicely tomorrow!

 

[holywell farmer]

Just rang local police they never heard of it

Irony police and intelligence summed up,

 

[Gedd]

Irony police and intelligence summed up,

Until they pull you over then they'll know

 

[powerontheland]

You need to ask for the abnormal loads officer

 

[Gedd]

Spoke with them today they say I'm ok without as all land travelled to is within 4 miles and on B roads or unclassified

 

[mo!]

Just done ours, we have to go through some 30's. It came back by return.

 

[Lincsman]

How does it help the police that sometime in the future you will move a combine?

 

[PSQ]

How does it help the police that sometime in the future you will move a combine?

It "ticks a box" and helps to keep lots of 'important people' in £40k a year jobs. Without this army of people with clipboards the sun would fail to rise and set, so we should all be eternally grateful.

 

[robo]

Spoke with them today they say I'm ok without as all land travelled to is within 4 miles and on B roads or unclassified

just get that in writing could save you trouble in the future