Slug pelleter mot

[Plough on]

The sprayer is due it's Mot next week, was just wondering do I need to book the slug pelleter in for an mot as well to comply with crop assurance this time, can't remember if have to do it this year or next, easier to ask here than trawl through the website. Thanks.

 

[Desangosse Ltd]

The sprayer is due it's Mot next week, was just wondering do I need to book the slug pelleter in for an mot as well to comply with crop assurance this time, can't remember if have to do it this year or next, easier to ask here than trawl through the website. Thanks.

All slug pellet applicators will have to be tested before 26th Nov 2016 under the SUD.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Ask your tester to have a quick look and it will give you an idea if it will pass or not, our sprayer was done in Jan and they didn't have a set test sorted out for the spreader then [emoji57]

 

[rob1]

what does the test involve?

 

[Desangosse Ltd]

Best to call NSTS who will be able to advise you. 0845 644 8748

 

[roscoe erf]

what does the test involve?

A lot of sharp intakes of. Breath and shaking of the head whilst your bank balance is reduced

 

[rob1]

Best to call NSTS who will be able to advise you. 0845 644 8748

Wont be getting one done as very rarely use pellets these days and as a local contractor does it with a quad for £2 dont think I will bother any more myself

 

[7800]

what an utter pain this will be. Probably worth moving to Australia.
Over here its a bit like 'who can comply with the most legislation' competition.
Oh yes and the supermarkets want food even cheaper............

 

[Jim Bullock]

We have just sent one of our pellet applicators to SCS so that they can train up their testers.... As yet we do not know how much a test will cost and we understand that applicators under three years old do not need testing... Probably cheaper to buy a new pelleter every three years..!

 

[Flintstone]

Has anyone had their pelleter tested yet?

If so, what's the procedure? Is it quite strict? How much does it cost?

It's all a bit ridiculous really.

 

[Mad Farmer]

If a new one doesn't need testing till 3 years old then does a test last for 3 years?
If it doesn't then we should be lobbying for it to be so.

 

[Flintstone]

Might just buy a new one and be done with it, to save having something I can get caught out on. :-(

 

[Flintstone]

Does a receipt of purchase provide sufficient proof of when it was new?

 

[ZXR17]

I was told at a recent meeting that even new spreaders have to be tested and to make sure that when you buy a new one that it comes with a certificate.

 

[D14]

My neighbour has a pelleter but does not apply pellets. On his recent red tractor inspection he was asked prior to the walk around about a slug pelleter. He just replied that he does not apply pellets so box ticked. Then the inspector saw the pelleter on the walk around and told him it needs testing. He said he does not use it and had no recommendations for pellets to be applied and in fact no invoices for pellets and no pellets in the chemical store. He told me last week they have threatened to suspend his membership if he does not produce the test certificate. He went on to say he is going to video himself running over it with the tractor and going to send it into as evidence he no longer has a working slug pelleter. He is not happy.

 

[Oscar]

It states that only machines over 5 years old need testing however your grain assurance scheme needs yearly testing so basically if you want assured grain then yearly test !!! My ACCS inspection mentioned my pelleter [4years old] but basically said that he would let it go this year but to have a test by next. The problem is that so far very few people / firms have any one to do the test yet but lots are getting organised/tested this spring.
It seems that yet again the rules change but the system is not up to speed before the event as it was last November that the rules came in.

 

[Brisel]

Attached is the official documentation from Red Tractor. If the machine is less than 5 years old at 26/11/2016 then pelleters don't need testing. Once done, every 6 years for a repeat.

 

[Oscar]

Thats intresting Brisel because I went on the course last week and they were saying what I mentioned above which is different !!! Also my ACCS inspector stated different !!??

 

[Brisel]

Thats intresting Brisel because I went on the course last week and they were saying what I mentioned above which is different !!! Also my ACCS inspector stated different !!??

FFS! I will be waving this document under the nose of my ACCS inspector when he gets here if he plays up. Typical RT idiocy. What do you call this lt? At least a proper parasite in nature knows what it is doing!

Every year he looks for something to fail me on & I've denied him that pleasure for the last 2 years since a client put some out of date chems he used on his drive way back in the spray store the day before the inspection.

 

[Wombat]

Has anyone had their pelleter tested yet?

If so, what's the procedure? Is it quite strict? How much does it cost?

It's all a bit ridiculous really.

Had mine done by SCS last Sept, guy came out brought some dummy pellets as we didn't have any pellets in store and did an ispection, a few checks on disk speed etc then did a tray test. A couple of hours job done, runs in my mind it was £180 but will have to find the invoice