ollie989898
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Unless there a revision to the rules there has been a supposed 15 mile limit for a long time.
7. Operator licensing
You may need a goods vehicle operator’s licence if your business uses vehicles, including tractor and trailer combinations, with a maximum authorised mass above 3.5 tonnes, to move goods of any description unless an exemption applies. Licences can be either ‘standard’, to carry goods for ‘hire or reward’, or ‘restricted’, to carry only your own goods.
The most likely exemptions from operator licensing for tractor owners are if the tractor:
A full list of the exemptions from Operator Licensing can be found in Schedule 3 of The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 (as amended).
- is used solely for moving farming implements or articles (any distance), provided the tractor operator owns or is employed by the relevant farm
- is used to haul farm produce within 15 miles (24.14 km) of the farm, or forestry estate (provided the tractor operator owns or is employed by the relevant farm)
- is only used on the road to pass between land owned by the tractor owner, up to a maximum of 6 miles per week
If these exemptions don’t apply, (for example a tractor is used to move agricultural produce more than 15 miles from the farm, or to haul non-agricultural goods) the tractor operator is likely to require an operator’s licence. The operator licensing regime is involved and we recommend consulting the available guidance if you think that it may apply to you.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ory-requirements-a-brief-guide-september-2017
So someone using a tractor and trailer to haul grain to a mill should be doing less than 15 miles to get there or else he is technically breaking the rules?
The exemptions listed do allow contractors to take machines (not haul product) any distance between farms, however.