Weight limits on lanes

[Hobbit]

There is a 7.5 ton limit near to our farm and we us it to get at land that we contact farm the other end. There is a route that will take you via a main road but its a switch back turn which you would never get round with a trailer. There also has been several fatality on this junction so we don't use it as it's blind. We have had complaints about using the cut through with tractors and trailer but also the selfproppled sprayer.
My elderly grandmother who lives in the farm house had a call from a police officer to say that there was a complaint and I quote "the person filing the complaint is very pi#%ed off". The police office did not offer any advice on the situation and my grandmother didn't take there name or contact. This sounds odd to me.
Please can some one shed some light on the word off the law as the local NFU office could not. Many thanks.
Will

 

[roscoe erf]

There is a 7.5 ton limit near to our farm and we us it to get at land that we contact farm the other end. There is a route that will take you via a main road but its a switch back turn which you would never get round with a trailer. There also has been several fatality on this junction so we don't use it as it's blind. We have had complaints about using the cut through with tractors and trailer but also the selfproppled sprayer.
My elderly grandmother who lives in the farm house had a call from a police officer to say that there was a complaint and I quote "the person filing the complaint is very pi#%ed off". The police office did not offer any advice on the situation and my grandmother didn't take there name or contact. This sounds odd to me.
Please can some one shed some light on the word off the law as the local NFU office could not. Many thanks.
Will

is the weight limit except for access

 

[roscoe erf]

like this

 

[Hobbit]

It is but as there is an alternative route would that not over rule the access exception?

 

[roscoe erf]

It is but as there is an alternative route would that not over rule the access exception?

not on safety grounds

 

[Goweresque]

Is the entrance to land you are accessing within the weight limit section of road? If so then you have access rights regardless of weight. If on the other hand you are going into then out of a weight limit section of road to get to your other land you are technically breaking the law.

 

[Hobbit]

That's why we can't really use the alternative as it would endanger my staff and also the public. Can road safety become a HSE problem

 

[Henarar]

It is but as there is an alternative route would that not over rule the access exception?

tell them you are using it for safe access

 

[roscoe erf]

That's why we can't really use the alternative as it would endanger my staff and also the public. Can road safety become a HSE problem

yes they can get involved if you injure or kill a m.o.p or one of your employees

 

[Hobbit]

Is the entrance to land you are accessing within the weight limit section of road? If so then you have access rights regardless of weight. If on the other hand you are going into then out of a weight limit section of road to get to your other land you are technically breaking the law.

Yes closest bit of land falls 50m out side the limit. We do have land in side the limit which I know I'm well with in my rights to access but 30% of the farm is the wrong side of the limit

 

[roscoe erf]

Yes closest bit of land falls 50m out side the limit. We do have land in side the limit which I know I'm well with in my rights to access but 30% of the farm is the wrong side of the limit

how does the complainer know which field you've gone to

 

[Hobbit]

The complainer lives by the entrance to the land we farm on said lane

 

[Henarar]

The complainer lives by the entrance to the land we farm on said lane

Yes closest bit of land falls 50m out side the limit. We do have land in side the limit which I know I'm well with in my rights to access but 30% of the farm is the wrong side of the limit

can't you move the sign 50m

 

[Goweresque]

Yes closest bit of land falls 50m out side the limit. We do have land in side the limit which I know I'm well with in my rights to access but 30% of the farm is the wrong side of the limit

Can you not get from the land you farm within the limit to the land outside the limit, without going on the road? Perhaps by agreement with a neighbour for example?

 

[agrimax]

The sign only applies to goods vehicles.Agricultural vehicles are exempt. It might be different if the tractors were on derv with haulage tax,tachos etc and would be considered haulage rather than agri.
Have a read of an example here.........
http://www.justanswer.co.uk/law/7kxdb-industrial-agricultural-vehicles-9-tonne-tractor-pulling.html

 

[Hobbit]

Would it be worth inviting the local PCSO along for a ride so they can see how dangerous it would be to use the main road and the bad junction

 

[rc mx110]

The complainer lives by the entrance to the land we farm on said lane

Tell um to " fück off up the arse sideways " and carry on as you currently are

 

[roscoe erf]

The sign only applies to goods vehicles.Agricultural vehicles are exempt. It might be different if the tractors were on derv with haulage tax,tachos etc and would be considered haulage rather than agri.
Have a read of an example here.........
http://www.justanswer.co.uk/law/7kxdb-industrial-agricultural-vehicles-9-tonne-tractor-pulling.html

sorted

 

[Hobbit]

Thanks for the link @agrimax. The solicitor mentions that agricultural vehicles are exempt for HGV weight limits

 

[Hobbit]

Can you not get from the land you farm within the limit to the land outside the limit, without going on the road? Perhaps by agreement with a neighbour for example?

I know the neighbour very well but unfortunately it may not work with out making a new access point on the main road