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  1. Form INF 34 says " (If the V5C indicates that the vehicle was registered from 1 January 1973 up to and including 7 January 1973, we will let you register it as a historic vehicle, based on the assumption that the vehicle would have been made in the previous year). Not much help, but I put it up because some 1973 vehicles do get Historic Taxation.
  2. BUMP!! What I posted might be Billhooks, but surely someone has a thought or a comment on this idea?
  3. Actually I think that is incorrect. There is no wattage (or even intensity) requirement for sidelights. See Road vehicles Lighthing regs 1989 as ammended For front position lamps see Schedule 2 part 1 8. (&9) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/schedule/2/made For rear position lamps see Schedule 10 Part 1. 8. (&9) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/schedule/10/made
  4. The original post you quote (#20) has been edited to correct an error. You will need to refer back to the original edited post to get the update.
  5. Overall tracks and engine side covers, all rare stuff and still Petrol. Would be nice in anyone's shed (apart from mine)
  6. Maybe 20mph is theoretical..Is it adhered to?...Have you seen the Sussex lanes/ Cent ARV vid? Yes I know it was escorted, scouted etc, I have been told already how careful everybody was being, I din't need telling again......but.....
  7. Regulation 11 Road Vehicle Lighting Regs This reg covers colour of Beacon than can be fitted and the vehicles to which each colour can be fitted. (k)blue light from a warning beacon or rear special warning lamp fitted to an emergency vehicle, or from any device fitted to a vehicle used for police purposes; (l)amber light from a warning beacon fitted to– (i)a road clearance vehicle; (ii)a vehicle constructed or adapted for the purpose of collecting refuse; (iii)a breakdown vehicle; (iv)a vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph or any trailer drawn by such a vehicle; (v)a vehicle having an overall width (including any load) exceeding 2.9 m; (vi)a vehicle used for the purposes of testing, maintaining, improving, cleansing or watering roads or for any purpose incidental to any such use; (vii)a vehicle used for the purpose of inspecting, cleansing, maintaining, adjusting, renewing or installing any apparatus which is in, on, under or over a road, or for any purpose incidental to any such use; (viii)a vehicle used for or in connection with any purpose for which it is authorised to be used on roads by an order under section 44 of the Act; (ix)a vehicle used for escort purposes when travelling at a speed not exceeding 25 mph; (x)a vehicle used by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the purpose of testing fuels; (xi)a vehicle used for the purpose of surveying; (xii)a vehicle used for the removal or immobilisation of vehicles in exercise of a statutory power or duty; (m)green light from a warning beacon fitted to a vehicle used by a medical practitioner registered by the General Medical Council (whether with full, provisional or limited registration); (n)yellow light from a warning beacon fitted to a vehicle for use at airports; It does not appear that there is a circumstance when a Privately owned Military vehicle, not being an AILV (Antar and the like) , that is of normal width and capable of travelling at more than 25 MPH should be using an Amber Beacon. (I can't actually see any legislation that allows an "in Service" Military vehicle to run with an Amber Beacon either!) I feel sure that Escort vehicle will be interpreted as Vehicle escorting Wide Agricultural vehicle, AILV, or any of the other wide or slow STGO categories, but I too fail to find an interpretation for "escort Vehicle".
  8. General rules are covered by Road Vehicle Lighting Regs 1989 Main points seem to be ;_ Excecpt for emergency vehicles it is an offence to fit a blue beacon ( or one resembling it whether working or not. Reg 16) Beacon fitted must be visible at any point a reasonable distance behind the vehicle. May be be Blue Amber Green or yellow. Which color you can use covered by Reg 11. (see my next post) Light must flash regularly at between 60 and 240 equal times per minute. Minimum height from ground is 1200mm. (to centre of lamp) It is an offence to run on an unrestricted dual carriageway on which it is lawful to travel at 50 MPH or more with a vehicle having four or more wheels having a max speed not exceeding 25MPH, unless this vehicle has at least one amber beacon fitted. Reg 17 This does not apply to a vehicle manufactured before 1. 1. 1947, or to a vehicle or trailer only quickly crossing the dual carriageway. I.e. Wartime vehicles incapable of 25MPH do not HAVE to show an Amber Beacon when on a 50MPH or faster Dual Carriageway. For wide loads see reg 11 -2 (l) (v). This appears in next post and covers width's over 2.9m I cannot see provision for over length vehicles or loads. And although they do travel at more than 25MPH this is often not lawful. It is often requested of them by the Police Escort, but the Speed limit for an AILV can be either 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 MPH depending on particular towing vehicle and the weight it is carrying. The road itself may impose a lower speed than the speed limit applied to the vehicle. All Cat2 or 3 STGO are limited to 35 MPH on Dual Carriageway and 30 MPH on other roads (yes i Know that one is never observed, but that is the rule.)
  9. Propane is filled into cylinders under pressure in a liquefied form. The empty cylinder only has a few vapours. Acetylene is dissolved in a solvent (acetone or dimethylformamide), and this solvent is normally stabilised by being absorbed in a Kapok (or Agamassan) filling. An empty Acetylene cylinder is one where pressure has reduced in the cylinder as all the dissolved Acetylene has been released from the solvent. The vast majority of the solvent stays in the bottle as does the Kapok. It should not be possible to confuse an empty Propane cylinder with an empty Acetylene cylinder whatever colour it is painted.
  10. This Utube shows as you say a problem, but, and please don't all shout me down, How often is running in convoy causing a problem? I have experienced motorists who get stuck behind a slow vehicle at the back of the convoy, and their focus becomes "How do I get past this guy?" They are so focussed they do not see other vehicles ahead, and when the opportunity presents itself, they accelerate past the Tail end Charlie, in a mad overtaking manoeuvre. expecting a clear road, and when they pull in to complete the overtaking they are very fast and only then notice the next in convoy...... If we want to make ourselves safer should we stop travelling in Convoys?
  11. I would not like to see abnormal loads banished off motorways, onto far narrower A roads. Some abnormal Indivisible loads are limited by law to 20 MPH so you have a conundrum.* If you want to stay within the speed limit associated with STGO AILV's then you may have to have two lanes of a motorway taken up by a 20 MPH load. If it is a three lane motorway HGV can't use outside lane, so they are in the bottle neck.......What do you do? *Speed limit for an AILV can be either 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 MPH depending on particular towing vehicle and the weight it is carrying. The road itself may impose a lower speed than the speed limit applied to the vehicle. All Cat2 or 3 STGO are limited to 40 MPH on Motorways, 35 MPH on Dual Carriageway and 30 MPH on other roads (yes i Know that one is never observed, but that is the rule. So ANY STGO Cat 2 or Cat 3 Vehicle cannot legally exceed 40 MPH when travelling on a Motorway. (And I believe that applies to Unladen Cat2 Cat 3 vehicles!)
  12. If you go to their sites FAQ's it seems fairly obvious it is all done by agents, and there is facility for self application. http://www.speedlinereuro.com/productfaq.html http://www.speedlinereuro.com/dealerfaq.html But why don't you contact them and ask them directly, That would seem the way to find out, surely. http://www.speedlinereuro.com/contact.html
  13. This was part of another thread this afternoon, and the mods decided to split it off, If it works out as a useful "free standing" thread that is good.
  14. The thread got split by the Mods this afternoon, Only just noticed it and now there is a separate "Highway speed Limit" thread. However this part of one of my posts got moved at the same time and really I think it should be here because it covers why I think this issue is so difficult to solve, so I am pasting it back in..,. I hope the Mods don't mind
  15. Reckon you should paint green and Yellow, then Olive over the top, then put on a few bashes through the paint to show the base colour through the chips......here and there......
  16. I have googled everything I can think of, and presumably so have you... Camoflage netting over it all?
  17. I can't see chocks at the rear of the trailer.
  18. Seems to be the civilian colors (can't Americans spell??) too http://www.tpub.com/content/construction/14265/css/14265_30.htm
  19. And what about someone like me who regularly gets his posts removed by the Mods, shouldn't removed posts be included in the count?:cool2:
  20. I am not sure, Now in Law there are two classes of Agricultural vehicles, Slow Agric vehicles and Fast Agric vehicles, I don't know how this alters the position with Motorways. okay Agric vehicles AND wheelchairs.... Prohibited vehicles. Motorways MUST NOT be used by pedestrians, holders of provisional motorcycle or car licences, riders of motorcycles under 50 cc, cyclists, horse riders, certain slow-moving vehicles and those carrying oversized loads (except by special permission), agricultural vehicles, and powered wheelchairs/powered mobility scooters http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069862?CID=TAT&PLA=url_mon&CRE=highwaycode_motorways
  21. I had to look it up! I think the 30 MPH on the flat I referred to is actually from the rules governing when Amber beacons can be used... As you say, some road can have minimum speeds applied to them, and yes I seem to remember the motorway signs.... I have been on the M4 more times than I want to remember with Antar and two trailer, once going through I contraflow where I was signed to straddle both lanes. I felt very bad going 10 miles without anything able to pass me!
  22. But as I have said to you before, Low loaders are common and general road users know how they steer. Road users in general are not used to the back end of a tracked vehicle swinging out as the track rotates about the centre of contact. ( Not that an FV432 can Neutral steer, (am I correct?)) but there is an unexpected tendancy for the back of the track to move in the opposite direction to the turn. If meeting a turning FV432 or Passing one that is turning Left at a junction, there is an unpredicted movement that a general motorist does not expect. Fv432 is wide already, without this extra width being created by the swing. On a low lowloader this are more predictable.
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