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  1. croc
    Adam Elsdon has a one ton trailer that he tows with his pig.
  2. croc
    You just don't see Hotchkiss Jeeps in French livery very often. This one belongs to a mate in Dorset, where are the rest of them?
  3. croc
    Do we really want to start on the pre 1960 exemption from the good vehicles (plating and testing) regulations?:coffee:
  4. croc
    That would seem to be a legitimate practice that would be stopped with the new rules. In reality how many people keep vehicles taxed and tested (if needed) but not insured for their own use, just in case someone wants to borrow it? I suppose that if someone wanted to borrow such a vehicle they would have to tax it before using it.
  5. croc
    :banghead: If it is not being used it doesn't need insurance. You have to have TAX + INSURANCE or SORN.
  6. croc
    If it it taxed and insured - no problem. If it is SORN - no problem. If the insurance expires before the tax the vehicle must be declared SORN. I cant see why this is a problem, assuming the tax is Historic (Nil duty) there is nothing to lose, just SORN it. If it is a tax disk with a value you would cash in the tax and SORN it. NO NEED FOR INSURANCE ON A SORN VEHICLE.
  7. croc
    Thanks Mike. Would this be a good time to review the definition of laden/unladen? :readpaper::readbook::banghead:
  8. croc
    It is a show that I fancy going to but it's just a bit far south.
  9. croc
    It seems to me that the vast majority of people have no problems when dealing with the likes of VOSA and DVLA but a few people have endless issues. I can't help but wonder why this small minority are unfortunate enough to have a problem every time they buy a vehicle or renew a tax disk.
  10. croc
    I believe it is actually £500,000.
  11. croc
    I have always seen it as the vehicle that is insured to be driven by named drivers, this is why you need a policy covering each vehicle. In most cases the vehicles are specified in the policy, or you can get a policy covering any driver for a specific car. A motor traders policy is basicly intended to enable them to run a business. The "driving other vehicles" is a bonus on some fully comp policies, you were obviously aware that you had it, and carried it with you. When the police, quite correctly, stopped you, you were able to produce it, so whats the problem?
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    I will have to assume that the definition (exempted goods vehicles (S51)) as writen in my copy of T.O.C. is incorrect, is it different in both your copies Mike? I keep thinking that I should get a newer edition but am waiting for the plating and testing regulations exemptions changes to be included.
  13. croc
    Thanks Mike, I have seen it writen both ways and had gone with the "not drawing a trailer" version.
  14. croc
    correct.
  15. croc
    Yes, you should SORN it when the insurance expires.
  16. croc
    I never paid any of them, and never had a problem.
  17. croc
    Only if it should have been SORN, if it wasn't taxed when SORN was first introduced, and has not been on the road since, it has never been liable, therefore no problem.
  18. croc
    1. If you put something back on the road you would tax it, even if Nil rate Historic. 2. There is still no requirement for SORN and insurance.
  19. croc
    I went through a stage of getting regular SORN fines as I have several things not on the road, I just treated them as reminders, didn't pay anything, renewed the SORN and had no further problems. When they made it possible to SORN online I renewed everything at once, all my SORN reminders now arrive in the same envelope and it takes 10 minutes online to renew them.
  20. croc
    I am not sure what the problem is, vehicles must be insured and taxed or SORN rather than just taxed or SORN as it was previously. "From early 2011, if it appears from the database comparison that a vehicle has no insurance or no SORN, a letter will be sent to the registered keeper. If the keeper takes no action, the keeper faces: a fixed penalty fine of £100 court prosecution and be fined up to £1,000 having the vehicle clamped, seized and destroyed"
  21. croc
    However, even on that link the info may not be quite right, it states "goods vehicles manufactured before 1 January 1960, used unladen and not drawing a laden trailer" this implies that you may pull an unladen trailer, I am not sure that you can, as I have also seen the exemption writen as "unladen vehicle manufactured before 1.1.60 not drawing a trailer" (traffic officers companion 12th edition) Mike? That is why Lee has been busy adding things to the "reference documents" section.
  22. croc
    If you have a full "B" licence, whenever you passed your test, you can drive pre 1960 vehicles over 3.5 tonnes used unladen., not drawing a trailer. The minimum age restrictions are 18 for 3.5 tonnes to 7.5 tonnes and 21 for over 7.5 tonnes.
  23. croc
    Pretty useful bit of kit if you are playing off road with armour, but potentialy lethal if used other than intended. http://www.marlowropes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:kerrs&catid=55:towing-recovery&Itemid=164 Also have a look at the video on "Marlow TV" (second from last clip) http://www.marlowropes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=2
  24. croc
    http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?2728-K.E.R.R.-Recovery-Ropes&p=21909 http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?8900-Recovery-and-Towing/page6 KERR was covered from post 56 in recovery and towing.
  25. croc
    How much rope is there on it and how well is it laying? I would definately pull the lot out and wind it in a few times.
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