Yes, and they also know you are reliable and will do what you say when you say. I go out of my way for this farm - when my day job was looking dodgy last year he offered to 'find' me two days work a week which would cover my mortgage.
Bit late catching up with this thread but ... I take a deposit to cover materials from anyone I don't know, then full payment on delivery or it doesn't get left with them. I've only been caught once in the last three years, but because my material cost had been covered I was able to make a small...
Gareth, I don't drive for a living so will probably do the same as you and leave the driver CPC till I have to do it - I haven't even bothered to get an electronic tacho card yet:rolleyes:
I will keep it all up though, never know when it may be needed to pay a few bills.
There have been a...
Alanrob, lighting position etc is in Construction and Use regs. If you have trouble finding what you need, let me know and I'll look it up.
Gareth, yes I also have a class 1 and we have a CPC holder here on site.
As previously mentioned - the gross train weight of any vehicle is set by...
No further forward on the weight issue yet, but I will keep trying to find the relevant legislation.
Regarding tachographs, there is an interesting flow chart on the NTTA website here which will allow you to decide whether or not you need a tacho fitted. Basically, anybody towing commercially...
Sorry, been away for a few days.
National Trailer and Towing Association appear to have 'pulled' all of their specific information on the weights subject off their website. It was all there a while ago, but not now.
As I mentioned in the first post, IW are offering downrated plates which...
Just in case any of you weren't aware of these rules.
Lady near us has a mobile catering business. She tows a box trailer full of her stuff to the venues behind a double-cab (Ranger I think) and was recently stopped on the way to an event.
She is being prosecuted on two counts:
1) Her...
The (claimed) reason for this legislation is to allow free trade throughout Europe. At the moment, most European countries have their own type approval regs which means that any serious manufacturer has to go through the hoops in every country they want to sell into. The new regs are supposed to...
Existing trailers are excluded from the regs, but all trailers are required to carry a plate stating when they were manufactured, what their gross weight is etc etc - can't remember when that rule came in but it was some time ago.
Of course that is the loophole with these regs - you could...
European Whole Vehicle Type Approval for new trailer 'types' comes into force on 31st October this year. After that date, anyone manufacturing a new trailer type will be required to have it type approved before using it or offering it for sale.
If you are already manufacturing a particular type...
One, which is very rarely used. Never had one at all for years, then a well-meaning relative gave us one for Christmas :rolleyes:
These days if it gets switched on I usually retire to the garage or go rabbiting.
My local independent garage charges me £30/hour. They also lend a car (09 Freelander) if they don't get finished when they say they will. Car went in for a fuel leak recently - took two visits to find the problem, then a third to fix it (had to order parts) - charged me two hours labour and I...
I have a set of plans somewhere for making a brake drum forge. IIRC it suggests using a lorry drum, and gives some good advice on burners, clinker valves and the like. I downloaded it from the net somewhere, so it's probably still out there - never quite got around to building one yet. :rolleyes:
'Declaration of Incorporation'. You declare that your bit complies with all of the relevant standards, and that when installed in accordance with your instructions your bit will continue to comply. You do not affix the CE mark to an item or assembly which is covered by a Declaration of...