agricultural machine regulations

[AzMaN 0]

Howdie all,

 

Ive just brought an 06 plate quadbike, its nice, quick and the tax is free as its registered as an agricultural machine, but theres a catch, the law as i understand it says it can only travel between place of registration and an agricultural premisis as i read it, which means the airport i work at wont count. I dont intend to use it all the time, im looking at snow days so i can actualy get to work as the council round here dont know how to clear a road. Anyway obviously tractors ect get contracted out to places that are not farms, such as building sites, footbal pitches ect, so if i was to use it for use at the airport, to move aircraft around, would i then be able to avoid geting it re-classed??

[SEAN3513 7]

in a word no

 

it must be used between farm (base) and land belonging the farm (owned or rented)

 

and as an agricultural vehicle it is limited to a maximum, single, on road journey of (1.6km i think)

 

it would be better to re-class it as plg.......then you can go anywhere.

 

providing it has lights , indicators etc and is capable of passing an mot

[danw 1,748]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/TaxationClasses/DG_069649

[AzMaN 0]

in a word no

 

it must be used between farm (base) and land belonging the farm (owned or rented)

 

and as an agricultural vehicle it is limited to a maximum, single, on road journey of (1.6km i think)

 

it would be better to re-class it as plg.......then you can go anywhere.

 

providing it has lights , indicators etc and is capable of passing an mot

 

it has front and rear lights, no indicators though.

 

the distance limit is only for red deisel i thought but i may be wrong.

 

trouble is then im paying silly amounts more for mot, tax and insurence to use it twice a year on the road.

 

not even sure where the local mot station for quads is round here.

 

thanks for the link, missed that on my initial search.

[SEAN3513 7]

Limited use vehicles

 

You can tax your vehicle in the ‘limited use’ tax class if it’s used solely for purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or forestry and:

 

* it’s used on public roads only in passing between different areas of land occupied by the same person

* the distance it travels on public roads in passing between any two such areas does not exceed 1.5 kilometres

 

[psm 43]

i use mine all over and been pulled on numerous occasions with gun strapped on,ive never had any bother its a bit of a loop hole,i travel 7 mile to were i shoot,i keep my docs under seat for when i get pulled.guess you would have to get a cop on a really bad day were is wife just left him or somet for him to do you,but i use mine for vermin control not going to work on