Stroppymonkey wrote:Well I seem to not need Tachos as I don't operate over 33miles from base.
Do I need an O-Licence or not ?
This site says that any trailers lighter than 1025unladen are not to be taken into account??
http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/small_busi ... /7831.html
There you go - an exemption for O licencing = very happy
The 33 miles (50km) from base exemption also requires other things to go along with that such as the goods being carried
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... europe.pdf
Vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7.5 tonnes that are used:
for carrying materials, equipment or machinery
for the driver’s use in the course of his work.
These vehicles shall be used only within a 50 km
radius of the base of the undertaking and on the
condition that driving the vehicle does not constitute
the driver’s main activity.