transit HGV ???????

[stevew]

Dredging up an old thread here but....
Just took my van down to be MOT'd and guess what?
'I'm sorry we can't do that here, you'll have to go to a VOSA testing station bloody miles away'.
Bah!
How much did that new plate cost you 100PS?

Steve

[100ps_drw_hicube]

£50 worth it in my opinion as it saves alot of hassle

[belly]

my t 280 plate says 2640kg so i guess thats the same as a t 260 then eh ford!!!! at least its a normal mot good mate is a tester i call him stevie wonder on the tacho thing i think all emergency vehicles are exempt (dont do enough hours anyway) same as fire engines arent restricted to 52 55 56 or wotever it is now

[stevew]

Hmmm, £50 eh? Well I guess everyone has to make a buck!
Still it's quite fun driving an HGV. Thing is I think it's going to take ages to get an appointment at the VOSA testing station and I really need to use the van next weekend.
The GVW isn't written on either the V5 or the previous MOT. I guess no-one questions the police.

Steve

[motorwise]

Hmmm, £50 eh? Well I guess everyone has to make a buck!
Still it's quite fun driving an HGV. Thing is I think it's going to take ages to get an appointment at the VOSA testing station and I really need to use the van next weekend.
The GVW isn't written on either the V5 or the previous MOT. I guess no-one questions the police.

Steve

should say on the log book - whats your gross weight then?

[sparesman]

wont all this doctoring make your insurance invalid it you have a bad accident as it will still be on computer as not changed legally

[stevew]

No doesn't list the GVW anywhere on any paperwork I've got, only on the VIN plate. (3850kgs)
When I first got the van I was stopped by the Police in mid-Wales, just for a routine check, and they said it was still on the computer as a standard Transit 190 panel van. They told me to have it changed as I had extra seats in it. Nice of Thames Valley not to have bothered!
When I changed the taxation class from Police to PLG I asked them to change it 9 seats and they said it didn't matter, anything up to 9 seats is PLG and doesn't need any extra mention. Who knows.
I just got off the phone to VOSA who told me I couldn't get a test until sometime at the beggining of July! Bah!

Steve

[xbox360]

scrub that did not read all the post

[apples26]

and there was me the other day wanting to up mine from 3500 to anything over that weight


mind you if i did it i would never have to mot my truck again

[jay]

apples is your spec lift mot exempt??our ldv spec is along with the tranny spec and the 3 trucks
form v112 from dvla

[apples26]

im just about to register it as breakdown truck on logbook


but.... did you know the true laws?

to cover exempt v112g ( i presume thats the one you ment as v112 is agricultral etc ?) it HAS to be over 3500


i have this in writing from dvla

what most peeps do anyway is register em breakdown on v5 fill in a v112g when tax to say its exempt and hope the post office counter clerk doesnt check (it seems they rarely do) but however its technicly illegal




but im gonna try doing the above come my mot and tax due date anyway lol

oh and i asked a chap the other day and he said yes thats right then said his is 3995kg lol so hes ok anyway hence i thought about upping the weight on logbook but dont think just sending changed off will work?

[jay]

thatsweird i done the ldv at a dvla local office in ipswich..Thats registered as breakdown on the log book..the v112 forms there are 2 diffrent ones there is one (it think V112g form for above 3500kgs and there is a diffrent one for under 3500kgs whcih i think is V112B)

[apples26]

thats even weirder as i looked at the std v112 form on there website and it had no section for breakdown only the v112g does have?

[apples26]

heres what vosa told me

Thank you for your email.

There is an exemption from the Plating and Testing Regs for breakdown vehicles which are purely lift and tow only, however this exemption only applies to vehicles that are over 3500kgs GVW as your vehicle is 3500kgs GVW it is not exempt and therefore subject to MOT Test .

Regards

David



this is v112
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/forms/pdf/v112.pdf




this is v112g
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/forms/pdf/V112G.pdf

[apples26]

have you still got your paperwork? i intend to try mu luck too anyway but would just be gr8 to know what forms you done etc, just gos to show how much of a grey area it is if they even get it wrong at the dvla office lol