Unimog Club UK

I don't get why a tractor can't be used to carry goods? How much stuff can you actually get in the average tractor?! If they were to place these rules just on trailers over a certain weight that would do for the hauliers without messing the small time traders about.

It sounds like if I put as much as a bag of compost in one I'm breaking the law even running on white. On a positive note though initial looks at running a 7.5t truck doesn't look as scary as I'd imagined. A few quid more than a 3.5t pickup in fact.

So the tacho is the next thing to read up on? Great!

This is why so many people just got rid of there mogs coz its a mine field

This is not just to do with mogs, it covers tractors in general, a unimog is classed as a tractor, and this subject covers tractors, it doesnt matter weather you get a grey furgy, A massive fendt, or a unimog, these rules still apply.
Infact if anything mogs are better than tractors as they meet construction and use, so they are able to pass an mot if they had to, and in theory can even drive up and down the motorway, although that again is a grey area. so compared with your average tractor a unimog is a rolls royce. Unimogs also do get more leeway from police and vosa, due to the fact that they dont really understand what it is, dwe got pulled up once and were running on red, and the guy just said to get going because unimogs were that much of a complicated topic he couldnt be bothered with it.

the way we were told by a man who was actually a professional in this subject years ago (unfortunately he died  ) as long as the product in the vehicle isnt classed as goods, so your not delivering it to a customer (just taking it back to the yard), then you are perfectly fine.

We ran red for years, and were never done, either cause we were in the right or by chance, i dont know.

A lot of people close there eye because of all the rules. if they want you they will have you . Technically you could take a mog on a motorway as they are able to go over the 27mph mini speed on the motorway, and has air brakes.

Thank you for the link. I'll have a look at that later on when I'm not up and down cooking dinner.

The law coming down on me is just what I'm worried about. Even in cases like this, not being in the know is no excuse. I personally feel that's a bit harsh, but it is what it is. We all know the government doesn't like being diddled out of their (our) money. I just wish there was some give and take - if I pay my tax bill a day late I get fined £100, but if I get a rebate it should turn up at some point in the next couple of weeks but if it doesn't you can ring them and they'll look into it for you. A perfect example of double standards in my mind!

Most of the use I have for the vehicle is off road, about 90% I'd say. But I think the fact that I want to now and again move a load of gravel or sand for my landscaping jobs wipes out the chance of using it as a tractor. What I have to sit and work out is whether it's worth running it as a LGV so I can do that or whether it would be cheaper to keep my pickup and have the mog as agri. If I run it as a lorry then it's no red, ever. Running it in the woods for a week on white isn't cheap or fair!