Unemployment - Its heading my way

[bobbi o]

Ifor williams do not make a trailer bigger than 3.5t gross, so unless the disco weighs 4.5 tonne, its not possible!

forget the weight of the disco,i'm talking a 6t load on an iforwilliams trailer with greedy boards-no problemo.

[Injured]

mine is the old type 300tdi

got what i could afford but would have preferred a TD5

If you use it for towing commercially as it is a domestic car not a commercial vehicle you dont need a tacho.
The hire company I use for mini digger has a disco 3 and uses that for towing machine so they dont have to put tachos on their wagons.

[dig dug dan]

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The hire company I use for mini digger has a disco 3 and uses that for towing machine so they dont have to put tachos on their wagons.

They still need one in the disco i'm afraid. The tacho rule is one i studied extensively after being pulled over on the M11 for an hour to prove if i did or did not require one.

[Suggers]

I'm with the "run it til it dies brigade"
Had this darling from 3 mths old in 1987 - pulls like a train - only done 75,000 - been to the mountains a couple of times.



Suddenly, bodywork starting to go home - some serious welding needed for next mot. (You see loads of these old Patrols going strong in the mountains - must be the lack of humidity thing on the bodywork?)

[Dave_L]

I'm sure the max towing weight of the Disco is 3500kg - trailer+load.

Check out this table Discovery 2001 Towing Weights

[msh paving]

mine is the old type 300tdi

got what i could afford but would have preferred a TD5

If you use it for towing commercially as it is a domestic car not a commercial vehicle you dont need a tacho.
The hire company I use for mini digger has a disco 3 and uses that for towing machine so they dont have to put tachos on their wagons.

Dan is correct about the tacho, any vehicle over 3.5t gross train weight used for hire or reward needs one

if you get away with it all well and good, but the day will come, look in any travis perkins tool hire transits or cabstars, also speedy and hewden they all have tacho's

the only exemption is for private use such as a horse box,or towing a private trailer, any buisness use needs one,but you only need to put a disc in when trailer is being pulled,then your on lorry driving rules soon as trailer is off back to drive as you like

my mate has a classic wedding car buisness and had to fit a tacho in his land cruiser at a cost off £1000+vat,another local man had a 1.5t mini excavator behind his transit police made him take it off and get it collected because of no tacho,its a finable offence too

if VOSA pull you up you will not get away with it, MSH

[msh paving]

I have a disco p reg, there is no towing weight on the plate in engine compartment, all the spaces are left blank, I was told it could tow 3ton
but you cant tow and exceed 7.5 ton gross train weight anyway
because you then get into HGV thats why you cant tow a 3 ton mini digger,
mine has to go on the back off my 7.5 ton lorry and im just in weight mistsubushi canter can carry 3.8 ton

MSH

[henpecked]

Put that under 'I didnt know that yesterday'


Well. Ive got a Mitsubishi GTO in red twin turbo 1000 brake HKS turbos front and back pushing 500 hp on dyno. Got a straight manual GTO in silver non-turbo. An MGBGT 1977. Renault Kangoo for work. The Kangoo is pants really, too big for what it is and with a 1.9 engine just about 40 to the gallon
Speaking of unemployment, has anyone noticed an upturn? I had the phone ringing off the hook Friday for new work all for a Monday start.





Happy days are here again!

Hp

[Dave_L]

Best we have some pics of your GTO's HP, some shiny engine shots pls!

[henpecked]

Just got back from the allotment, glad to oblige.




Sorry Dave, I dont do shiny .Benn meaning to bling the bay up for a while now, but never get round to it :;):

You can see the 18 lb waste gate at the front (above the turbo)




My bit of weekend fun, when I can fit it in.

Hp

[lutonlagerlout]

what is that link in your sig HP?
are you a bit like steven segal?
I too was over the allotment today from 11 till 6, its breaking my heart, the mice, slugs, disease,you name it we got it over there
had the onions out this weekend and main crop coming soon
and a few cabbages
LLL

[rab1]

Dan & MSH are correct on the tachos and believe me if your caught your cussed, one of our drivers filled his out incorrectly and was stopped by the police, £1500 fine, 6 points same with overloading, min 4 figure fine plus points as these laws are designed for HGV`s. the police`s latest one is to pull over maintenance vans are they normally have shelves and lock boxes etc, that add a hell of a lot of weight to your standered van.

[henpecked]

what is that link in your sig HP?
are you a bit like steven segal?

Lol. Yes I am as a matter of fact ...a fat with black hair :laugh: :laugh:

Used to do the door a while ago, the guys on there are trying to recruit new bods on the site ,so I thought I'd give you orrible lot a go.

The allotment wont be ready till next year, just got it last month and its over grown with grass etc.
So just turning it and laying a few slabs for access.

WIP (work in progress)




Hp

[lutonlagerlout]

whatever you do me do not rotavate weeds in to it, it will be full of wireworm if its got grass now,you need jeyes fluid to kill them off
and as much manure as you can get
cheers LLL

[Stuarty]

speaking of towing and tachos, the work have me a VW Transporter, mwb pulling a 2.7t ifor trailer. the vans have been pulled a few times, from vosa and traffic alike, and never mentioned anything about tachos so im told. so i take it im in the firing line for the fine and points for the firm not fitting them to the motor?