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character wrote:
Tell yer what, these changes are not going to go down well with SME, least of all when they get pulled on 4th Dec
I think the words " Im moving it for a mate" may become a stock answer !When I die I want it to be in my sleep, like my Grandad ............ not screaming and shouting like his passengers!!
7th Oct 2011 2:46 pm
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7th Oct 2011 3:24 pm
character
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bobbroom wrote:
How much is the cost of an O License?
not sure, meeting with me transport consultants next week, the cost is not so much the fee for it, its more the criteria and ongoing expense of having 6 weekly safety inspections on the LR (over and above the servicing) and 10 weekly inspections on the trailer coupled with paying the monthly fee to the "transport manager" which includes all the administration/record keeping AND having to find an "operators centre" as the traffic commisioner would not allow a private residential address with traditional parking
I'm budgeting on around an additional £400 per month before I've put the key in the ignition as a rough guess
7th Oct 2011 5:52 pm
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Hi Character,
Don't forget the ''proof of financial standing'' think its £8100 for the first vehicle and £4500 for each vehicle there after which if i recall has to show in your account for 3 months of bank statements which you supply with your application not sure about the proof for trailers,
Think the fee for application was something like £250.00 and on issue another £391.00 paid up front , non refundable even if you app is unsuccessfull
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Might it be easir and cheaper to register the vehicle in, say, Lithuania?A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
7th Oct 2011 6:32 pm
biskit
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Will gardeners running a little trailer round with a lawn mower have to have this licence ?
7th Oct 2011 6:37 pm
character
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SHARKYSHARKS wrote:
Hi Character,
Don't forget the ''proof of financial standing'' think its £8100 for the first vehicle and £4500 for each vehicle there after which if i recall has to show in your account for 3 months of bank statements which you supply with your application not sure about the proof for trailers,
Think the fee for application was something like £250.00 and on issue another £391.00 paid up front , non refundable even if you app is unsuccessfull
Cheers
Sharks.
yes a real however along with the new legislation comes new and less painful "proof of financial standing" but of course that will not come into effect until AFTER 4th Dec by which time yer already commiting an offence and subject to £5000 fine which would go down nicely on yer application in front of the traffic commissioner
7th Oct 2011 6:42 pm
character
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Navigator wrote:
Might it be easir and cheaper to register the vehicle in, say, Lithuania?
No can do, the whole of EU will have in place a register of O licence holders and of course travelling throughout EU you have to adopt the legislation particular to the country yer travelling in or through
7th Oct 2011 6:44 pm
character
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biskit wrote:
Will gardeners running a little trailer round with a lawn mower have to have this licence ?
You may possibly need a "restricted" O-Licence to carry your own equipment
what about farmers with cattle trailers and if you do a tip run with a small trailer what then trying to help small firms god help you all Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication [email protected] D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
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7th Oct 2011 6:55 pm
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This country really is going down the tubes, dragged there by Europe!
In case they missed the minor economic crisis and some banks having their credit rating downgraded which will make it worse for all businesses with banks not able to get the money to lend. They now want to cause more financial pain to small businesses that rely on transportation. Did someone put a bottle of stupid in our water supply?
can you all imagine hundreds and thousand of small businesses who use trailers as apposed to having 2 or more vehicles well bang goes my work trailer its now another camping trailer Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication [email protected] D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
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7th Oct 2011 7:29 pm
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Its all part of the plan. The EU doesn't want individuals like Character running their own business and thinking for themselves. Its incovenient and difficult for bureaucrats to manage people like him and extract as much tax from him as possible. Much better that he is converted into an employee of a large company who can pay tax to the EU and provide it bureaucrats highly paid directorships, plus the usual behind the scenes corruption that is endemic across the EU organisations.
One of the ways they do this is to make it ever more difficult to meet onerous and pointless compliance issues like this. Large companies can cope as they have hordes of drone employees to process this stuff, passing the cost onto us the consumers.
It will all end in tears. We already have outbreaks of civil disorder across Europe. Over the next few decades it'll only get worse. And the Greeks, Spanish, Italians haven't even got started yet. Tony
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7th Oct 2011 7:31 pm
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[quote="dadof7kids"]bigdave i think you need a new avatar..
Looks good - this stuff gets me going I tell ya. Im no Daily Mail reader but this crap gets to the heart of it.
How many French Farmers, gardeners etc are going to follow this rule.
I can feckin tell you NONE!!
They just shrug it off and laugh at us roast beefs following the rules. b ds
And their police are in the same union so they wont get done.
Did my grandad slaughter loads of un armed prisoners for this....................oh wait I shouldnt have said ............. doh All things shipping, storage, transport. UK and worldwide.
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however along with the new legislation comes new and less painful "proof of financial standing" but of course that will not come into effect until AFTER 4th Dec by which time yer already commiting an offence and subject to £5000 fine which would go down nicely on yer application in front of the traffic commissioner 
