woodster
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| posted on 15/11/12 at 05:19 PM |
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Dumpers
Hi guys as this is the font of all knowledge and I can't find a definitive answer on the web ...... Can a site dumper be driven on the road,
I've seen quite a few on the road that don't have lights or number plates ? ..... If you could help you'd be doing me a huge favour
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minitici
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| posted on 15/11/12 at 05:50 PM |
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Googled and found this:
http://webcommunities.hse.gov.uk/connect.ti/construction/view?objectId=317387
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woodster
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| posted on 15/11/12 at 08:18 PM |
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Thanks for the reply , I found that after I posted on here i guess it must be right it's on the HSE web forum and it makes sense really the
ones you see on the roads around road works don't have number plates and lights ..... The reason I ask is I'm running a job at the moment
at work and the contractor doing the work for me is running his dumper a short distance up a quiet side road, some jobs worth above me has asked the
question and I desperately need to get my story right .
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austin man
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| posted on 15/11/12 at 11:22 PM |
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surely any vehicle using the highway unless it is cordoned off i.e roadworks would need to comply with the relevant highway code and require to hold
appropriate insurance licence and road worthiness regardless of the length of the road
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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coozer
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| posted on 15/11/12 at 11:44 PM |
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If they used on the public road they must be road registered and insured. Same for everyone innit!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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v8kid
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| posted on 16/11/12 at 06:15 AM |
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No! We can use tractors and quads on road without logbook, tax or lights but must have insurance. It is limited to the immediate roads but exactly
what that is goodness only knows. However you wouldn't want to go far on one of these things anyhow. Don't need crash helmets either.
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
chainsaw
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Agriv8
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| posted on 16/11/12 at 07:51 AM |
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A grey area I belive as this is classed as plant . My answer would be if the contractor has insurance to use it and a qualified experinced driver you
should be ok. If you were doing it properly or the task is going on for a while a risk assesment maybe a good idea.
REgards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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woodster
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| posted on 16/11/12 at 10:03 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
A grey area I belive as this is classed as plant . My answer would be if the contractor has insurance to use it and a qualified experinced driver you
should be ok. If you were doing it properly or the task is going on for a while a risk assesment maybe a good idea.
REgards
Agriv8
I've checked all those this morning and all off them are in place ..... thank you for your help
Regards
David
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bigbravedave
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| posted on 16/11/12 at 10:05 AM |
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All the backhoe loaders and dumpers that we have are road registered, taxed, and covered by the companies insurance.
We order them with RTA kits which includes number plate boards lights etc.
If we need to move any earth moving vehicles on the road that arn't registered we have to hang trade plates off the buckets.
you see alot of unregistered site kit, but usually it operates on a private site.
Because of the nature of a lot of this equipment and the opertunitiy for things to go so sadly wrong, I wouldn't operate it unless its 100%
legal, just to cover my own back.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/11/12 at 11:44 AM |
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simple answer is no you should not be on the road without lights or insurance. Given the weight, shape and strength of site vehicles you can easily
end up with a very serious accident or even a fatality if a car hits you hard then you are really up sh%t creak if you are not legal, just not worth
the risk. I remember crashing the work transit into a dumper and caved in the whole passenger side but only put a shallow cut in the dumpers tyre! We
have a non road legal Massy backhoe that has to be transported on a low loader when taking it to different sites, fortunately that doesn’t happen a
lot
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