Re: [MV] cranes/wreckers

Richard Notton (Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:19:05 -0000

-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon.W.I. McMillan <gwim2@student.open.ac.uk>
To: MAB5@pge.com <MAB5@pge.com>
Cc: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: 11 December 1998 09:21
Subject: Re: [MV] cranes/wreckers

> The vehicles you describe are
>all of interest, and here in the UK are quite popular as the
restricions
>on driving lage cargo trucks didn't used to apply to cranes that were
>simply classed as mobile plant.
>
Not any more Gordon, since 1 Jan 98, and that was put back from '97, you
need the HGV ticket.

I have a FV623 that said "Mobile Crane" on the original V5 but now reads
"Historic Vehicle", the best cop out is before 1 Jan 60 which exempts
just about everything not being commercially used.

Richard
(Southampton UK)

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