Licence / CPC / Tacho for one off use
Discussion
A company, not in any way involved in transport, has some work that is looking like renting a 7.5t box truck for a weekend to move some of their own equipment a couple of hundred miles is the best plan.
Am I right in thinking that, aside from insurance and H&S considerations, all that is required for the employee driving the truck is to have a class C licence and tacho card? CPC not required as driving is not their main employment (both in general and in terms of hours worked on the days in question).
Am I right in thinking that, aside from insurance and H&S considerations, all that is required for the employee driving the truck is to have a class C licence and tacho card? CPC not required as driving is not their main employment (both in general and in terms of hours worked on the days in question).
Darkslider said:
What are you moving? If it's tools for the purpose of your main employment (stretch that definition as far as you dare) then you're tacho exempt anyway.
IT kit from a soon-to-be closed office to a commercial datacentre. I had figured tacho exemption too, but given the relative lack of hassle getting hold of one, thought it would make life easier if any questions are asked if there's a running tacho in the vehicle; or would that just complicate things?s2sol said:
It's not worth the hassle. No rental company will rent to you without sight of an operators licence unless you lie and say it's for a domestic house move. You'd be better off hiring two vans for the weekend, or paying a haulier to do it.
Absolute tosh, if you’re licenced they’ll rent you a 7.5.If the company is renting the vehicle for commercial use they will require an Operators Licence.
This sounds like moving goods, not ‘tools of the trade’ so so no tacho/ DCPC exemptions apply for the driver.
Hire a couple of Luton’s, or get a haulier. Best to use a specialist haulier to move computers with air ride suspension and decent Goods In Transit insurance.
This sounds like moving goods, not ‘tools of the trade’ so so no tacho/ DCPC exemptions apply for the driver.
Hire a couple of Luton’s, or get a haulier. Best to use a specialist haulier to move computers with air ride suspension and decent Goods In Transit insurance.
normalbloke said:
s2sol said:
It's not worth the hassle. No rental company will rent to you without sight of an operators licence unless you lie and say it's for a domestic house move. You'd be better off hiring two vans for the weekend, or paying a haulier to do it.
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