A While mobile cranes are exempted at
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present from the plating regulations it is doubtful whether your vehicle is a "mobile crane" within the meaning of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962. Schedule 3 of this states "a mobile crane means a vehicle designed and constructed as a mobile crane". Whether your conversion would satisfy the law is debatable but certainly the Ministry of Transport will treat each case on its merits and we would advise you to contact your local office.
n We operate several 1961 Scammell
Scarab 6-ton Mechanical Horses with a fleet of 18 mainly ex-British Railway mechanically braked semi-trailers. What is likely to be the plated weight under the Ministry's new regulations?
Also will we be allowed to operate our fleet although the units and trailers do not have three-line air brakes? Would it be possible to convert the trailer braking systems to meet the new requirements.