Banned new harvester
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RICULTURAL machinery can only be transported by a lorry miler due to their size and weight, said Colin Jennings, manager of e King's Langley depot of A. T. Oliver and Sons Ltd.
The depot is situated on the proposed boundary of the M25, he rid, and any lorry-weight restrictions would stop deliveries coming to the depot.
A six tonne lorry and a low loader are used to deliver goods and achinery to customers in and around the Greater London area. Some of the machinery to be transported weighs up to 11 tons, so eight-tonne-gross-vehicle weight limit would mean no one in mdon could obtain such machinery, he added.
A night-time or weekend ban would also hinder the business, Mr :nnings stated, as customers often require urgent supplies and Imediate deliveries. "A farmer might require a combine harvester 7am. Therefore it would have to be delivered to him the evening fore, so that he can use it first thing in the morning," he said.