In the US, well, part of the US - the Dakotas and a few other NW states we pull trains on the highway. I always say there is a trick to pulling 2 53 foot trailers - don't ever look in your mirrors. That's cuz it will scare the %#$@ out of ya. We do it quite a bit on our nightly line hauls. Moves a bunch of freight fast. Each state has different laws, some require shorter trailers. Some with short trailers in the lead, some with short trailers in tow, generally allow up to 105,500 lbs. Roads in the UK sure look narrow.
hi George I am new to your channel and not a farmer but you make it so interesting. just a question who is the owner you or the legend your machines are awesome by the way
much love for the fastrac's and cheers George for your videos, have been following you from day 1and am loving the progress!! but I've always wondered...whats the loud knocking sound coming from the tractor? and why does it seem only these do it? cheers:)
Being a farmer my self I am all for efficiency with road work and carting and Its damn cool that rig lol but because we live in a stupid world with H&S over kill which most of it use to called common sense years ago, are you legally allowed to drive a 95ft trailer train behind a tractor? I know you can drive a combine on the road with a 40ft header on the back. So at best that's 70 -80 ft in total length. Just wouldn't want any farmers getting in to trouble, and curious if its road legal
(b)in respect of agricultural trailers and agricultural trailed appliances- (i)2 unladen agricultural trailers, or (ii)1 agricultural trailer and I agricultural trailed appliance, or (iii)2 agricultural trailed appliances
So as with all government based paper work still a bit grey lol 😂 So when he's towing straw he is no longer unladen, which I assume is the purpose of the rig. Personally I would just go for it....
yeah he plugs brake lines in , but no abs line, so it's not bullshit. and I'll be surprised if that trailer has got a test certificate on it . Does it get a six weekly maintenance inspection like truck operators have to do by law. Dvsa would have a field day with this .There was a motorist killed in Glasgow with one of these things running through the brakes down a hill with a 22 tonne machine on its back . Scary
Are you ever going to stop thinking of ways to terrorize the locals George lol. nice job on the fabrication she's a impressive sight even when empty, roll on harvest nice work.
Great set-up for the field George, but is it now legal for the road in the UK? Many years ago I was stopped towing a very similar set up (a tri-axel with dolly connected behind a twin axel silage trailer towed by an MB Trac - all running on air brakes). All I was doing was moving the empty trailers from a field where they were stored back to our yard in Gloucestershire a few miles away. The policemen who stopped me were very kind (they did not take any action luckily), but they did inform me that legally the tri-axel connected to a dolly counted as two trailers and therefore legally I was pulling three trailers when the legal limit for agricultural vehicles is only two. I say that was several years ago (mid 90's) so guess the law might have changed since then, but worth checking?
Not in Nordic countries with tractors. And also after a lorry with two trailers hauling logs max length 32 meter, max weight 90 ton in Sweden and 110 ton in Finland. Lot of axles! :D
Not legal George, you have 3 trailers hooked up there, the one direct behind the JCB the dolly being the second and the 45ft being the 3rd. The law states just 2 unladen agricultural trailers, not sure on the length but I am correct about the 3 trailers as they are all detachable from each other.
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/85/made Trailers drawn by agricultural motor vehicles 85.-(1) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a wheeled agricultural motor vehicle drawing one or more wheeled trailers if the weight of the drawing vehicle is less than a quarter of the weight of the trailer or trailers, unless the brakes fitted to each trailer in compliance with regulation 15 or 16 are operated directly by the service braking system fitted to the motor vehicle. (2) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road, any motor vehicle drawing an agricultural trailer of which- (a)more than 35% of the weight is borne by the drawing vehicle; or (b)the gross weight exceeds 14,230 kg, unless it is fitted with brakes as mentioned in paragraph (1). (3) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road an agricultural trailer manufactured on or after 1st December 1985 which is drawn by a motor vehicle first used on or after 1st June 1986 unless the brakes fitted to the trailer- (a)in accordance with regulation 15 can be applied progressively by the driver of the drawing vehicle, from his normal driving position and while keeping proper control of that vehicle, using a means of operation mounted on the drawing vehicle; or (b)automatically come into operation on the over-run of the trailer.
