Lookingforadvice:
Appreciate the replies. To clarify, my 18t box is for taking my kids to competitions. It has full living and can stall 5 horses. We are not professionals at most they win a rosette! The trucks less than 10 years old and just recently when it came back from plating, it came with a certificate as to why the Tacho doesn’t need calibration.
The truck I’ve been asked to drive as a favour is basically a straight livestock carrier, belonging to someone else . I would take it to market they would buy/sell, I would not be paid. Should I use a Tacho for this?
As your truck has a gross over 7.5t and is under 25 years old, then you’re in scope of the EU regulations even though it’s only used for personal use. That means tacho in, records of your work and rest for the previous 28 days, you must comply with all the limits and rest periods, so you can’t drive it on sat and sun after working Mon - Fri in any other job regardless if it’s driving or not as you won’t be compliant with the weekly rest requirements. Basically you could drive it 1 weekend day every other week.
Same goes for driving your mates truck, if it’s not in connection with commercial activity and less than 7.5t gross or over 25 years old, then you can treat it like a van, no tacho required as you’re not in scope of the EU regulations, over 7.5t and under 25 years old then in scope of the EU regulations for none commercial use, you not getting paid doesn’t make it none commercial if it’s a commercial activity. If it is a commercial activity then you’re in scope for vehicles over 3.5t gross
Although if it is a commercial activity then depending upon the nature of the business it may meet the criteria if a derogation from the EU regulations and instead come under GB domestic