Was most disturbed to see on Monday. a farm tractor pulling a trailer with container overhanging at the back, no twist locks in place, in our village. Wish I had taken a picture, as I was so sure it would end up as an accident waiting to happen. The driver also had a child in the tractor. Irresponsible don’t you think? Liz
Its agricultural, you can do allsorts. Don’t see would be doing much harm really.
If the tractor had a second seat, which many do now, then, as far as i know, the child passenger was 100% legal.
Used to see a “fasttrack” driving down our main road , going to Glasgow fruit market with a trailer with 12 ton of potatos , running red diesel and not paying road tax (well a normal rate) ,and doing a hauler out a job!
A few companies in Aberdeen use tractors and long trailers to shift containers and other heavy plant/equipment.
Mainly oil related businesses.
Most use them between their own yards and for extremely local drops.
Suppose it saves the hassles involved in owning an artic - operators licence and hiring of drivers being the obvious factors.
Anything over a reasonable distance they can just call a transport company. Many up here specialise in this type of work.
PS Intend using one of these tractors to practice reversing before my C+E test. Might just save half of my course fee!
PS Intend using one of these tractors to practice reversing before my C+E test. Might just save half of my course fee!
well if they are using dollies to move semi trailers with them, that aint gonna work for you, just confuse you, as you then have in effect a 4 wheel turntable trailer, the reversing principles of which are completely different to artics. The farmer & turntable wag & drag boys will know what i mean here.
Driveroneuk:
PS Intend using one of these tractors to practice reversing before my C+E test. Might just save half of my course fee!
well if they are using dollies to move semi trailers with them, that aint gonna work for you, just confuse you, as you then have in effect a 4 wheel turntable trailer, the reversing principles of which are completely different to artics. The farmer & turntable wag & drag boys will know what i mean here.
Was told by someone that dolly drags worked exactly the same way as artics.
Obviously not!
No one up here does C+E tests with drags. 
Will have to revise my strategy - but surely taking one out on the road would help with the like of positioning, not hitting kerbs and the like. Should be a great help when it comes to my C test, what with it being a shorter vehicle.
With an artic (or a centre axle type wagon and drag, or a car and caravan) you steer the unit to steer the trailer directly.
With a dolly on an artic trailer (or an A-frame, steering front axle trailer type wagon and drag), you steer the dolly to steer the trailer.
There’s an extra pivoting link with a dolly.
You need to practice reversing using the same type of set-up you will be using on test. If you don’t you’ll have to re-learn the reversing technique required, making the job even harder.
You’re extremely unlikely to be using a dolly type of set-up on test
Simon:
With an artic (or a centre axle type wagon and drag, or a car and caravan) you steer the unit to steer the trailer directly.With a dolly on an artic trailer (or an A-frame, steering front axle trailer type wagon and drag), you steer the dolly to steer the trailer.
There’s an extra pivoting link with a dolly.You need to practice reversing using the same type of set-up you will be using on test. If you don’t you’ll have to re-learn the reversing technique required, making the job even harder.
You’re extremely unlikely to be using a dolly type of set-up on test
We’ve covered this on another thread recently.