Carryfast:
cav551:
About 15 years ago Tesco Snodland decided that for ‘operational reasons’ caused by the xmas rush, they were going to park trailers in another company’s yard to ease congestion in the RDC. A phone call to VOSA enforcement put a stop to it in 24hrs. There was much grinding and gnashing of teeth within the RDC about how inconvenient it was that they could no longer do what they wanted.I can understand why the TC would want to enforce the rules on the designated operating centre.Or stopping all the silly loopholes.But I’ve always been confused how/why that would/should apply to trailers which could possibly never be,or never need to be,actually based,where the unit/prime mover is based or in fact ‘based’ anywhere in particular.
The problem is the company’s yard they’re using would have a limit on the O licence about how many units and trailers can be parked there. Tesco using it as a dumping ground will most likely mean that limit has been exceeded putting the O licence of the company whose yard they’re using at risk. At Donny Tesco they used the football ground car park as an overspill so no damage done but if you’re using a hauliers yard it becomes a different story.