Beacons

valtra8150

I was hauling the digger there last saturday evening, it was just dark i had the becon on but cars dont care about them. on a narrow road cars keep coming towards you even though there is no place to pull in and then they expect you to pull in, then i met a Massey Ferguson 135 with a becon on and only a link box on it, its nno wounder cars dont slow do for you, has this happended to you, or have ye seen a small tractor with a becon on.

lakill Farm

yes in the midlands all the auld lads restored and did up the 135s and put beacons on them. but then again they dont be moving to fast.

I do have a beacon on the jeep when moving my plant trailer (The trailer is 12" wider than the jeep on both sides becasuse of the wheel arches). You mainly get the bingo crew not slowing up, most others do gave a bit of extra room

valtra8150

ya. but i think a law should be brought in or something if tractor under 80-90 hp.

jeff greene

valtra8150 wrote: »

ya. but i think a law should be brought in or something if tractor under 80-90 hp.

Which could pull a huge trailer of straw though.

I agree, people take no notice of them because they are overused for no reason, I feel second hand embarrassment for lads with them on for no reason.

Muckit

It's mandatory in france to have them on any tractor using the public road. You'd see small yokes with rolls bars on! Funny

aujopimur

Beacons are illegal on tractors.

flatout11

since when??
some lads do love em

valtra8150

aujopimur wrote: »

Beacons are illegal on tractors.

what do you mean there illegal.

Justjens

valtra8150 wrote: »

, has this happended to you, or have ye seen a small tractor with a becon on.

Aye, driving round the fecking field for fecks sake:rolleyes:, no wonder drivers pay no heed, me included!!

Casinoking

valtra8150 wrote: »

what do you mean there illegal.

Something tells me the law might have been changed in this regard fairly recently, but certainly up until then it was illegal to have a flashing beacon on any road-going vehicle that wasn't operated by the emergency services. I don't see the logic in restricting them to tractors over a certain horsepower either, surely the whole point is to warn other traffic of a slow moving vehicle no matter how big it is. Anyway if your load is more than the legal width of 2.4 metres then you should have, again by the letter of the law, appropriate markings (wide load signs etc.) to warn approaching traffic.

valtra8150

ya sure they wanted to bring in something like if your load id over 8feet wide then u have to get the guards to go in frount of you or get a permit, sure nearly everything is over 8 foot wide. ,baler,mower,trailer,digger etc.

Casinoking

valtra8150 wrote: »

ya sure they wanted to bring in something like if your load id over 8feet wide then u have to get the guards to go in frount of you or get a permit, sure nearly everything is over 8 foot wide. ,baler,mower,trailer,digger etc.

2.4 metres is about 8 feet, and again by the letter of the law you're already supposed to have a permit to move anything wider. trailers are made to a max width of 8ft for this reason, a baler wouldn't be any more than that unless it had huge tyres on it. The guards usually turn a blind eye to mowers, one-passes etc but I know from experience that if you bring it to their attention that you want to move something big like a combine for example, especially through a town, they'll insist on you applying for a permit.

MacOwen

Beacons should only be used when pulling big or awkward loads. Not when bringing the transport box for a spin!!!

mayo_lad

Casinoking wrote: »

valtra8150 wrote: »

ya sure they wanted to bring in something like if your load id over 8feet wide then u have to get the guards to go in frount of you or get a permit, sure nearly everything is over 8 foot wide. ,baler,mower,trailer,digger etc.

2.4 metres is about 8 feet, and again by the letter of the law you're already supposed to have a permit to move anything wider. trailers are made to a max width of 8ft for this reason, a baler wouldn't be any more than that unless it had huge tyres on it. The guards usually turn a blind eye to mowers, one-passes etc but I know from experience that if you bring it to their attention that you want to move something big like a combine for example, especially through a town, they'll insist on you applying for a permit.

we have a square baler at home that's 9 foot wide so it's hard to see where the 8 foot limit comes from sure most round bale trailers are 8 and a half foot wide and there on the road all year round


on the subject of becons if you have anything that is wider than the tractor behind you you should have them turned on to warn people of that fact there is no other resion to have them on like

Donegal09

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aujopimur wrote: »

Beacons are illegal on tractors.

funny enough i was stopped by the gardai a few weeks back for driving my tractor with the beacons turned off on the main road with a trailer (empty) on behind. I was told to turn them on and keep them on..