Recent content by GeeBee45

I take your point about attaching things to car battery using crocodile clips. However, the T-Max compressor is anything but cheap, tacky or doubts over how long it will last. The crocodile clips are large and well insulated with strong springs to ensure a good connection. The wiring harness is...

I've usually found that the 'mains' power sockets in cars were only really for low power consuming items like lap-top chargers, small TV screens and similar. You also have to be careful as to what produces the power; 'pure sine wave' inverters are much 'kinder' to delicate electrics than...

The age old problem of trying to inflate tyres; car, 4x4, trailer or lorry. My preferred method is a Wolf 'Sioux' 240v air compressor with a 25 litre tank and a long (15m) reinforced rubber air hose. This unit will go up to 125psi, so will just about cope with large lorry tyres. The advantage...

Should also add that that unit is 12v and most European built lorries have 24v systems. Some will have 12 v sockets in them but you need to make sure that the ‘dropper’ that powers them can handle 10 amps.

Unfortunately that is really going to struggle or not manage at all. The issue with lorry tyres is that not only do they need a higher pressure than car tyres, generally in the order of 80 to 120 psi, but they have a much larger volume, so will take ages to inflate. All this means that the car...

If the tacho is the older type that sits in the dash and incorporates the speedo,then, to the best of my knowledge it isn't possible to custom set the odometer reading. If the tacho looks like a cd/radio unit usually mounted near the sun visor or near your knee resetting the odometer to any...

There is a little bit more to all of this. As Rog suggests the record of your 'work' during the week is acceptable as entries in a diary, this is a concession by DVSA for those that do very occasional driving and does not apply to those that drive professionally/ commercially. On each day you...

Great idea to chain trailers down. There are a number of ground anchors available from motorcycle accessory sites and stores, concrete these in place then get a good quality motorcycle padlock and chain around axle or A frame. Look for the 'sold secure' label on stuff. Try to keep chain links...

Current lorry sat nav is a Tomtom Go Professional 6250. Bought around June this year from Amazon for about £380 with a micro SD card to expand the memory. Not cheap but very good. It has full European truck map with lifetime map updates. Speed camera alerts (not that I ever need them ;)) and...

Driving artics around the UK for the last 6 years, I've had three different Sat Navs. The first was a Navman. It was relatively cheap and cheerful and got me to locations without issues. It had a fantastic 7 inch screen which meant that it was easy to see when stuck on a lorry screen, remember...

Firstly a big apology to Farmer Chalk for taking so long to spot I'd been asked a couple of questions. Note to self.....must stop working and spend more time on forums, not sure the bank manager would appreciate that though. To deal with the Tachograph question first. It doesn't matter...

Just to clarify the position with Tachographs. Any goods vehicle with a Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) or Plated Weight, in excess of 7.5 tonnes (7500kg) will be subject to EU drivers hours rules and a Tachograph MUST be fitted and used. It doesn't matter what the road tax status of the...

Bit late I know if you're already on the way, but as of April 1st 2016 Belgium introduced a kilometre travelled charge for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes. The idea is you use an electronic toll box in the vehicle which tracks your journey via GPS and you pay according to; distance travelled, engine...

A few vehicle related ones for the list; Before loading your horse into vehicle or trailer give the vehicle (and trailer) a 'walk around' check. Knowing that time is short on event day, try doing it the day before, then you've got time to make alternative arrangements if things aren't right...

It may be a bit early for ROG so I'll help out... If you're talking about getting pulled in by the Police or DVSA (the new name for VOSA) to a roadside check, the process goes something like this. Most enforcement bridges are what is known as 'dynamic axle weighers.' For vehicles over 3.5...