Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation
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Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation
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An agricultural vehicle or agricultural combination wider than 2.5m, or an agricultural combination longer than 22m, must have a warning light attached to its highest practicable point when it is on a major road. A warning sign must be attached to the rear of an agricultural implement being towed by a tractor. A warning pattern must be displayed at the sides of the rear of any auger, conveyor, or the reaping implement of a combine harvester. Any part of an axle extending more than 150mm from the outside wall of a tractor’s tyre must be painted fluorescent yellow or have yellow fluorescent or other high-visibility material wrapped around it. In this section— combine harvester means an agricultural vehicle that simultaneously performs operations of reaping, threshing and winnowing grain crops. (sch.8-sec.20-ssec.1) An agricultural vehicle or agricultural combination wider than 2.5m, or an agricultural combination longer than 22m, must have a warning light attached to its highest practicable point when it is on a major road. (sch.8-sec.20-ssec.2) A warning sign must be attached to the rear of an agricultural implement being towed by a tractor. (sch.8-sec.20-ssec.3) A warning pattern must be displayed at the sides of the rear of any auger, conveyor, or the reaping implement of a combine harvester. (sch.8-sec.20-ssec.4) Any part of an axle extending more than 150mm from the outside wall of a tractor’s tyre must be painted fluorescent yellow or have yellow fluorescent or other high-visibility material wrapped around it. (sch.8-sec.20-ssec.5) In this section— combine harvester means an agricultural vehicle that simultaneously performs operations of reaping, threshing and winnowing grain crops.