Lorry - Fuel Tank Sizes
james.mccartney1
specifially i want to know how many litres they hold, and how many miles
they can travel on those litres.
URL's etc please
With thanks
James McCartney
Neil McDonald
they can get from Dover to Edinburgh and back to dover without refuelling,
so paying no fuel tax to the British treasury, and the flower trucks from
Holland can cross at Hull and tour scotland and return without buying fuel
either. As they are bringing fuel into the country but not exporting it
again when they return home, IMO they should be paying import duty on the
goods at the point of entry into this country. If I tried to take something
into another European country and not bring it back out again I would be
taxed!
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Neil McDonald
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Nik Morgan
> I do not know the exact figures for fuel tank sizes on their trucks, but
> they can get from Dover to Edinburgh and back to dover without refuelling,
> so paying no fuel tax to the British treasury, and the flower trucks from
> Holland can cross at Hull and tour scotland and return without buying fuel
> either. As they are bringing fuel into the country but not exporting it
> again when they return home, IMO they should be paying import duty on the
> goods at the point of entry into this country.
The additional cost of this fuel would be passed on to you the consumer,
> If I tried to take something
> into another European country and not bring it back out again I would be
> taxed!
>
>
Most heavy trucks carry between 600 and 1400 litres, six hundred being the
usual approximate tank size on the manufacturers basic models and 1400 is two,
large as possible that can be easily and legally fitted. .Maximum weight
LGV's try for figures around 8 MPG on a good day.
NM
Simon Hobson
"Neil McDonald" <neilmc...@clara.co.uk> wrote:
>As they are bringing fuel into the country but not exporting it
>again when they return home, IMO they should be paying import duty on the
>goods at the point of entry into this country. If I tried to take something
>into another European country and not bring it back out again I would be
>taxed!
Actually, no you wouldn't if it was * FOR YOUR OWN USE *, this is a basic
premise of the free movement philosophy of the EU. An EU citizen may
purchase goods and services in whatever state he/she wishes, and having
paid all taxes/duties applicable in that state may then import those goods
into another state for their own use without further taxation.
The same rules which allow a truck to carry fuel between states without
taxation, allow you to (for example) travel to France, stock up with wines
and spirits, and travel back again without paying UK duties * PROVIDING IT
IS FOR YOUR OWN USE *.
If a haulier were to import fuel in the tanks of a truck AND SELL IT, then
they would be liable to pay additional duties.
I don't know if it has the force of law, but Customs and Excise have set
limits on what quantities they consider consitutes "personal use" - so that
if you hired a 7 1/2t truck and filled it with wines and spirits then you
would not get through customs claiming that it was for personal use. I
believe there have been cases where trucks have been stopped with what C&E
consider 'excessive' quantities of fuel on-board.
Simon
aouto tank
> specifially i want to know how many litres they hold, and how many miles
> they can travel on those litres.
>
> URL's etc please
>
> With thanks
>
> James McCartney
there is standart 200.000 km rubber tyre no load important
http://www.michelin.com/eng/michelin-group/products-services/michelin-tires