Heanor exceeded weights
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• Derbyshire heavy haulier Heanor Haulage and one of its drivers were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £795 after admitting exceeding the permitted train weight of an artic running under a Special Types order.
Wetherby magistrates fined the Langley Mill-based company £300, with £395 costs; driver Ashley Meakin, also of Langley Mill, was fined £100.
Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, Richard Wadkin said that the movement had been notified to the relevant authorities as having a maximum weight of 38 tonnes. However, when the outfit was weighed at the Boston Spa dynamic axle weigher it was found to have an overall weight of 40 tonnes.
A prohibition was placed on the vehicle, which was not allowed to move until the relevant authorities had been notified of the increased weight.
Defending, Jonathan Lawton said that the conveyance note from the customer gave the weight of the load as 11,640kg which, when added to the unladen weight of the tractor and trailer, should have given a train weight of about 38,200kg. The vehicle had been moving under the protection of the Special Types order because of its width.
He pointed out that it was almost impassible for drivers of such vehicles to check weigh because of the lack of publicly available facilities.