Do you take your motorhome out for a run?

[Tezza33]

For the first time in its 19yrs I have sorned mine, the MOT was due a few weeks ago and the tax runs out in a few days, I would not consider going out to give it a run as essential

 

[Boots]

Yes.

Every other week or so.

We use it to get the weeks shopping for us and my Mother, who, at 85yrs of age has been going nowhere.


Cheers.


Boots

 

[mark61]

Reading these posts I'd get your van out now while the roads are safe.

Roads are soon going to be full of dodgy MH's that haven't been driven in a year.

 

[mickymost]

I would say you have more chance of getting pulled in a motorhome for breaking the rules than a car. A bored Rozzer may well want to know what essential business you are out on in a motorhome. £200 fine or £400 if there are two of you. If they have all stood this long another month or two until you can legally take it out (hopefully) isnt going to make that much difference. Mines been nowhere since the end of August last year.

No, following the rules and have sorned mine.
i just move it around my drive every week so tyres are not standing on the same spot.
Thinking about it motorhomes stand in one spot when at dealers waiting to be be sold, doesn’t seem to do them any harm. I have yet to come across a motorhome with square / hexagon shaped tyres lol !

And ours has been nowhere since October 2019 so no need to worry.Mine is on a Private driveway and I do move it Like Obanboy666 to and fro on the drive now and again.Mine is insured But no Mot now or tax. That reminds me to get my finger out and sort an Mot lol.

 

[campervanannie]

Well mines going out for a trip on Tuesday for it’s MOT and a full service and I’ve asked for a extra bit of a health check as it’s been stood a while plus a new starter battery as that’s over 4 years old now then it will be parked up on the starting line ready for the off.all basic store cupboard stock and condiments have been refreshed I have a box of tinned goods ready to go in I’m getting so exited now.
though while waiting I have done a few trips to Waitrose in Otley but going the very very long way there and back with a coffee break on the moors once in the van and twice in the car but worth it for my sanity and the only people I mixed with was the mask wearing shoppers in Waitrose the same as I would at my local supermarket.

 

[mickymost]

Well mines going out for a trip on Tuesday for it’s MOT and a full service and I’ve asked for a extra bit of a health check as it’s been stood a while plus a new starter battery as that’s over 4 years old now then it will be parked up on the starting line ready for the off.all basic store cupboard stock and condiments have been refreshed I have a box of tinned goods ready to go in I’m getting so exited now.
though while waiting I have done a few trips to Waitrose in Otley but going the very very long way there and back with a coffee break on the moors once in the van and twice in the car but worth it for my sanity and the only people I mixed with was the mask wearing shoppers in Waitrose the same as I would at my local supermarket.

Annie good luck with the MOT and keep us posted. Good you were able to bend the rules and go to the moors in your Motorhome now and again.Some of us have not been as lucky.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

There was mention on here that if you had access to 2 vehicles the MH would be classed as secondary so its use would be non essencial.

There might have been mention "on here" somewhere, but there's no mention on any official government website or elsewhere, as far as I know.

If using your camper to pick up "essential supplies", or do anything else you are legally allowed to, that requires the use of some form of transport (exactly as you would in a 'normal' car or van), then I simply can't see how anyone, including the police, can class it as a secondary vehicle.

I think this argument cropped up months ago and went round in the same circles back then.
People commonly have access to multiple vehicles - the husband, the wife, the partner, the kids; loads of people have their own vehicle, or potential access to a second vehicle if ever needed. Cars, vans, bikes, campers. Who cares which one you use to make a "legal" trip somewhere?

 

[2cv]

Since most stick to the rules regarding non essential travel these rules have probably helped avoid some infections. Staying local too avoids mutations spreading across a larger area. It’s up to the individual to decide if they wish to contribute to the good of all by following the rules or if their personal convenience is more important to them. Fortunately the vast majority take the former option.
Hopefully these restrictions will soon be a thing of the past. Thank goodness for the vaccines.

 

[mickymost]

Since most stick to the rules regarding non essential travel these rules have probably helped avoid some infections. Staying local too avoids mutations spreading across a larger area. It’s up to the individual to decide if they wish to contribute to the good of all by following the rules or if their personal convenience is more important to them. Fortunately the vast majority take the former option.
Hopefully these restrictions will soon be a thing of the past. Thank goodness for the vaccines.

2cv you couldnt word that any better.Hopefully the Vaccines are our way out like it seems they promise us.We have no other choice apart from trying to go against the majority i/e like some vaccine deniers. I feel anyone who has really tried to work with what is put to them over this really long period can have in their conscience that they have done their best and couldnt have done any more. Its still a long and weary road ahead and some of us have changed how we will do things for the rest of our lives.Someone on here said yesterday that they will not be happy in future in crowded places,shops etc and will still give others a very wide berth.

 

[AdriaTwin]

I go to supermarket in ours every couple of weeks, the long way round. If in the slightest chance I was questioned about using it, the car would have a flat battery and essential supplies were needed.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

I go to supermarket in ours every couple of weeks, the long way round. If in the slightest chance I was questioned about using it, the car would have a flat battery and essential supplies were needed.

Exactly. No answers to questions required if not being used for leisure purposes

 

[edina]

I take mine to Morrisons every couple of weeks for shopping. Makes sense, it has a fridge, the car doesn't.

 

[campervanannie]

Annie good luck with the MOT and keep us posted. Good you were able to bend the rules and go to the moors in your Motorhome now and again.Some of us have not been as lucky.

I only went once in the motohome when the battery was flat and as I cannot go for long walk like other people so I have done the odd long drive to get some fresh air in my lungs.

 

[campervanannie]

Since most stick to the rules regarding non essential travel these rules have probably helped avoid some infections. Staying local too avoids mutations spreading across a larger area. It’s up to the individual to decide if they wish to contribute to the good of all by following the rules or if their personal convenience is more important to them. Fortunately the vast majority take the former option.
Hopefully these restrictions will soon be a thing of the past. Thank goodness for the vaccines.

Well that’s me told

 

[witzend]

Not in my case.

But it's a policeman who's been standing in the cold for hrs that you have to convince with any excuse

And there are also more full timers around than you think.

If its your only vehicle full timing you'll probably get away with using it for essential journeys But it's that same policeman who's been standing in the cold for hrs that you have to convince with any excuse

 

[mariesnowgoose]

But it's a policeman who's been standing in the cold for hrs that you have to convince with any excuse

If its your only vehicle full timing you'll probably get away with using it for essential journeys But it's that same policeman who's been standing in the cold for hrs that you have to convince with any excuse

I think you're misunderstanding me, witzend.
Perhaps you're not grasping what I try to do for a living, or why I would need to use a camper instead of another type of transport?

The bottom line is that I don't need to use any excuse to justify using my camper, because I am not doing anything in it that is remotely illegal in the first place.

Unless you consider that by using my camper instead of a car to go about a job of work I am breaking some sort of 'rule' about vehicle use?

If you do, can you point me to the specific legislation that states using my camper instead of a car is illegal?

I'm personally not 'getting away with anything' !

 

[witzend]

There might have been mention "on here" somewhere, but there's no mention on any official government website or elsewhere, as far as I know.

There was a link to a news report that referred to the people fined If I wanted to use the van I'd sorn the car

 

[mariesnowgoose]

There was a link to a news report that referred to the people fined If I wanted to use the van I'd sorn the car

Why would you want to do that?

Is there currently a legal requirement by the government to do this?
Or a legal requirement that currently bans the use of campers as a mode of transport?

 

[Nesting Zombie]

I think that it’s gone full circle to another recent thread along the same lines.
I think its simply up to the Driver of the vehicle to have a reasonable excuse if stopped by the powers that be, to actually be out & about in whatever the vehicle happens to be.
I’ve been driving my Motorhome, I will offer the reasons why if challenged & Defend them in law if I have too.
Hopefully I will be driving my Motorhome again tomorrow or Friday & I can definitely tell you that among other reasons Me requiring Donuts will be among them !.

 

[brian c]

Hi. If a family have two or more vehicles. Which one is the primary one for essential shopping. Or do you use any of them for essential shopping. We have car and 7.62 Moho. When I do essential shopping I always use Moho. I use our Moho as a car I would like any type of law enforcement person to tell me I am not allowed to drive my Moho That would be the same as saying you can only use your car not the wife’s or vicer versa. I think there is starting to be a lot of scaremongers on the forums COVID is taking its toll in more ways then one. Brian