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  andy @Doughty Garden Maintenance February 5, 2013 at 9:38pm

  Hello Gary, interesting question,

  found this on arbtalk, it would appear most of the chaps on there run their chippers on red :-)

  http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/22104-does-anyone-run-their...
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk February 5, 2013 at 10:01pm

  its an 'agricultural' machine. if it runs on red-diesel surely upon sale : 'it' or the dealers would state ' do not use red - diesel'.

  can u track a mini-digger or dumper up a road, a tractor.

  if something is being 'towed' , it is not being propelled under its own power.

  All farm machinery / on or off-road run on red diesel.

  red -diesel or 'pink , 'cherry' is not advised on more advanced / modern vehicle engines as its not as refined. i hope this helps.
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  Brendan McHale February 5, 2013 at 10:50pm

  all machinery can run on red unless its a jcb thats driven between jobs then it needs to be white diesel.
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  David Benson February 5, 2013 at 10:57pm

  no problem on towed plant, there might be a problem if its a self propelled chipper running on the public highway, i know the tractor hedge cutting contractors have to use white if on the highway but can use red if its there own hedge. grass cutting contractors are supposed to use white if they run on the highway
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  Gary RK February 5, 2013 at 11:05pm

  Many thanks for the responses clarifying situation & Interesting reading on arbtalk.
  
  What a minefield of allowances and exemptions....
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  Brendan McHale February 5, 2013 at 11:07pm

  there is a daily limit of about 3-4 miles before you have to use white diesel with any vehicle used on the road exceptions are road construction equipment so dumpers, rollers and excavators
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  Richard Thornton February 6, 2013 at 9:04am

  YES! It's only Diesel Engined Road Vehicles that need to run on DERV (hence the acronym!) every other diesel engine can run on rebated (red) diesel. Exceptions for construction and agricultural vehicles within work sites.
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  Gary RK February 6, 2013 at 9:20am

  I found this really useful document this morning setting out all the agri/horti exceptions and was aimed at Council's Amenity Services. Quite interesting...