Farmhouse insurance
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If your farm is your livelihood, your tractor and agricultural vehicles are vital to your business. Find out more about the different insurance options available to you.
Tractor insurance covers your tractor from incidents like theft and fire damage as well as insuring you for accidents.
You might be able to cover some vehicles used on your farm, like vans, 4x4s, pick-ups and other commercial vehicles under a van insurance policy instead, particularly if you use them primarily on the road.
Whether you’ve got a JCB or a John Deere, tractor or agricultural vehicle insurance can cover your largest piece of farming equipment for incidents on the road and on your own private land.
Agricultural vehicle insurance, gives wider cover - it insures all of your farm vehicles under one policy.
The level of tractor insurance you need depends on what you want to be covered for. There are three main levels of tractor insurance:
Read the policy documents carefully to see exactly what you're covered for.
Whereas tractor insurance will only cover one specific vehicle, agricultural vehicle insurance can protect a range of farm vehicles including:
It might also extend to private vehicles like quad bikes.
Some insurers will offer you cover for additional drivers, so if you've got a brand-new combine harvester, don't just give someone the key - make sure they're covered to drive it first.
To cover your farm’s home, outbuildings, contents, livestock and horses, you’d need a farm insurance policy, which isn’t limited to just vehicles.
If you need even more cover than that, business cover should give you more options if, for example, your farm hosts a B&B.
You don’t need a special licence to drive a tractor.
If you’ve got a full UK driving licence you can get behind the wheel, and you won’t need a licence at all to operate a tractor off public roads, on private land.
However, if you’re 16 then certain rules will apply. For example, you can only drive tractors that are less than 2.45 metres wide and tow trailers less than 2.45 metres wide, with two wheels or four wheels close-coupled.
For other agricultural vehicles, you need to be at least 18 years old to drive a vehicle weighing between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes. You must be 21 or older to drive a vehicle of over 7.5 tonnes.
Agricultural vehicle theft is a big problem, as tractors are relatively easy to sell on. They sell for a lot of money and are difficult to trace once broken down for parts.
Here are a few things you can do to improve your tractor security:
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