Trailer Load Safety Guidance Confirmed By DVSA Conflict about load restraint on curtain-sided trailers and bodies appears to have been resolved by a change in policy at the DVSA. The agency has now accepted that loads carried inside curtainsiders built to the European Standard EN 12642-XL do not need internal load restraint because the body and curtains are strong enough to contain the load. Until…
Pallet Truck Prevent Goods In Transit Damage & Becomes Standard Fit Heygates Makes Pallet Truck Lock A Standard Fit To All New Trailers DVSA (VOSA) & the Health & Safety Executive are pressing hard to prevent trailer unsecured loads. Load security is one of the top issues when Paul Walker, VOSA’s Industry Liaison Manager, talks to Operators and Drivers across the country. “Unsafe loads are a…
VOSA & the Health & Safety Executive are pressing hard to prevent trailer unsecured loads. Although most operators think of the goods within the trailer, the Pallet Truck could be classed as an Unsecured Load. Here at aide automotive ltd we have a simple lock for the pallet truck that will stop goods and curtain damage from a runaway pallet truck! Also with VOSA &…