Vehicle Computer On Forklifts Trucks In Vehicle Computer Used By Allied Glass Allied Glass is a supplier of luxury glass packaging, creating beautiful and ground-breaking containers for a raft of international brands. Storing most of its stock in a Leeds warehouse, the products are moved by forklift truck. The loading of each product onto a forklift truck is recorded by the driver scanning the product’s barcode using…
Petrol In Diesel Engine Prevention Product For Cars & Vans Now Marketed At aide automotive ltd It's estimated that at least 150,000 drivers put the wrong fuel in their car each year, one every three and a half minutes! Diesel Head is easily and securely fitted to your fuel tank inlet, you will never accidentally mis fuel and pump petrol into your diesel tank. Fit a…
Decelerometer Praise By Irish Bus Company Decelerometer 's have moved on significantly from the old mechanical brake testers such as Tapley Brake Meters. Being electronic there is a much higher accuracy and additional information such as average deceleration, a left/right pull measurement, speed at braking and stopping distance. All tests are time and date stamped. Brian Barr said "I truly believe the BrakeCheck brake tester…
Decelerometer Commercial Vehicle Brake Testing The following criteria are required for all HGV brake testing. All brake testing should be carried out away from the sites working area; this should be done in an area that has roughly level ground. The MOT performance figures are for the Peak Reading: Service Brake Bare Minimum 50 % Secondary Brake Bare Minimum 25 % Parking Brake Bare Minimum…
Following the purchase of a TrailerCheck Trailer Tester By Wycombe based trailer inspection and repair company Whiteline Services, Owner Daniel Bryant has filmed the 24 volt trailer light tester in operation. Daniel says "Working within a truck dealership for many years, i saw the need to to offer an on site inspection and trailer repair service. With this i had no hesitation in investing in the…
Truck Brake Test Earlier this year the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) published a revised version of its Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness. Although the guidance advises that a ‘calibrated roller truck brake tester‘ (RBT) is used on each safety inspection, the DVSA also accept the use of an approved and calibrated decelerometer like the aide automotive BrakeCheck to carry out the three additional tests…
Tipper Truck Firm Fined £10,000 Over Tipper Truck Injury Swindon Civil engineering company John O’Flynn Developments has been fined £10,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured by a reversing tipper truck at a building site. Reversing is often the cause of vehicle damage or human injury. Fines have been issued to transport operators for employee injury and high costs in repairs for simple…
Keep Commercial Vehicles Roadworthy - Truck Brake Test Poor Truck Maintenance A False Economy Figures released by VOSA may show a rise in HGV annual test pass rates, but far too many of the lorries and commercial vans in operation in Britain today are below the general roadworthiness expected by VOSA. That’s the view of Paul Hassall, operations director of Stoke-on-Trent-based commercial vehicle contract hire…
12 Volt Trailer Light Testers For Ifor Ifor Williams Trailers Ltd, the leading trailer manufacturer in the UK has recently purchased another two Trailer Electrical Testers from aide automotive ltd. For half a century, customers have been turning to Ifor Williams Trailers to make their working lives easier and their leisure time better! Whether you are looking for a trailer for commercial or domestic use,…
The Old Mechanical Brake Tester, Tapley brake meter Now Retired As DVSA Say A Print Out Required For almost 100 years Tapley brake meters have been the market leading portable brake testing equipment. During this time the Tapley meter has been the most recognised international standard decelerometer, and trusted by many leading government authorities around the world to set local brake testing standards. Results of Tapley Brake…