Vehicles swapped
22nd August 1991, Page 16
22nd August 1991
Page 16
Page 16, 22nd August 1991
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Law / Crime, Labor
• Sowerby Bridge-based Travelmove was given an absolute discharge for an overloading offence after Huddersfield magistrates were told that a hire firm had changed a vehicle without telling the firm.
Travelmove pleaded guilty to overloading the front axle of a 7.5 tonne vehicle, which was carrying pallets of frozen chips, by 550kg, some 18.96%.
Defending, Gary Hodgson said the company hired a 7.5 tonne refrigerated vehicle on a regular basis to carry the chips, and it always loaded the same number of pallets. On this occasion the hire company had sent a different 7.5 tonne vehicle. When the unladen weights were subsequently checked it was found to be 955kg heavier than the vehicle usually supplied.