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Firm Fastracs into an inquiry
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3 . A North Yorkshire firm using a Fastrac trac
tor and trailer on licensed haulage work has run into trouble with the authorities after only 12 months of operation. Whitby-based Eskdaie Stone appeared before the North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Torn Macartney at a Leeds disciplinary inquiry, following maintenance problems. The company holds a licence for one vehicle and one trailer.
Vehicle examiner George Crampton said that he had carried out a maintenance investigation in November following the issue of immediate prohibitions to an agricultural tractor and trailer, one of which was S-marked.
The company operated non-testable agricultural vehicles to haul stone from a quarry to the operating centre. It had operated without an Operator's Licence for a period before being prosecuted for unauthorised use. One vehicle had been Impounded by Customs & Excise because of the use of agricultural fuel.
Only three inspection records were available and they were unsigned and undated, said Crampton.
At the time of his visit the open yard was deep with mud and unusable. Maintenance was being carried out by a tractor driver who was unskilled, but it had now been contracted out.
Director Paul Craven said that because they were working in a National Park Its rules meant they could not take a truck into the quarry. He warned that If they were unable to use the tractor and trailer, the business would have to close.
After the IC had sald that he felt the company needed some professional assistance, Craven said that he was prepared to pay someone to come in and do a systems audit before the end of August.
For the company it was said that Craven had tried to put the maintenance problems right. The conviction had arisen out of the anomaly that existed in the National Parks system.
Taking no action other than to warn the company, the IC said the tractor and trailer had not been kept fit and serviceable and that had to be remedied.