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Daily checks are crucial
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Whether you are in charge of a fleet of overnight trunkers rolling steadily along motorways or a fleet of tippers which spend their days on landfill sites and quarries, the obligation to keep your vehicles fit and serviceable is exactly the same. And when it comes to road safety the Vehicle Examiners and Traffic Commissioners make no concessions to tippers' arduous environment. In fact tippers are a popular target at roadside checks because many of them do have defects.
So if your vehicle is stopped at the roadside with a cut tyre it is no excuse to say that it has been working on site and the damage must have been caused during that day's work. If the defect is spotted you can expect a prohibition.
This means that an effectively managed and supervised maintenance system is vital. You must plan the frequency of your safety inspections to reflect the age of your vehicles and the type of work they do. Tippers often work over relatively short distances but often on rough going which means they need more regular inspections than might normally be necessary.
Wise operators will constantly monitor how often their vehicles are being inspected. If the fitter or maintenance contractor is finding a long list of defects at every inspection then clearly the inspection period needs to be reduced.