Haulier's licence is cut in hall
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• Maintenance problems have meant that the licence held by Lincolnshire hauliers D F Towers & Son has been more than halved from 14 vehicles and 14 trailers, to five vehicles and seven trailers.
The Bourne-based company had been called to disciplinary proceedings before Eastern Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Compton Boyd, following the imposition of 15 prohibition notices (including seven of immediate effect) on its vehicles since February 1984.
Brigadier Boyd said the company had had a warning letter in 1985 and it now had to convince him that there had been radical changes.
Vehicle examiner Geoffrey Midup said he had checked two vehicles and two trailers during a visit at the end of March, finding them to be in a satisfactory condition. New workshop facilities were nearly finished and it appeared that a big effort had been made to bring the fleet up to standard.
Director and transport manager Donald Towers said that in 1984/1985 the company had operated as many as 11 vehicles and trailers, employing three fitters and a transport manager. The fleet had been reduced to four vehicles and six trailers; Towers acted as transport manager and there was just the one skilled fitter.
Another semi-skilled fitter had been employed and the systems and paperwork changed. He insisted that vehicles were now inspected monthly. They had also reduced the amount of outside maintenance work, though it was a valuable part of the company's business.