/ am about to set up a preventive
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maintenance scheme including an adequate recording system. Could you advise me where I could obtain the necessary forms and give me any relative information as to any legal aspects?
A Although there are a number of so' called maintenance systems used in connection with commercial vehicle fleets, they are basically an extension of information given in manufacturers' handbooks adjusted both in the light of an operator's own experience and for convenience to the individual user's particular needs. These arise from a varied range of makes and types of vehicles, annual mileages and operational conditions.
Regarding the necessary forms, a firm specializing in transport records, including maintenshce is -theChien-wood Publishing Co., Coalville. Leicestershire.
Some of the legal aspects concerning maintenance are set out in the current edition of Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 No. 1288 and also in schedule 5 of 'these regulations. Copies are available from HM Stationery Office, price 6s. 6d.