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Anti Truck Fuel Theft Alarm Installed At TCC

TankGuard is the latest product to protect truck diesel from theft.

TankGuard the Anti Fuel Theft Alarm will activate once the fuel cap is removed or a potential thief tampers with a Truck Fuel Tank.

Three Counties Contracts Ltd, based in Bedfordshire, are one of the UK’s most competitive general haulage companies due to our large nationwide customer base and our vast network of contacts.

TCC are always looking to improve the business efficiency and productivity, installing incident cameras and anti fuel theft measures improves the truck efficiency and keeps the fleet moving.

Tank Guard automatically arms after the ignition has been switched off for sixty seconds.

The TankGuard Fuel Theft Alarm is a relatively easy aftermarket installation with the option of adding a second sensor for dual fuel tanks.

aide automotive can be contacted via email info@aideautomotive.com or by phone – 0115 8456471

TankGuard The Ultimate Anti Fuel Theft Alarm for Commercial Vehicle Fuel Tanks.

aide Promote Brake & Diagnostics Through The Truck & Bus Email Focus.

The Truck & Bus Email Focus edition for Brake Servicing & Diagnostics featured aide automotive in March. With an email circulation of over 12,000, The Focus is an ideal product promotion vehicle to the commercial vehicle sector.

DVSA accept the use of an approved and calibrated decelerometer for truck brake testing, with the BrakeCheck Portable Decelerometer Printer kit, a workshop can meet the 3 additional required brake tests with minimum fuss. Click on BrakeCheck Deceleromter for further information.

Deceleometer
For Trailer Servicing & Diagnostics, aide offer a complete trailer Electrical (ABS Light & EBS CAN Line Test), Light and Air Brake Tester with Diagnostics interface for Trailer ECU Code Reading / Clearing and management data viewing. Click on Trailer Diagnostics or Trailer Light & Air Tester for further information.

DiagnosticsTrailer Servicing

EBS/ABS Sensor testing can be conducted with the Sensor Master, while Battery Diagnostics Tests with a Midtronics MDX Battery Tester. Click on EBS Sensor Master or Midtronics MDX for further information.

EBS ABS Sensor TesterBattery Diagnostics Tester

aide automotive offer a range on commercial vehicle workshop products, call 0115 8456471 to enquire.

Sensor Tester for ABS or EBS

Truck Diesel Fuel Spills Reaches 500 Prohibitions

More than 500 immediate prohibitions have been issued to commercial vehicles for Spilling Diesel Fuel on the roads since the DVSA began to crack down on the problem last year.

Since September the DVSA has been issuing only immediate prohibitions for fuel system defects or diesel spillages. Offences likely to warrant an immediate prohibition include a missing or ineffective fuel cap or seal, a fuel leak caused by a defect or an insecure fuel tank.

A pilot scheme giving Highways Agency officers the power to stop vehicles and direct them to a DVSA site for inspection was a success,

A DVSA spokesman said. “The agency is currently looking for ways in which it could be rolled-out further.”

aide automotive have been marketing a Retro Fit Spill Valve for the TP Anti Siphon for the past 4 years.

Contact aide automotive on 0115 8456471 to review your fleet with the Anti Siphon and Diesel Spill Valve.

Fuel theft device that also prevents diesel spillage

Commercial Truck Repairs By WLS.

Wls Fleet Support provides mobile service and repair to the transport industry. With over 20 years experience and a IRTEC licence holder IR0709122003.

Wls Fleet Support carry out high quality curtain and tarpaulin repairs using panama 900gsm material. Also Wls Fleet Support can measure and arrange the supply of new curtains and installation. They also can install new curtain rollers, curtain poles and curtain straps.

Further services include, repair of fibre glass and aluminium roofs, repairs to floors and body work, repair and adjust Henderson and whiting shutter doors.

Wls Fleet Support also invested in the aide automotive trailer electrical tester TrailerCheck & diagnostics ECU reader, “Code Talk”.

Equipment for trailer servicing and diagnostics.

The Trailer Air Brake And Light Tester is an intelligent unit and has the capability to power multiple trailers without the inconvenience of continually recharging external batteries.In trailer light diagnostic mode a single circuit can be powered for fault finding.

Contact Wls Fleet Support @ 07710 455627

aide automotive’s products can be reviewed @ www.aideautomotive.com

TrailerCheck 4 Vans is a One Man Trailer Service tool with the option of ECU Trailer Diagnostics.

CV-PC On Forklifts Trucks

In Vehicle PC’s Used By Allied Glass

Allied Glass is a supplier of luxury glass packaging, creating beautiful and ground-breaking containers for a raft of international brands. Storing most of its stock in a Leeds warehouse, the products are moved by forklift truck.
The loading of each product onto a forklift truck is recorded by the driver scanning the product’s barcode using a wireless barcode scanner. This device transmits the barcode information to a PC on-board the forklift truck, which runs a bespoke internally developed programme that, processes the data and transmits it to the company’s back-office servers, in real time, over Wi-Fi.

Allied reviewed the Commercial Vehicle -Computer because they were unhappy with the existing on-board computers, which were tablet based. The main issue was that the tablets had very poor Wi-Fi performance, resulting in frequent network dropouts as the forklifts moved around the warehouse. Thus causing delays in goods reaching their intended destination, which in-turn was having a negative effect on the site’s productivity.

The solution was a Commercial Vehicle PC combined with dual high-gain Wi-Fi antennas mounted on the forklift’s roof, a 10.4” touch sensitive screen was mounted in the forklifts cab.

Russell Bavester, IT at Allied said “We are very pleased with this solution, CV-PC has significantly improved our Wi-Fi connectivity. These vehicle computers easily outperforms our existing solution even when the same antennas are used, and our existing barcode scanners work seamlessly. We have also been able to free up a bit of room in the cab, as the previous tablet was very bulky.”

Interested in Commercial Vehicle Computers, do not hesitate to contact aide automotive to discuss how our CV-PC’s could improve your business.

Motorists are wasting millions of pounds due to mis fuelling, costing millions per year mis fuelling due to wrong fuel being flushed out, recovery, any work that has to be performed to correct damage to the vehicle, the cost of components and finally, re-fuelling the vehicle.

aide automotive ltd are now marketing the idea wrong fuel prevention product Diesel Head.

Diesel Head is easily and securely fitted to your fuel tank inlet, you will never accidentally wrong fuel and pump petrol into your diesel tank.

The strength of the Diesel Head anti-mis fuel device is its simplicity and one size fits almost all!

Diesel Head will fit a high percentage of vans and cars on UK roads, cost effective and easy to fit, take the worry out of wrong fuelling a diesel vehicle.

With a full fuel tank costing over £50 on most cars & vans, fuel theft is something that vehicle owners should review to safeguard. Should your vehicle not have a secure flap that can only be opened from inside the vehicle cabin or via your fob, you should consider the lockable Diesel Head.

To enquire further or to receive a fleet quote click on Wrong Fuel or to go to the dedicated Diesel Head Website click on www.mis-fuelling.co.uk

Diesel Head can be purchased as a NON LOCKING cap or a Keyed Locking cap.

TankGuard The Ultimate Anti Fuel Theft Alarm for Commercial Vehicle Fuel Tanks.

TankGuard is the latest product to protect truck diesel from aide automotive, this new fuel theft alarm will alarm once the fuel cap is removed or a potential thief tampers with the tank.

Prices

TankGuard Fuel Tank Alarm – £159.50 each

TankGuard With GSM Text Alert – £379.00 each (SIM card pay as u go, supplied by user)

For duel tank units you would require a second sensor, the price of a 2nd sensor is £75.00.

Read More at – Truck Fuel Tank Alarm

All prices are stated as UK sterling and exclude carriage & VAT.

Please do not hesitate to call or email if you wish to purchase any of our products.

Prices correct as of February 2015

Contact aide automotive for a fleet quote or if you have questions about Fuel Theft.

Call 0115 8456471

Stop Fuel Theft With A Anti Siphon

Anti Freeze Truck Windscreen System

aide automotive Can Now Supply & Install A Heated Wind Screen System For Winter

aide automotive are pleased to release the Heat Shot Anti Freeze Windscreen system to our product range.

Heat Shot is a proven performer in some of the world’s most extreme conditions.

Windscreen Truck Anti Ice System, Heat Shot, clears windscreens so quickly you can expect almost zero idling time wasting precious fuel. So expect lower emissions and impressive fuel savings. Less idling means reduced engine wear and lower repair costs.

Heat Shot isn’t simply about saving time. It’s about saving lives and fuel. Faster, clearer vision for all domestic and commercial drivers improves motoring safety. Dramatically reduced idling time for screen clearing also delivers greater operating efficiency and fuel savings.

At -18°C, Heat Shot can clear a windscreen in minutes and during summer months can clear bugs, grime and debris in seconds. The reduction in glare means drivers can drive with maximum windscreen visibility in all conditions when they need it most. It means greater operational efficiency for businesses. It saves money and potentially saves lives.

aide automotive offer an on site installation service, installing at your convenience to avoid down time, Heat Shot the Heated Wind Screen System For Winter can be installed and ready to go for the winter.

To learn further about a Antifreeze Windscreen System for your Truck, Bus/Coach, Van Or Car contact aide automotive ltd on 0115 8456471

Heat Shot a windscreen can be clear in a very short period of time before setting off.

aide automotive offer In Vehicle PC’s To The Commercial Vehicle Operator

aide automotive have introduced a new product within the commercial vehicle sector, PC’s are an every day essential business tool and now any vehicle can be tooled up with a reliable, high performance PC.

With a PC having endless uses, PC’s can improve vehicle or business efficiency almost immediately. One option could be vehicle management, engine diagnostics can be taken via the vehicle CAN-BUS, with engine warning lights being reported back to HQ within seconds of activation.

Driver performance is another, harsh braking, accelerating, idling and over speeding can all be logged by a PC. With Crash For Cash and road traffic accidents a major heath & safety concern, a PC can record via a number of cameras around the vehicle for days, weeks or months. Data can be replayed instantly on the PC or transferred back to HQ.

aide auto director Matt Burke said “Having a PC in a vehicle could have endless uses. We can offer a product portfolio for a CV PC, for example a Fuel Tank Anti Theft Alarm, a Catalytic Alarm, tracking, SatNav, Incident Cameras & many more. Customers can also add their own bespoke software, we can work with IT depts and offer on site installation!”

E-mark approved our product range have been extensively heat tested and a robustness vibration check.

Please review our product page by clicking on Commercial Vehicle PC  and do not hesitate to contact aide automotive to discuss how our PC’s could improve your business.

Commercial Vehicle On Board PC – The Future!
aide automotive offer In Vehicle PC’s To The Commercial Vehicle Operator

Crash for Cash Incidents Increasing By 50% Over The Past Year

With reports of crash for cash incidents increasing by 50% over the past year, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is warning at-work drivers to watch out for crash for cash scammers.

Don Armour, FTA manager of fleet information, said: “Regretfully it is becoming more essential for freight operators to rely on security equipment and devices to defend their position in court, and ensure security of their drivers.

“These ‘crash for cash’ incidents are yet another obstacle for professional drivers to contend with in their day to day work, but security equipment is another tool in their armoury to combat this sort of criminality.”

The Freight Transport Association has warned professional drivers to be on the lookout for ‘crash for cash’ fraud – in which accidents are deliberately caused in order to file compensation for whiplash – following recent press reports that incidents have increased by almost half over the past year.

FTA highlights motor insurer reports which suggested that 865 dishonest claims are being made every week, worth £10.4 million – but says the impact of ‘crash for cash’ is likely to be lessened by the proliferation of in-vehicle cameras.

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