Commercial Trailer Lighting Tester Approval

AJ Maintenance Purchase a Further TrailerCheck Trailer Light Tester

A J Trailer Maintenance Ltd based in Bury St Edmunds have been using the aide automotive TrailerCheck for many years.

Impressed with the portable power up tester, owner of A J Trailer Maintenance, Alan Jermyn added a new TrailerCheck to his service van fleet.

Alan promotes the product saying “TrailerCheck is a quality product, having purchased two testers about 5 years ago, i had no hesitation in contacting aide auto to add another one to the vans. TrailerCheck saves time and money for me, sending and engineer out to work on a trailer with a trailer tester means all work can be done without delay.”

TrailerCheck is built into a rugged carrying case, portable and powered by batteries that can be re charged by mains power or via a cigarette lighter within a service van.

If you require a Trailer Light Tester then contact aide automotive Ltd for options and prices, click on aide automotive ltd.

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

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

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.

aide automotive have introduced a new product within the commercial vehicle workshop product range called Heavy Duty Power & Jump Starter Or Battery Booster

HD PowerJump has been developed following the need for a reliable and safe power solution to the TrailerCheck 4 Vans trailer light & diagnostic tester. Now with the solution provided and tested the HD Power Jump can also been utilised within a fleet service van for effective safe power and a truck jump start breakdown service.

For a price specification contact aide automotive at the HD PowerJump Truck Battery Booster product page, call 0115 8456471 or email shoponline@aideautomotive.com

The HD PowerJump is a compact quality retro fit product for a commercial vehicle service van, connecting to two heavy duty 12 volt batteries, the HDJP provides automatic charge to the two batteries while on road to a service call. Once the ignition is switched off the HDJP will provide a stable 24 volts for servicing a truck or trailer. Switching the ignition on would automatically reset the HDJP to a 12 volt charge cycle. In addition there is a an override button if the van is required to be running while servicing.

HD PowerJump is a compact quality retro fit product for a commercial vehicle service van,

Earlier this year the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) published a revised version of its Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness.

In addition to BrakeCheck Standard we can also offer BrakeCheck Plus Or BrakeCheck For Trailers, both these testers have a 99 test memory.

Contact aide automotive @ shoponline@aideautomotive.com

Brake Tester Using Brake Efficiency to Report On Truck Brakes

Poor Truck Maintenance A False Economy

Figures released by VOSA may show a rise in HGV annual test pass rates, but far too many of the lorries and commercial vans in operation in Britain today are below the general roadworthiness expected by VOSA.

That’s the view of Paul Hassall, operations director of Stoke-on-Trent-based commercial vehicle contract hire and fleet management specialist, Prohire Plc.

Hassall comments: “According to VOSA’s latest figures 77.6 per cent of HGVs pass their annual test. The figure is up on previous years, which is encouraging, but it highlights that a sizable minority of vehicles still fail.

He says: “Not undertaking regular vehicle maintenance is a false economy. Quite simply, lorries and vans that are not properly looked-after will break down and fail their MOT. And the cost of repairing a fault is invariably more than that of carrying out an ongoing maintenance regime.

“VOSA is also putting more weight behind its ‘O’ license compliance schemes and any vehicle fleet operators whose vehicles routinely fail their MoT are likely to find their business under close scrutiny.”

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

Brake Tester Using Brake Efficiency to Report On Truck Brakes

The Old Mechanical Brake Tester Tapley Now Retired As DVSA Say A Print Out Required

For almost 100 years Tapley brake testers have been the market leading portable brake testing equipment.

Results of Tapley Brake meter tests have been accepted as evidence of braking efficiency in Courts of Law throughout the world.

But now it seems the Tapley Brake Tester may well be retired in the UK, recent guidance from the DVSA now says a brake test must be printed for inspection records.

Decelerometers have moved on significantly from the old mechanical brake testers such as Tapley Decelerometer. Being electronic BrakeCheck has a much higher accuracy and additional information such as average deceleration, a left/right pull measurement, speed at braking and stopping distance. All tests are time and date stamped.

Contact aide automotive to discuss the recent DVSA brake testing guidance and BrakeCheck. – Call 0115 8456471

MOT Tapley Brake Meter

DVSA Recommend 4 Brake Tests Per Year!!

Document :Guide to maintaining road worthiness
Commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles (Revised 2014)

Section 5: Safety inspection and repair facilities

Extract –
“Therefore it is normally expected that the vehicle or trailer should complete at least three successful brake efficiency tests spread throughout year in addition to the annual MOT test.”

BrakeCheck is a portable brake tester that works from the principle of measuring deceleration or Brake Efficiency, BrakeCheck has been proved to be a good indication of brake performance and cost effective for any workshop. Over 15,000 BrakeCheck’s have been purchased since it’s introduction in January 2003, and is now a standard tool for any vehicle workshop.

In addition to BrakeCheck Standard which is marketed towards Car, Van Truck and Bus / Coaches, BrakeCheck For Truck &Trailers is ideal for trailer operating companies.

aide automotive also recommend the use of an Infra Red Thermometer to check individual wheels via temperature. This in conjunction with a decelerometer print out would be the perfect 3 times a year brake test for any commercial vehicle.

To discuss how BrakeCheck or the Brake Testing Equipment works or to review pricing please call us on 0115 8456471.

Brake Tester Using Brake Efficiency to Report On Truck Brakes

Bulk Freight Purchase Trailer Diagnostics.

Since it’s formation in 1987, Bulkfreight (Midlands) Ltd has maintained it’s ethos of putting the customers requirements first.

Operating a fleet of over 100 articulated vehicles, which are changed every three years. This ensures we operate a “Green Fleet” that meets the current exhaust emission regulations. Our trailer fleet comprises of, Walking Floors, Ejectors & Bulk Tippers.

To meet the maintenance required for the fleet, workshop manager invested in the TrailerCheck 4 Vans, trailer light, Air Brake and ISO tester.

Designed as a mounted trailer tester in a Van or workshop the TrailerCheck 4 Vans is a One Man Trailer Service tool with the option of ECU Trailer 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.

A single trailer service engineer can be under a trailer activating brakes and reading pressures.

Switching brakes on and off allows the user to look for wear in s cams and faulty slack adjusters. The digital pressure gauge measures pressure at the brake chamber, ideal for setting load sensing valves.

EBS Trailers can be tested for CAN line integrity, a quick and simple test to confirm the CAN lines.

Neil Mitchell said “Modern times require a modern approach, the quick and correct maintenance of trailers is as critical as trucks, having the latest up to date test tools is what I believe will make our maintenance routines efficient and to a high standard. Looking at the old Scrutineer and the TrailerCheck 4 Vans, I chose the later due to its modern design and latest electronics. Furthermore I have the option to add full trailer code diagnostics when I see fit.”

 

Contact aide automotive on 0115 8456471 to talk about Diagnostics.

Trailer Diagnostics for East Midlands Bulk Freight Company