Lee Lock Secures Pallet Trucks While In Transit

The importance of engaging and educating drivers and workshop staff to avoid incidents on the highway was the subject of an informative presentation made to the Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager conference in Chepstow by Andy Mair, the organisation’s head of engineering. He explained that such incidents were on the rise. “Highways England recorded 75,000 such incidents involving vehicles of over 3.5 tonnes last year, which is an increase of 11 per cent in two years.” Patterns were changing. DVSA enforcing load security at the roadside appeared to be bearing fruit: the number of shed loads had fallen 35 per cent to 181 since 2013. “Having a secure load is a basic legal requirement: not ‘best practice’,” Mair reminded delegates. “There’s no new legislation on this. Legislation on load security has not changed since 1986, but enforcement is now more rigorous.” Mair highlighted curtainsided bodies as still causing issues. “Some operators are still not securing loads within curtainsiders. There are two justifications that I hear for this. One is that ‘our loads don’t move’ and the other is that the bodies in question are certified of EN12642XL and will contain the load if it moves. Mair also cautioned that the standard applied to complete bodies, and not the curtains alone. He said that there were instances of curtains bearing the appropriate logos being used on non-approved bodies, that DVSA was aware of this and that it was being looked for in roadside checks. aide automotive have seen more an more companies review the Pallet Truck RestrainerLee Lock in the last few months. The ideal time to fit the lock would be at the trailers assembly, many companies use a body builder to add the Pallet Truck Lock to a trailer or rigid truck. Companies like TWR Body Builders, Wessex Body Builders, S Cartwright & PPS Commercials have purchased and installed the Pallet Truck Secure Lock for customers.