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The short answer depends on three things: whether you own your premises, how much laden brake performance data your fleet needs to produce at every safety inspection, and whether your daily test volume justifies a permanent installation. If all three point toward a...
Most of the problems operators describe with older concrete pits share a root cause. Concrete ages in ways that create structural, safety and compliance issues, and many pits were installed for vehicles and regulatory standards that have since moved on. The result is...
Across UK commercial vehicle workshops, the way lifting is approached is changing. For decades, workshops were built around fixed infrastructure: a pit here, a four-post lift there, with a layout that rarely changed. Increasingly, operators are putting flexibility...
Most transport operators would never knowingly send a vehicle onto the road with questionable brakes. Yet across the UK, many workshops are still relying on brake testing infrastructure that has gone months, or in some cases years, without proper calibration. Often...
After three days, two stands (5D95 and 4E90), and hundreds of conversations at the NEC, one thing stood out immediately: The industry isn’t asking the same questions it was even two years ago. Back then, most conversations started with: “How much does it cost?” This...
Everquip Garage Equipment Limited, the UK’s foremost prefabricated inspection pit manufacturer, in partnership with Vamag S.R.L are pleased to announce they have received DVSA approval for the new DVSA software for ATF & PSV brake testers. Stuart Everard, Managing...
In recent years, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has become aware of a disturbing trend in the vehicle repair industry when working with garage equipment. In the 5 years to March 2022, 21 workers were killed while working on vehicles. More than half of these...
Back in 2018, DVSA put a hold on opening new Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs) and ADR bays, preventing anyone from setting up new testing bays for dangerous goods vehicles. The reason for this hold was to focus their efforts on supporting the existing facilities...
For a commercial garage, the choice between whether to use mobile column lifts or an inspection pit has often posed challenges to the business owner. With advantages to both choices often debated, this tends to leave many commercial garages not future proofing their...
Everquip garage equipment, have been manufacturing vehicle inspection pits since 1999 (original pits are still in use today) and have over 3750 pits installed in over 14 different countries. So, when HSE in the UK came looking to improve health and safety inside...
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