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Trailer Red Line Lock To Secure A Trailer While Parked Or Yard Stored

Trailer Susie Lock is an excellent tool to manage a trailer fleet within a depot or off site.

If you need to manage secure trailers then a Trailer Red Line Lock is an ideal cost effective tool, when is a trailer is off the road, using a number plate style VOR sign is less than ideal, this has no protection of the sign being thrown away and the trailer used.

A recent theft of a trailer in Scotland with £300,000 of wine might have been prevented with a simple low cost Susie Lock.

Thieves have made off after stealing a trailer from a haulage yard.

The vehicle was parked in the R T Keedwell Haulage Yard on Uddingston’s Bellshill Road when the theft took place.

Between midday on Saturday 17.08.13 and 8.20am on Sunday, the suspects entered the yard and hooked their own cab to a trailer containing pallets of wine. They subsequently drove the trailer out of the yard.

Police Scotland said the retail value of the alcohol was approximately £300,000.

Detective Sergeant John Cameron of Hamilton police office appealed for witnesses to come forward.

He said: “I would urge anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious on Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning either at or near the haulage yard to come forward as they may have information that is vital to this enquiry.”

Commenting Matt Burke said “The Trailer Lock will stop easy movement of a trailer parked on or off site, locking the red line means a trailer brake system can not be activated and the trailer will move with the brake on. An excellent low cost product could save trailer theft for any transport or haulage company.”

 

Contact aide automotive ltd for prices on a Trailer Susie Lock.

VOR Trailer Lock - Susie Lock

RH Logistics in Northamptonshire recently installed the MI Witness Incident Camera.

RH Logistics looked at 6 cameras on the market ranging from DVR systems to standalone systems, MI Witness Incident Camera was chosen due to picture quality, ease of removal from vehicle and the software package that it runs on.

Richard Hindle owner said “ We wanted to improve our driver behavior and our analytics report across the whole fleet has lowered from a 350 score to a 230 score since using the MI Witness Incident Camera, which is just brilliant ”

To read more about Incident Camera’s or Forward facing Camera click on aide automotive Incident Driver Camera.

Mi Witness Truck Incident Camera

Fifth Wheel Auto Lube Liner has recently added to our product range.

This product has been designed to achieve a perfectly lubricated anchorage for a truck’s Fifth Wheel.

A Fifth Wheel Auto Lube Liner is most logical, commercial and environmentally friendly option on the market for all haulage and logistic businesses reducing costs, risks and the impact on the environment.

With transport companies looking to reduce cost and increase productivity and also striving to become more efficient and effective, a Fifth Wheel Liner could be the answer.

In addition modern times are calling on us all to play a part in protecting our environment and to become more of the impact of our actions on our surroundings.

A Fifth Wheel Liner also has Heath & Safety benefits, with less oil and grease on the fifth wheel the likelihood of oil dripping onto a hot exhaust is virtually impossible, hence protecting against truck fire.

It is made of a high-density plastic material, this provides significant levels of resistance and durability.

For further enquiries please call aide automotive on 01158456471 or email info@aideautomotive.com

Truck Fifth Wheel Cover For Coupling Ease

aide automotive are pleased to release a new Fuel Prevention Product For the Commercial Vehicle market, Fuel Theft Prevention Camera

Companies who have fitted or made an enquiry about our range of anti siphon devices have show concern of tank attacks, although our research has no evidence of tank attacks once the diesel thief is confronted with an anti siphon, a Fuel Theft Camera could well be the option to rest concerns.

A waterproof camera designed for the view of the Truck Diesel Fuel Tank, a motion sensor will activate the camera when someone is moving around the tank.

With GPS and real time recording, a detailed report of attempted or actual fuel theft will be video recorded for evidence.

Sale Director Matt Burke Said “We know that fuel theft is ongoing, adding a camera to our product range now covers many areas of prevention of commercial vehicle fuel theft. We say Stop Fuel Theft Now.”

Click read more about Fuel Theft Prevention Camera

Anti Fuel Theft Camera for Truck Diesel Tanks

Mis fuelling a trucks AdBlue Tank with diesel could have catastrophic effects, it only takes 5ml of Diesel to 20 litres of AdBlue in the AdBlue tank to turn it into a harmful paste.

It only takes a small amount of contamination which can put a truck in limp mode requiring a full reset. AdBlue Contamination leads to vehicle repairs, vehicle recovery, driver downtime and damage to a company’s image from dissatisfied customers.

Bedford Fire Service had a AdBlue contamination issue which resulted in a £8000 repair bill, following this incident of contamination Bedford Fire decided to reduce the risk of further issues and fitted the AdBlue Cap to Volvo Fire Truck Appliances.

AdBlue Cap is an Anti Contamination Cap of diesel for a Truck or Agricultural tractors AdBlue Tank.

The AdBlue Cap is supplied in two sizes, 58 (Mercedes, DAF, MAN) and 77mm (Volvo, Scania (requires an adaptor), Renault, Iveco).

Contact aide automotive on 0115 845 6471 or email: info@aideautomotive.com for further details

aide automotive have recently supplied Cartwright Bros a UK leading commercial trailer supplier with four Pallet Truck Locks.

The Pallet Truck Locks are specified in all new trailers build by a prominent leading European transport company.

Pallet Truck Lock  – Lee Lock addresses a fairly widespread health and safety problem in a simple but ingenious way. As fleet managers are becoming increasingly concerned with the potential long-term costs of health and safety risks, the modest one-off price for the Lee Lock is an attractive solution.

Lee Lock is designed to lock the pallet truck in place at all times, hence reducing any chance of the truck slamming into other pallets, slashing the curtain side and as the pallet truck slots into the lock there’s no chance of any back injury  from lifting.

Contact aide automotive to see how Lee Lock the pallet truck lock can help your business.

Pallet Truck Lock

Hounslow has been reported as the worst London borough for Fuel Theft from vehicles.

This information is based on figures obtained from the Metropolitan Police.

The West London borough had a total of 175 reports between 2009 and 2012, but only five prosecutions.

Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and Merton also emerge in the top five boroughs for Fuel Theft.

The Met said the majority of thefts were from commercial haulage vehicles which were prominent in Hounslow.

It said the area served both Heathrow Airport and Central London and advised that parking goods vehicles in areas with good lighting and CCTV was the most effective way of reducing opportunities for thieves to syphon diesel.

Contact aide automotive to enquire about Fuel Prevention. Call us on 0115 845 6471 or email: info@aideautomotive.com.

Stop Fuel Theft WIth a Low Cost Anti Siphon Device

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Bayliss Travel recently purchased a range of PSV Anti Fuel Theft Prevention devices from aide automotive ltd.

Bus & coach operators are reporting an increase in fuel stolen while vehicles are parked in yards and depots overnight; with tanks full for the next days work the thieves can syphon tens of litres quickly and quietly.

With the spiralling cost of fuel, police have issued a warning to business owners to ensure fuel is kept as secure as possible.

Relatively easy to fit,  PSV Anti Syphon Devices are a payback investment against stolen diesel fuel.

For coaches with minimal clearance between the body and filler neck, we can offer a Lo Profile version.

Matthew Burke Point out “The fuel prices rise and so does the theft of fuel. Fitting any fuel theft prevention product is a way of helping to reduce this problem. Our Anti Siphon products are easy to fit and on PSV’s  reduce the possibility of theft to more or less zero.”

Contact aide automotive for a fleet quote by clicking on PSV Fuel Theft Prevention

Anti Siphon Device to Stop Fuel Theft From Buses, Coaches Or PSV

BrakeCheck approval by National Express

National Express is ordering the BrakeCheck system following a successful demonstration at its Walsall depot. Nick Sorrill, head of quality assurance, explains: “National Express takes every step to ensure our duty of care policy and high safety standards are constantly adhered to. To this end, there is no exception or compromise where our bus and coach Brake Testing programme is concerned.

“For those brake tests carried out where there is no rolling road available or on the rare occasion they break down, we must have confidence that we have a viable alternative for providing an accurate recording of the service, secondary and hand brake. After some research into what products were available to achieve this we found BrakeCheck to be the one.

“BrakeCheck proved to be 100 per cent accurate when compared to a previous test on our roller brake tester. This and the fact that BrakeCheck is VOSA-approved sealed the deal for us. Consequently, we are now rolling them out to our other depots across the bus and coach businesses.”

Brake Tester Using Brake Efficiency to Report On Truck Brakes

aide automotive have introduced the Mechanical Tapley Decelerometer to the product range.

Having marketed and sold thousands of electronic decelerometers since 2002 the Tapley Meter is now available.

A Tapley Brake  Meter has been around for years and used as a back up to a MOT roller brake tester.

A Tapley Brake Meter is  in the main used to test 4×4 vehicles or used if a Roller Brake Tester is faulty within an MOT Test station, this decelerometer can also be used to test all types of vehicles, from heavy trucks and buses to vans. A Tapley Brake Testing Meter needs no electrical connections and it’s so portable that you can take the Tapley Meter to the vehicle instead of the other way around.

A Tapley Brake Meter measures Braking Efficiency.

Matthew Burke said “We see the Tapley name as the name in brake testing equipment and often receive esquiries to purchase. Although we like to promote modern electronic brake meters this product will never die and deserves a place in our product range.”

Contact aide automotive on 0115 8456471 to price a Tapley Mechanical MOT Brake Tester.

MOT Tapley Brake Meter