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Bowmonk BrakeCheck User Manual  / Guide

BrakeCheck User Guides Available To Download

The Bowmonk BrakeCheck has been an impressive simple to use brake meter for many fleet operators around the world.

BrakeCheck Conducts DVSA HGV Brake Tests

Brake & Diagnostic Products from aide automotive

Truck & Bus Product Focus Feature Brake Servicing & Diagnostics had a wealth of product information recently.

Brake Testing, Servicing & Diagnostic Tools for Commercial Vehicle Workshops

Truck, Bus & Coach Brake Testing

Following The Bath Tipper Incident Inquiry HGV Brake Testing Essential

BrakeCheck Conducts DVSA HGV Brake Tests

Decelerometer BrakeCheck Offers Great Reliability

BrakeCheck Decelerometer Includes 2 Years Warranty

aide automotive have improved our customer service by increasing the warranty from 1 to 2 years on the BrakeCheck decelerometer!

BrakeCheck is the number one brake tester for commercial vehicle inspections sheets and with over 18,000 testers sold BrakeCheck is surely the number one reliable tester on the market.

aide auto’s Matthew Burke Says “Since the launch of BrakeCheck in 2001 we have been continually looking at way to improve the tester for reliability and operational, with BrakeCheck Series 2 we now have the over whelming confidence to offer a two year warranty, operationally the BrakeCheck product is at the very top of its product sector and now we feel its top for reliability.”

BrakeCheck is a portable battery-powered device that can be used by vehicle workshops, government traffic authorities, testing and inspection stations to test and report on vehicle brake efficiency. BrakeCheck is DVSA accepted for commercial vehicles & is MOT approved for all vehicle classes.

aide automotive can supply pricing quotes and full immediate technical support to all!

BrakeCheck Conducts DVSA HGV Brake Tests

No more inspection sheets with “Brakes OK, On Road Test”

Since April 2014 the DVSA have been recommending commercial vehicles undertake 4PSV or  Truck brake tests per year!

Many operators have moved with the guidance but still over 2 years passed many commercial vehicle operators are unaware of the guidance.

The guidance states:

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.”

An operator can take the decision to carry out brake tests using roller brake tests or a decelerometer like BrakeCheck.

Many bus & coach companies use a decelerometer, here at aide automotive we have sold many brake testers recently with feedback from one customer saying:

“A necessary piece of kit in today’s transport, does the job perfectly – Inwood Logistics”

BrakeCheck is portable brake tester that works from the principle of measuring deceleration or Brake Efficiency, BrakeCheck is cost effective for any commercial vehicle workshop costing as low as £470 for a PC Downloading Kit & £572 for a printer kit, BrakeCheck is ideal!

To discuss BrakeCheck options and requirements please do not hesitate to contact aide automotive on 0115 8456471

MOT Test Station in the area to be able to offer testing for HGVs and PSVs

aide automotive have a range of bargain BrakeCheck decelerometers & Tapley Meters available for immediate sale!

As we are now getting so close to Christmas, we thought we would offer some Christmas Cracking Deals!

Sale 1 – ITEM SOLD AS OF 02.12.15 12.30 PM
A BrakeCheck Series 2 With PC Download Kit – RRP £464 + VAT – We are able to offer this Kit for Just £300 + VAT. Calibrated for 24 months we will offer a 3 month warranty on the full kit.
The full kit contains – BrakeCheck, Charger, CabCheckS Download Disc & USB PC Cable.

Sale 2 –
A BrakeCheck Series 1 – Calibrated for 24 months & with 3 months warranty, we are offering this tester for just £210.00 + VAT, If you need a printer add £145.00 + VAT (printer will be new). BrakeCheck comes with charger & case!

Sale 3 –
Tapley Brake Meter – The old man of brake meters, this mechanical brake tester is in excellent condition. Calibrated for 24 months with 3 months warranty.

Prices exclude VAT & Carriage.

These offers will sell fast so please call or email to purchase ASAP!

Call 0115 8456471

BrakeCheck Decelerometer Price Offers

aide auto Use Twitter For MOT Products

aide automotive have set up a new Twitter account to promote there range of MOT & garage related products to UK & Worldwide MOT & Garage service centres.

Twitter is an essential component of any content marketing strategy. With approximately 500 million users and an average of 400 million tweets sent per day, Twitter is undoubtedly one of the most popular social media platforms.

The biggest compliment one of your tweets can get is a retweet. The second best is possibly a “favourite”.

@aideMOTproducts We aim to expand a family of garages to offer product information & help your Twitter account with Retweets & Favs.

SEO benefits — Month by month, Google seems to be acknowledging and rewarding the validation that comes through social sharing. And why wouldn’t they? Content that spreads through Twitter is a sign that something good is going on at your place.

A couple of MOT / garage products from aide automotive are:

The BrakeCheck Decelerometer for Roller Brake Tester back up, all UK MOT garages require a backup brake tester, many use an old style mechanical meter but with the latest electronic BrakeCheck your garage will be up to date with the latest tool.

The Hybrid Safe To Service Kit is the latest “HOT CROSS BUN” – garages require the necessary tools to guard against the dangers of electrocution from hybrid-electric vehicles. aide automotive’s Hybrid Vehicle Service Tool Kit is ideal for servicing and general maintenance of Hybrid vehicles systems.

Hybrid Vehicle Service Tool Kit is ideal for servicing and general maintenance of Hybrid vehicles systems.

Contact aide automotive to review or purchase your Hybrid Car Service & Test Tool Kit today! Call 0115 8456471

Purchase Bowmonk Printer Rolls Via eBay

aide automotive have now added BrakeCheck Printer Rolls to our eBay listings to help with out of hours purchase requirements.

Our listing description is as per the below text.

Bowmonk BrakeCheck Paper Rolls for All Printers.

Supplied in Packs of 10, these Printer Paper Rolls are Thermal Paper.

aide automotive supply the BrakeCheck via eBay as well as a full BrakeCheck & Printer Kit.

BrakeCheck Printers can also be purchased separately on eBay.

Price are including VAT, we usually supply an invoice via email once dispatched.

Bowmonk BrakeCheck Printer Paper Rolls

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