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OPERATOR FEEDBACK
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Chris Rose, a director of JH Rose and Sons, hau contractors of Gillingham. Dorset, bought an ES6 from SA Trucks of Avonmouth. It arrived in Febru some time after the agreed delivery date. Rose the POI overlooked some obvious faults, includin empty washer bottle, loose bolts retaining the cl servo on the side of the gearbox and a missing from the rear light cluster.
On its first day in use Rose's ES6 came to a with fuel starvation...the cause of the problem found to be a parts label from SA Trucks that found its way into the fuel tank and blocked oft fuel feed!
Before the purchase Rose had inspected an ESf noted that it had the same air cam brakes as the wheeler he bought the previous year, but his exa arrived with air wedge brakes: "There is no wa would have considered purchasing a vehicle with type of brake operation as they are troublesome give us and the driver no confidence in operat he says.
"After a lot of correspondence and a numb phone calls the factory took the vehicle back.
rned it to Mike Aven Commercials seven days but upon collection it was found that a leaky hub had sprayed oil over the chassis and contaled the brake shoes. Mike Aven rectified the s but when the driver collected the vehicle he a job to release the brakes. On the way back to igham they pulled the truck towards the middle le road. They did not release quickly and caused mar side wheel to drag.
k full day's work had been planned for the followay but this was not possible because the driver very unhappy with the brakes, which were ig and smelling. He also noticed that the steering :I was about 15' off centre."
.ack at the service dealer, Mike Aven found that front brake hoses had been pinched and were
preventing the air from exhausting. "Rose's workshops complained that the tracking was out of alignment and Mike Aven arranged for Steertrack to put that right—it was out by about 50mm. One of the track rods was bent, which we presume happened when the truck was returned to the factory for brake modifications. It had to be removed for it to be straightened. The drag link was also out of adjustment." Rose does not place any blame on Mike Aven, who helped to put the vehicle right, but he has less confidence in the factory's workmanship. He reports that the vehicle is now performing more satisfactorily but adds that some problems still persist. He cites a speed linkage falling apart, an exhaust system which acts as a chassis bump stop and a jammed cab lock which had to be hacksawed open.