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uration is all important and at a neat and tidy vehicle .tline with a well-sheeted id does not necessarily sure a legally loaded vehicle. After the installation of the .ctronic equipment had arted the management to ese factors, a study was ade of ways of loading and stributing the company's oducts on articulated and ;id units.
A formula has now been 'oduced for distributing loads r scheduled drops on particur vehicles. In relation to this, is possible to advise drivers to how to select cases or trtons from the load to fulfil 'clers at particular drops so ; not to disturb the loading dance and thus cause one cle to be overloaded by with-awing a part of the load am one of the others.
Of course, it is realised that -ivers will continue to use ieir own initiative in making rops and selecting cases from le vehicle so as to complete te round as easily as possible. he company can, however, emonstrate that it has made very effort to avoid its ehicle being used with axle 'eights over the legal limits amid a prosecution be rought.
Bulmer is not only at risk nder the Construction and Ise Regulations, however, for lame of its products are sold y weight and there is a risk f prosecution under the Fair 'rading Acts.
Though the trading standrds enforcement staff is conented with vehicle weighing in relation to the C and U Regs, it also has a duty to ensure that fair trading is maintained and that a buyer is supplied with a true weight of his purchase (the trading standards department is, of course, the former weights and measures department).
If the trading standards officers are to use electronic weighing equipment for both purposes, therefore, Bulmer considers that it is prudent to confirm weights that are declared to a buyer as a basis for his purchase and are indisputable both by the buyer and to the trading standards inspector.
This is yet another reason for the acquisition of the Weighwrite equipment.
Loading knowledge
Both Mr Morton and Mr Stevens expressed their satisfaction with the equipment and commented on how useful it had been in adding to the information which Bulmer now had about vehicle loading.
Though still having some doubts about the discrepancies which can arise in weighing in different directions (see CM July 11), I must point out in fairness that Weighwrite has been asked to produce equipment with a tolerance of plus or minus 50kg per axle.
Provided the DoE is going to allow the operator similar tolerance standards, which amount to nearly lcwt allowed overload on each axle, before even a caution is issued, these discrepancies will be of little consequence.