loadsecurity.co.uk

03/09/2024

Great to see so many businesses accepting cash and explaining why! No fees. They card processing companies get nothing and nobody is discriminated against!

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16/09/2017

A 67-tonne digger became detached from the HGV after a vehicle pulled out in front of the driver who was forced to break suddenly

09/08/2016

The driver will probably go to prison, have a look at your load and think about the risk that can be avoided by spending 5 minutes and probably no more than a tenner.

The 40-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after the metal generator detached from the moving vehicle early this morning in the quiet village of Etchingham, East Sussex.

07/03/2015

The first load of ratchet straps has arrived Ii hope to have the website selling these high quality products by the end of this month.

22/01/2015

18/12/2014

09/10/2014

Latest from VOSA be aware of the 80 mm or 3 inches in old money


Load security for XL-rated vehicles
Moving On, 22 September 2014 — Safe driving

XL rating sticker

We are accepting new standards on load security provided by XL-rated vehicles. Previously we accepted that vehicles built to the EN 12642 XL standards would provide 40% of security to the side. After consultation with industry stakeholders we now accept these vehicles as providing 50% of load security to the side – as long as the load is a positive fit.

The Department for Transport (DfT) Code of Practice, Safety of Loads on Vehicles, states:

…the combined strength of the load restraint system must be sufficient to withstand a force not less than the total weight of the load forward… and half of the weight of the load backwards and sideways.
This applies to all vehicles, irrespective of size.

Most curtain-sided vehicles must use additional suitable load restraint to prevent loads from moving during transit. The curtains fitted to these vehicles are designed for weather protection only.

XL-rated vehicles

However, vehicles and trailers built to the European Standard EN 12642 XL are the exception to this rule. New European guidance (still in draft) states that vehicles built to the XL standard will meet the 50% of load securing to the side, as per the DfT Code of Practice.

Positive fit

We now accept XL-rated vehicles as providing 50% of the total maximum vehicle load to the side. So you would not need to use additional lashing or other load security solutions, as long as you have loaded the goods with a positive fit:

load from the headboard, filling the length of the load bed up to the bulkhead, which must be in good condition
the gap between each side of the load and the curtains must be 80 millimetres or less
the load must be secured to the rear if it is not retained by the trailer body or rear doors
But if you have not loaded your XL-rated vehicle to these positive fit standards, you must treat it in the same way as a normal curtain-sided vehicle and use other appropriate methods to secure the load, such as lashings.

Beware multi-drop

XL-rated vehicles involved in multi drop operations may well start the journey meeting positive fit requirements. But as the load diminishes, the driver must either fill any gaps to maintain the positive fit, or use additional securing measures.

13/09/2014

A bit outside our business however many of our clients are affected by the inaction of the government, please sign the petition as at present our plight is ignored by our leaders.

11/09/2014

The latest from Brussels in relation to load security.
Article 13

Inspection of cargo securing

1. During a roadside inspection a vehicle may be subject to an inspection of its cargo securing in accordance with Annex III, in order to ensure that the cargo is secured in such a way that it does not interfere with safe driving, or pose a threat to life, health, property or the environment. Checks may be carried out to verify that during all kinds of operation of the vehicle, including emergency situations or uphill starting manoeuvres:
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loads can only minimally change their position relative to each other, against walls or surfaces of the vehicle, and loads cannot leave the cargo space or move outside the loading surface.

2. Without prejudice to the requirements applicable to transport of certain categories of goods, such as those covered by the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) (13), cargo securing and inspection of the securing of cargo may be carried out in accordance with the principles and, where appropriate, the standards laid down in Section I of Annex III. The latest version of the standards laid down in point 5 of Section I of Annex III may be used.

3. The follow-up procedures referred to in Article 14 may also apply in the case of major or dangerous deficiencies related to cargo securing.

4. Member States shall provide that personnel involved in cargo securing checks are to be appropriately trained for that purpose.

Make sure that you comply, secure it or lose it, this does not only apply to your load you could also lose your licence.

08/07/2014

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09/06/2014

This is going to far