Terry T:
Just sit in the canteen for 15 mins, put your card in, put 15 mins of other work in your manual entries and drive off without checking the vehicle.
Joke
My company say 20 minutes other work. Apparantly VOSA will do you if you donāt record this much 
All overkill, just companies covering their backs.
rob22888:
My company say 20 minutes other work. Apparantly VOSA will do you if you donāt record this muchAll overkill, just companies covering their backs.
Cheers rob. 
Most places I have worked want you to show 10-15 mins for your daily walk round. I think thats about right if itās your regular vehicle.
Vosa can not do you as there is nothing in writing to say how many minutes to carry out a check.In their training Dvd it shows the Vosa man doing a quick walk around visual check then puts in the tacho to start work for the purpose of the video.
10 to 15 mins is more than ample, VOSA are not expecting A full MOT FFS!
I just check the fluids, fire her up and check the dash and cab, then lights, tyres, mudguards ETCā¦
the last 5 is usually spent filling in the defect sheet!
quick brake check as i set off, then away we go!
Bā¦
@toby cheers mate for reply.
@bungle666 I realise you donāt need to do an mot mate. Iāll make sure everything gets checked properly.cheers. 
When a VOSA man tells you it should be up to half an hour just tell him you just didnt have time to climb into the sump pan and check the mains and big ends for wear this morning.
How long does it take to check a set of bloody lights ,tyres and mud flaps for christ sake.
The truck checks the oil,coolant,washer fluid itself.
Same old crap some dik in a suit makes up the ārulesā
He knows nothing about trucks but we still have to listen to his bull.
Nothing ever changes just gets bloody worse.
Bking:
āā¦ just gets bloody worseā¦ā
Yep.
Just about on-thread, but itās emerging this week that my lot now expect us to ring the client ahead of arriving for a tip.
Itāll mean that a pre-use check will have to include pre-programming the phone 
- or do it on the hoof 
(Thatāll doubtless impress VOSA 
)
So, instead of podging a button twice when on approach to get through to our clerk on the [sic] āhands-freeā, weāre to find time to scroll through a mega-list and be a polite telephonist to the customer.
Oh, and drive a sluggish 45"+ combination amongst psychopathic lorry-haters too.
What could possibly go wrong 
Bking:
How long does it take to check a set of bloody lights ,tyres and mud flaps for christ sake.The truck checks the oil,coolant,washer fluid itself.
Donāt forget a pap of the horn
I know someone who got a VOSA check, and was question why they hadnt logged time to do a walk around check first thing, the answer was from the driver is I constantly montior my vehicle, at every tip and load I look over the whole vehicle , I know my tyres are fine because I looked them over when I backed on the bay earlier, I know my lights work because I have sophisticated electronics to tell me, I know my vehicle inside out, because I continually monitor it , my morning walk around check takes less than a minute and is only to make sure the vehicle hasnāt been tampered with over night. I actually check my vehicle more than a 15 minute show on the chart first thing when I could actualy be drinking tea in the canteen
Mr VOSA man was more than happy with that - so it is a fallacy that you have to show time on the chart for morning checks- all you have to show is that you are aware of the vehicles condition at any point
Rikki-UK:
I know someone who got a VOSA check, and was question why they hadnt logged time to do a walk around check first thing, the answer was from the driver is I constantly montior my vehicle, at every tip and load I look over the whole vehicle , I know my tyres are fine because I looked them over when I backed on the bay earlier, I know my lights work because I have sophisticated electronics to tell me, I know my vehicle inside out, because I continually monitor it , my morning walk around check takes less than a minute and is only to make sure the vehicle hasnāt been tampered with over night. I actually check my vehicle more than a 15 minute show on the chart first thing when I could actualy be drinking tea in the canteenMr VOSA man was more than happy with that - so it is a fallacy that you have to show time on the chart for morning checks- all you have to show is that you are aware of the vehicles condition at any point
At last! Someone who does it the same way as me. Always done it this way and always will. I found a fault with a trailer earlier today whilst tipping, that I couldnāt have found with the curtains closed. It pays to keep checking throughout the trip.
Terry T:
āā¦Donāt forget a pap of the hornā¦ā
With the possible bonus of starting-up a yard āorchestraā in surround-sound too
rob22888:
My company say 20 minutes other work. Apparantly VOSA will do you if you donāt record this muchAll overkill, just companies covering their backs.
No they wonāt been pulled twice this year never show more than 5 mins at the start of a shift and not a problem to them at all
Can you get a fine for no water or wash fluid in the windscreen wash bottle.Does anyone check if the trailer has a M.o.t ir a valid one.?
toby1234abc:
Can you get a fine for no water or wash fluid in the windscreen wash bottle.Does anyone check if the trailer has a M.o.t ir a valid one.?
They will if in the mood check your wash & wipe works, trailer does of course need valid mot.
toby1234abc:
Can you get a fine for no water or wash fluid in the windscreen wash bottle.Does anyone check if the trailer has a M.o.t ir a valid one.?
Yes you can, and yes i checked every trailer.
When I was on Rigids, I would get to the truck, put my stuff in tacho etc.
Check oil, coolant and screen wash.
Then back in the cab start it up, lights on and hazards on, before jumping out press brake pedal and look in mirrors for reflection on other truck/wall. Then get phone out for torch and starting at drivers door walk round checking treads, wheel nuts, marker lights, mud guards, spray suppression, side under run bars. Open back doors check load and that there are spare straps for any collections, I check lights on the back and repeat all down other side get to front and check all front lights and screen for cracks and chips. Get back in the cab and look at dials check air has built up fully and that the tank is reading full and ad blue is full. Takes me about 15 mins if there is no problems. If I night out I do a quicker by doing more of a glance than a proper check but Iām still confident if I get pulled that I have done my job properly.
One ex boss did not tell me the garage had taken off all the tractor unit wheels.I got from Wakefield to Cambridge servies and the wheel nuts on the rear axles shot off as i turned.Expensive call out for new parts and repairs.