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Country Fire Service / Vehicle Inspections
« on: November 27, 2009, 06:27:19 PM »
I've started this thread due to the amount of appliances being 'offline until further notice' recently.
I drive and help maintain a small fleet of buses with my boss.
Every year, each bus requires a mandatory on road safety check before it can be re-registered.
Maybe CFS should have appliances checked every 2-3 years by Transport SA.
TSA know where to look for stress points or areas that may wear out.
How thorough are some mechanics?
Do they check shackle pins for wear, chassis for cracks etc and what about braking efficiency?
Some may, others not.
I know CFS has different levels of servicing for the ages of appliances, but the terrain these are subjected to is generally harsher than the open road.
If TSA were to inspect all appliances at, say, 3, 6, 9 years etc, we all would know that there is some uniformity with road worthiness.
Unfortunately, as all government departments there is a high fee attached.
I think this year is around $240. Not bad compared to 10 years ago when it was around $80.
Feel free to add comments
Hair
I drive and help maintain a small fleet of buses with my boss.
Every year, each bus requires a mandatory on road safety check before it can be re-registered.
Maybe CFS should have appliances checked every 2-3 years by Transport SA.
TSA know where to look for stress points or areas that may wear out.
How thorough are some mechanics?
Do they check shackle pins for wear, chassis for cracks etc and what about braking efficiency?
Some may, others not.
I know CFS has different levels of servicing for the ages of appliances, but the terrain these are subjected to is generally harsher than the open road.
If TSA were to inspect all appliances at, say, 3, 6, 9 years etc, we all would know that there is some uniformity with road worthiness.
Unfortunately, as all government departments there is a high fee attached.
I think this year is around $240. Not bad compared to 10 years ago when it was around $80.
Feel free to add comments
Hair
but I know it is not.