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Failure to improve maintenance procedures leads to skip hire operator licence revocation


A SOUTHAMPTON turf supplier and skip hire operator has lost his licence to run HGVs after the West of England Traffi c Commissioner found he persistently failed to put adequate maintenance systems in place. Kevin Rooney concluded that John Hinton, who trades as Hampshire Turf, was “very unlikely” to run his vehicles in compliance with the operator licence regime in the future, and revoked his licence with immediate eff ect.


The order follows a public inquiry held in January in Bristol, which Mr Hinton failed to attend. The Traffi c Commissioner said this lack of attendance raised questions over Mr Hinton’s fi tness to hold a licence. In a written decision, Mr Rooney remarked: “This operator has persistently failed to have in place adequate maintenance arrangements. Prohibitions have been issued and a fi xed penalty received in relation to an unsecure load. “The road safety risk that arises from the persistently poor maintenance systems of these old and large vehicles means


that I fi nd it necessary to bring this licence to an end.”


An investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in August 2016 reported a number of shortcomings:


· Safety inspections stretched from six to 12 weeks, with no records available over a 10 month period for one trailer · Insuffi cient evidence of a satisfactory driver defect reporting system in place, including follow up action taken · A delayed prohibition issued for excessive brake actuator travel


The DVSA examiner also found the operator had an annual test failure rate for trailers that was above the national average, and had been issued with two prohibitions for unsecure loads. Additionally, the stated maintenance contractor was not being used.


Mr Hinton was previously issued with warnings in 2014 and 2009 in respect of his maintenance arrangements. In 2014, DVSA reported issues with driver defect reporting, forward planning, annual test failures and a change in maintenance provider not notifi ed to the Offi ce of the Traffi c Commissioner.


Reborn B&B Skips looks to a bright new future with Mercedes-Benz Suff olk-based B&B Skips are going for growth by commissioning four new Mercedes-Benz trucks and launching an online booking service. The vehicles, two 18-tonne Antos 1824 models and a pair of 15-tonne Atego 1523s, were supplied by Orwell Truck & Van, from East Anglia. Equipped with Hyva skip-loading gear, they are being


inspected and serviced by the Dealer under seven-year Mercedes-Benz Repair and Maintenance Contracts.


B&B Skips operates from the Beccles Business Park at Ellough, Beccles. The fi rm’s roots go back to the 1980s, and it was bought last year by Radical Waste, a company set up in 2014 by former real estate specialist Julian Knights.


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In May B&B purchased 100 skips and a single truck from another operator, then followed this with its fi rst order for new vehicles, which it has acquired with competitive funding support from Mercedes-Benz Financial Services.


Mr Knights explained: “Eighteen months on, I’m really happy with what we’ve achieved. "


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