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Investing in accurate weighing equipment is important both for maximising payload and keeping within the law. Whether you're considering onboard, portable or an axle weighbridge, this week's Product Focus aims to keep you way ahead of the game. For more information on any of the products below, click on the company logo or image.
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Red Forge Offers Lifetime Warranty:
After an extensive analysis programme, Red Forge are extremely pleased to announce that their axle load indicator range now comes complete with a full lifetime warranty for as long as the customer owns the vehicle.
This means that all Limitlite Plus, Axalert Plus (pictured) and Axalert 20/20 products installed by Red Forge, from 01st January 2011, any repairs will be carried out free of charge.
Customers can now take advantage of overload protection, with the guarantee that failed units will be repaired at no additional cost, as long as they carry out the recommended standard calibration each year, and avoid misuse and abuse.
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Increase Productivity with High Performance Weighing & Measuring
Staying competitive in the transport and logistics business means operations must be done quickly, securely and accurately.
To help customers optimise efficiency and recover revenue through automatic measuring, METTLER TOLEDO has developed a free Productivity Guide. The comprehensive guide offers advice on how to get paid properly, guarantee high read rate and optimise parcel and pallet handling.
Packed with tips, facts to consider and customer stories, the guide has been designed to help improve not only the transport and logistics business and operational processes as a whole but also to share important industry information such as legal for trade compliance.

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Maple
Fleet Services –
On-Board Weighing
 
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Maple Fleet Services are pleased to announce the launch of Right Weigh into the UK market, the highly successful On-Board Load Scales from the US.
Designed for use on all air-suspension vehicles, the Right-Weigh range of products provide an accurate, simple to use and cost-effective
on- board weighing solution. The patented gauges display your on-the-ground weight in
Kgs, providing you with the information required to efficiently and legally load your vehicles.
Our scales offer reliable on-the-ground axle weights, allowing users to determine the loaded weight for each axle group. Available in three categories depending on where you would like to view and monitor each axle group, including dash-mounted, exterior mechanical and digital display.
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Visit us at Tip-Ex in Harrogate between
10- 12th June to see the system for yourself.
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LOADSAFE is a low cost overload detection system designed for light commercial vehicles from Dunlop systems and Components and can provide the driver of a vehicle with key information about the load being carried.
- Warns against overloading
- Records overload occurrences
- Improves driver and public safety
- Reduces employer risk
- Aids fleet optimization
Supplied with an optional industry leading hassle free 3 year warranty with a LOADSAFE system installed you are taking out the guesswork involved with loading your vehicle, operating with best practice by knowing what your load weighs at all time.
With new technology allowing VOSA officers to target overloaded vehicles on UK roads more effectively than ever before. . . can you afford to take the risk?
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Low Cost
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Overload Detection


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Are all your vehicles safe and legal?
Providing a variety of vehicle load monitoring solutions, Hawkley International is involved in the design and development of products that are used to prevent and detect the overloading of vehicles to ensure important safety and legal criteria are complied with.
Portable Wheel and Axle Load Monitoring Systems offer flexible weighing, for heavy and light vehicles, wherever required, even on the roadside. They are widely used by Law Enforcement, Fleet Operators, Vehicle Manufacturers and OEM Vehicle Fitting Aftermarket.
The Single Axle Weighbridge is ideal for weighing large vehicles, up to 40 tonnes per axle, quickly and easily. The vehicle is weighed as it rolls across the weighplate, eliminating the need to stop and position each axle. Axle weights are shown on easy-to-read display, electronically totalled and printed.
Sales, service and hire
available for all equipment.

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Air-Weigh
load management
Complete on board load management systems for all class & type of trucks and trailers with spring, air, or mixed suspensions. All of our systems include axle weights,
GVW, & net payload.
Air-Weigh products contribute to maximize vehicle safety and fleet efficiency in the day to day operation of commercial vehicles.
- State of the art software & hardware
- Protection of axle overload & under load
potential
- Maximize your payload & fleet potential
- Optimize load distribution
- Quick & efficient installation
- Air-Weigh loadsmart technology
An Air-Weigh scale installed in your fleet will give your driver the tool to help avoid vehicle overload situations which can also make your vehicle unstable, difficult to steer and have an effect on braking distances.
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