PM1300 offers greater efficiency and safety
Following the successful operation of 12 vehicles fitted with the latest on-board weighing equipment from PM Onboard, Cheshire-based civil engineering and earthworks contractors D. Morgan plc are to make the PM1300 standard equipment on all new vehicles.
D. Morgan operate a fleet of 35 eight-wheel tipper trucks, used predominantly to handle the movement of aggregates, overburden/soil and recycled waste to and from the company’s own landfill sites and quarries in the North West.
As workshop manager Graham Bailey explained, switching to the PM1300 has not only brought greater efficiency, it has also helped ensure that the company’s 32-tonne gvw trucks are operated within legal weight limits. Site safety has also been improved.
The accurate payload readings available using the PM1300 have replaced the element of guesswork that was sometimes associated with previous generations of weighing equipment. In addition, when vying for new contracts, the system gives the company an advantage over competitors who do not have the system fitted, while any customers who are concerned about exactly what quantity they are paying for can look in the cab and satisfy themselves that they are getting full measure.
The reverse is also true, as D. Morgan have the assurance that their vehicles are working efficiently, to their legal capacity, and that any contract is therefore being completed with the minimum of vehicle movements and without already tight profit margins being further eroded. The PM1300 not only provides the driver with an accurate payload weight, via a dashboard-mounted multi-channel screen, but also
gives similarly accurate axle distribution/loadings. In addition, by linking the screen to a rear-mounted camera there is an added safety benefit, especially when manoeuvring or loading/tipping in quarries and at landfill and construction sites. Moreover, the PM1300’s inclinometer checks ground levels on any tipping site and sounds a stability warning in the event of the lifting body reaching its ‘topple’ limits.
For further information contact PM Onboard on tel: (01274) 771177.
D. Morgan operate a fleet of 35 eight-wheel tipper trucks, used predominantly to handle the movement of aggregates, overburden/soil and recycled waste to and from the company’s own landfill sites and quarries in the North West.
As workshop manager Graham Bailey explained, switching to the PM1300 has not only brought greater efficiency, it has also helped ensure that the company’s 32-tonne gvw trucks are operated within legal weight limits. Site safety has also been improved.
The accurate payload readings available using the PM1300 have replaced the element of guesswork that was sometimes associated with previous generations of weighing equipment. In addition, when vying for new contracts, the system gives the company an advantage over competitors who do not have the system fitted, while any customers who are concerned about exactly what quantity they are paying for can look in the cab and satisfy themselves that they are getting full measure.
The reverse is also true, as D. Morgan have the assurance that their vehicles are working efficiently, to their legal capacity, and that any contract is therefore being completed with the minimum of vehicle movements and without already tight profit margins being further eroded. The PM1300 not only provides the driver with an accurate payload weight, via a dashboard-mounted multi-channel screen, but also
gives similarly accurate axle distribution/loadings. In addition, by linking the screen to a rear-mounted camera there is an added safety benefit, especially when manoeuvring or loading/tipping in quarries and at landfill and construction sites. Moreover, the PM1300’s inclinometer checks ground levels on any tipping site and sounds a stability warning in the event of the lifting body reaching its ‘topple’ limits.
For further information contact PM Onboard on tel: (01274) 771177.
