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Professional Driver's Digest
Chapter 3: Your load

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

Illegal loads

LOADING REGULATIONS
Weight limitations
Discretionary allowance
Maximum load dimensions
Marking of load projections

PASSENGERS ON A GOODS VEHICLE

Transportation permit
Professional driving permit (P category)
Giving lifts

PACKAGING SYMBOLS

LOADING CARGO

Spreading the load
Trailer loads and stability

LOADING EQUIPMENT

Forklift trucks and cranes
Hand trucks
Tail lifts

CARGO SECUREMENT

Tailgates
Baulking
Dunnage
Lashings
Tarpaulins
Curtain sides
Vehicle equipment

CARGO SECURITY

MULTI-DECK LOADS

DUAL PURPOSE TRAILERS

ABNORMAL LOADS

HEAVY MACHINERY


LOOSE BULK LOADS

Containing loose bulk loads
Avoiding overloading
Tipper trucks and stability
Maintenance

CARGO CONTAINERS

Twist locks

SACKS

LIVE ANIMALS

Watering, feeding and care
Overloading and underloading
Important points
Unfit animals

FOODSTUFF

Fruit and vegetables
Meat
Milk

LIQUID BULK

Swerving or cornering
Rapid acceleration
Over-braking
Under-braking
Loading and unloading

DANGEROUS GOODS

The driver’s responsibilities
The hazard classes
Placarding
Documentation
Load compatibility
On board equipment
Parking and stopping
Age limit
Daily vehicle check

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Driver's Daily Log and Trip Sheet

With Daily Vehicle Check

Control drivers and vehicles with this off-the-shelf, easy to use, log book system. Monitor fuel usage, distances travelled, driver’s hours and performance, vehicle roadworthiness, and record who drove what, where and when.
It provides for recording, the date, driver’s name, names of employees accompanying the driver, vehicle registration number, trailer registration number, kilometre reading at start and end of duty, distance covered, place started and ended duty, time started and ended work, hours at normal time, overtime hours, as well as the amount of fuel and oil taken on. The log also allows for up to 17 drops or collections to be recorded alongside odometer readings, customer names, consignment numbers, times arrived and departed, etc. More>

 


 




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