Advice and help with Chevrons please

[Chris Wool]

quote :

but something that would work well.

if he is doing motorway type work the then best is the only thing
talk to william smith they are very helpful and do kits for that van abd will advise better.

[Martin Pearson]

William Smith sell kits for most vehicles using the ridiculously expensive stuff as your customer calls it.
Don’t know of anyone selling kits using a cheap alternative so you may need to buy in some red reflective on a roll & cut the strips yourself to stick on the yellow non reflective.

You should make sure you point out that his van should comply with chapter 8.

[Peter Dee]

Kevin, we’ve used PVL quite a few times as we were in the same position as you some years ago. Just specify exactly what the vehicle will be used for. Using it on Motorways will need more than just the bottom of the doors doing.

http://www.pvluk.com/

[Kevin Busby]

Thanks for the pointers guys, I pretty much knew he would need a lot more than this on the van to be compliant, i will make sure the quote states it will not be compliant and put an alternative price to put all the correct stickers etc on, that way its clear which option he chooses. I’m sure he knows its not enough but I will make it very clear to him I’m following his directions not the legal guidelines and rules.

I’ve not used William Smith before but heard them mentioned a lot of times so maybe its time to get an account opened with them for occasions like this.

Thanks everyone, any more advice then please feel free to keep it coming, I’m away for the weekend at the moment so connection is very iffy.

Kev

[Kevin Busby]

Just tried the link in members forum for William Smith and only the credit account link is working not the norma cash account.

I remember something previous about this and cant find it now but I’m sure we had to contact someone about getting the right type of account with them to get the members discount, can anyone refresh my memory of what the application procedure is to get the board discount.

cheers

Kev

[Martin Pearson]

I phoned them & spoke with Gill Harrison who is a member on the forum Kevin, she was very helpful so would suggest you do the same.

Kevin, half the problem is that the police don’t seem to do anything if a vehicle doesn’t comply so maybe it’s not their jurisdiction but I would also point out to the customer that if his van were to be involved in an accident the insurance might not be valid.

[Kevin Busby]

Thanks for that Martin, your right no one cares till something goes wrong and when it does it will be a case of passing the buck down the line till someone takes the can for it and id rather that wasn’t me, will ensure I get a signed statement should the customer choose the non compliant version.

Thanks

Kev