ARE YOU OVERLOADING YOUR UTE?

The potential issues posed by regularly overloading your ute are too many and far too serious to ignore. If you are a business owner who has encountered overloading issues in the past, purchasing a truck to replace the work ute is a clear and potent symbol that you are serious about business.

RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB 

If you work on the tools, you’ll know how important it is to treat them well so that they can look after you in return.  

Considering your transport is one of the most expensive and important pieces of equipment you own, making sure you have the right instrument for the task at hand is critical.  

Light-duty trucks are purpose-built to drive straight from the showroom to the job site. You need only arrange your insurance, turn the key and your truck is ready to work.  

In fact, according to Isuzu’s Future of Trucking (FoT) Report, no less than 65 per cent of business owners felt it more important (and more efficient) for new trucks to be pre-built and ready to drive away, compared to custom-built trucks.  

YOUR OBLIGATIONS

Chain of Responsibility (CoR) legislation is set out to ensure the safety of everyone across the logistics chain by spreading the responsibility to all who participate.  

What this means is that everyone along the chain, from warehouse to logistics officers to drivers to the person who receives the goods is responsible for ensuring that the goods are being transported safely and legally. These rules are backed up with extremely heavy fines that can affect the way a business is run for a long time.  

One of the rules that is being treated most seriously is overloading, because the consequences can be so dire not only for the offenders, but in a catastrophic event, the consequences can also dramatically affect other road users.  

Ensuring that your vehicle is on-weight can potentially save you on huge fines in the future and can lend a peace of mind that you or even those in your employ are not creating enormous business expenses in the course of day-to-day operations.  

PLAYTIME IS OVER 

If you want to stay on the right side of regulations, if you want to reduce trips and have the peace of mind that you have bought the right tool for the trade you’re in, then it’s high time you considered upgrading from a ute to a truck and show the world how serious you are about your business. Playtime is over!  

Interested in learning more about the Chain of Responsibility? Read this blog and make sure you’re protected.