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Discover the key April 2025 updates to the DVSA Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness, including brake testing, MPRS, recalls, and compliance duties.

The DVSA releases updated load securing guidance for HGVs, aiming to improve comprehension and navigation, offering practical solutions.

The ABS/EBS warning lamp (Malfunction Indicator Light 'MIL') can show either an yellow or red state.

Learn how to calculate payload weight on an HGV trailer, considering gross vehicle weight (GVW/GCW) and UK legal limits for safe and compliant transport.

Enhance safety with Dustite LR, a wheel nut indicator and protective cap designed for wheels with trims. Instantly shows nut movement, indicates overheating, and shields against weather and corrosion.

Safewheel Twin®: Durable retainer for two wheel nuts, prevents movement, enhances safety. Weather-resistant, supports fleet checks. Easy fitting and removal.

Safewheel®: A robust wheel nut retaining ring and protective cap combo. Retains and protects wheel nuts, reducing the risk of loosening and enhancing safety. Durable, reusable, and supports fleet checks.

Introducing the solution to document holder challenges: The VTG Document Holder. Weatherproof, tamperproof, and designed for durability, it ensures UV protection and a universal fit, solving the issues faced by operators.

Checklink®: A dual-purpose wheel nut indicator and retainer. Prevents loosening of nuts with a unique 'S' shape, offering visual indication and retention. Enhances safety and supports fleet checks.

Checklock SQ®: Stainless steel retainer to prevent nut loosening. Two coils tighten around adjacent nuts, enhancing safety, re-usable, and supports fleet checks. Certified by TÜV.

Checkpoint® Original: The world's first and best loose wheel nut indicator. Invented over 30 years ago, it offers instant visual indication of nut movement, supports fleet safety checks, and ensures roadworthiness.

EBPMS stands for Electric Braking Performance Monitoring System and is a system to continually monitor how effective the brakes are at any given time.

New trailer docs: VTG6, VTG7, CTS, and Type Approval's CoC. From March 20, 2023, DVSA issues electronic & hard copies. Don-Bur offers PDI sheets on demand.

In an industry first, Don-Bur have teamed up with the Road Haulage Association to form an HGV load restraint CPC course designed uniquely by both the manufacturers and training providers to form the most comprehensive content.

Please note that this article has now been superceded by the DVSA guidance issued 27th March 2015

There is disturbing evidence that some drivers aren’t aware of the critical importance of the ABS ISO7638 line for trailers whilst in transit or are leaving it disconnected.

From 28 March 2019, you must register commercial trailers over 750kg and all trailers over 3,500kg before they can travel through countries that have ratified the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

Dangerous goods are items or material that can pose a risk to people, animals, or the environment if not properly handled in use or during transport.

The HGV industry is heavy regulated and you can find a number of links below to key regulatory documents.

Don-Bur covers the key aspects of load restraint, your legal obligations and what options are available to optimise safety and maintain DVSA compliance.

Understand how HGV roller brake tests work! This guide explains setup, testing and data analysis involved in ensuring optimal braking performance for HGVs.