Hi all,
just a quick question for peace of mind, how long (and not talking about intervals) should it take for someone to do a Pmi on a class 1 unit?
imnobody:
Hi all,just a quick question for peace of mind, how long (and not talking about intervals) should it take for someone to do a Pmi on a class 1 unit?
Volvo dealers allow 2.2 hours for a pmi on a 3 axle unit, including brake test on site
Our Ivecos take about 2 hours
Well, I would say a baseline minimum if there is a test lane type setup would be the same time as an MOT, so about twenty minutes.
I would suspect a lot of dealers etc. have a tendency to milk it a bit.
Having said that most will tend to do a bit more than MOT and grease fifth wheels and deal with issues that aren’t MOT issues.
I think it is slightly unfair to imply that dealers etc may be milking the time to carry out a PMI. Maybe some do but the MOT test has a second person present the whole time so that immediately becomes 2x man hours. The MOT Test only assesses whether the vehicle is suitably roadworthy to drive out of the test station without having to return for re examination after defects have been rectified. The Preventive Maintenance Inspection assesses whether the vehicle meets that criterion but goes further, it is supposed to assess whether there are any developing issues which may make the vehicle unroadworthy before its next scheduled PMI or some earlier date. The dealer, or whoever, will usually not be doing this examination on a freshly chassis-cleaned vehicle either. In addition a typical PMI sheet will record data which is not noted in detail by the MOT tester, viz. actual tyre tread depths in mm, tyre date codes, tyre pressures, brake friction material thickness, a physical check of wheel nut torque, tacho calibration dates etc. If the relevant vehicle is a three axle tractor unit then it is likely that unless presented with a loaded trailer, then there may be shunting and coupling time to add for the brake test. There may well be other manufacturer or dealer specific procedures to follow eg. Seddon Atkinson used to require spring U bolt torque to be checked at PMI.
While the OP’s question referred to a class 1 unit, it is a lot easier to check over a long wheelbase two axle rigid than a vehicle with multiple, quite closely spaced axles or with quite convoluted bodywork, or one which goes off road, furthermore the ‘etc workshop’ has its fair share of old dogs to inspect.