Stef J:
The reason they have a vehicle check list so long is to cover themselves in the event of an incident, if you have ticked an item as being o.k. and you are pulled in for a check and something is found to be wrong that you have ticked as o.k. then the company has covered themselves, the checklist was one suggested by FTA and as members of the FTA the company gets checked to make sure they are worthy members so if you use their checklist you should be fit members. I guess you are talking about the Wakefield depot where they had 2 fourwheelers to service 1 store in Bradford, but around 75 units and an endless amount of trailers including doubledeckers and 16.5 metre trailers.
And how many truck drivers on here are fully fledged MOT spec examiners. Try testing for an air leak with the handbrake (secondary) off. Can’t do it these days… all trucks autos.