LOLER for tail lift on personal HGV

[CraigAuk]

Hello all,

Figured this one might be best posted here. I have just purchased a 7.5T HGV for motorsport transport use, private only for my own use. (Not for hire/reward).

It has a nice Anteo tail lift that I thought might benefit from a service to check it's all working as expected. The service center have sent some pricing and the following info:

Thanks for your enquiry,

Please see the below Prices as requested,

Service, Loler and Weigh test Inspections:- £147.00 – Yearly,
Service, and Loler Inspection:- £102.00 - 6 Monthly

Just to make you aware the lift needs to be Loler inspected every 6 months by Law,

If you have any questions or need anything else please let me know,


Does the 6 monthly Loler inspection (which I'd never heard of until now - although I'm not in the HGV game!) apply when this is purely for my own personal use, not for corporate, etc?

Please note, I'm not adverse to having all the right stuff done - but as the lift will be used 40-50 cycles max per year, I was planning on a yearly service and not 6 monthly (unless needed by law as per above)

Ta!

Craig

[powerstroke]

CraigAuk said:

Hello all,

Figured this one might be best posted here. I have just purchased a 7.5T HGV for motorsport transport use, private only for my own use. (Not for hire/reward).

It has a nice Anteo tail lift that I thought might benefit from a service to check it's all working as expected. The service center have sent some pricing and the following info:

Thanks for your enquiry,

Please see the below Prices as requested,

Service, Loler and Weigh test Inspections:- £147.00 – Yearly,
Service, and Loler Inspection:- £102.00 - 6 Monthly

Just to make you aware the lift needs to be Loler inspected every 6 months by Law,

If you have any questions or need anything else please let me know,


Does the 6 monthly Loler inspection (which I'd never heard of until now - although I'm not in the HGV game!) apply when this is purely for my own personal use, not for corporate, etc?

Please note, I'm not adverse to having all the right stuff done - but as the lift will be used 40-50 cycles max per year, I was planning on a yearly service and not 6 monthly (unless needed by law as per above)

Ta!

Craig

I would guess its the same as any lifting gear that is used by employees
you would have to show due diligence by having it tested , if its for your personal use
It would be up to you to do as you please and take responsibility for its use , the only thing is if it did fail and fall on someone
but it had been checked by a 3rd party you would have a better chance of avoiding possible personal liability for it







problems ...

[brrapp]

LOLER regs are part of The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
They aren't relevant if you're not at work. Only concern would be that it is safe for your own sake, but no regulatory burdens for a private user.

[piecost76]

brrapp said:

LOLER regs are part of The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
They aren't relevant if you're not at work. Only concern would be that it is safe for your own sake, but no regulatory burdens for a private user.

LOLER = Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations

This is correct & in a work context, the lift must be tested every 6 months as people are lifted by it also.

However, fro private use, none of this applies so you can do as you please. However, should you or someone be injured by a preventable accident...

Remember, the LOLER is a test & not a service so the dealer's suggestion of a service & test is a good practice

[red_slr]

TBH for personal use depends on how old it is, what kind of condition it is in and how mechanically minded you are.

Has it already been adapted at all to lift cars or are you going to adapt it?

[CraigAuk]

Hi all,

Thanks for your help. I'll definitely get it serviced, much appreciated!

red_slr - It's not specifically adapted for car lifting, but i'll be using it like the last 2 owners, which is:
Tail lift down slightly and tilted down at a droop. Aluminium ramps attached to end of tail lift bed, with axle stands under each corner of the lift. Car can then be winched up (or driven if brave).

The lift could *probably* lift my Caterham but it's not worth stressing it IMHO as it's not been designed for this. Plus it works nicely in the fashion above.

[55palfers]

Good idea to get it inspected.

Even if you are not at work, you still have 3P liabilities if it fails and causes injury.

A LOLER inspection will cover your arse

[Willy Nilly]

It's a lot of money to have a machine inspected by someone that hardly knows what they are doing.

A few years ago he turned up and this one was a cocky arse.

Willy: "do you want be to show you how to start that?"

Bell-End: "no, I'm an engineer"

Fork lift: " ru ru ru ru ru" (no starty sound)

Willy: Pushes stop button in, smiles, fks off

Bell-End: