Safety inspections (PMI) & MOT preparation
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Safety inspections (PMI) & MOT preparation

Preventative maintenance inspections on your schedule, and MOT preparation that means the vehicle presents properly first time. Inspections are the paperwork your operator licence rests on, so they need doing on time, doing thoroughly, and recording in a way that stands up to scrutiny.

Inspections on your interval

Safety inspections are carried out at the frequency your operation runs to, and booked in advance so they happen on the date they are supposed to rather than whenever a vehicle happens to be free. Gaps in an inspection record are the sort of thing that is very hard to explain after the fact.

What an inspection covers

A full check of the vehicle's safety-critical systems: brakes and their performance, steering and suspension, tyres and wheel security, lights and electrics, coupling equipment on trailers, body and chassis condition, and the wear items that decide whether a vehicle is roadworthy between one inspection and the next.

Defects are reported clearly, separated into what must be put right now and what can be planned, so you can make a decision instead of receiving a bill.

MOT preparation

An annual test failure costs a retest, a rebooking and days of availability. Preparation is a pre-emptive inspection against the test standard, with the faults dealt with before the vehicle goes rather than discovered on the day. Brakes are the most common reason a commercial vehicle fails, which is why brake testing sits alongside this work.

Keeping the record straight

Inspection sheets, defect reports and the record of what was done and when β€” kept properly, so the vehicle's history is a document rather than a memory. For fleet and contract customers this runs on one schedule across the whole fleet.

Book it with the servicing

Where it fits, we run the inspection and the service together. Two jobs, one slot, one day off the road.

What's included

  • Preventative maintenance inspections at your own interval
  • Brakes, steering, suspension, tyres and wheel security
  • Lights, electrics and coupling equipment
  • Body and chassis condition checks
  • Clear defect reporting split into urgent and plannable
  • MOT preparation against the test standard before the vehicle goes
  • Inspection sheets and records kept properly
  • Combined with servicing to keep downtime to one slot
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5.0 Β· from 4 verified reviews

Pulled in by a wrecker with a knackered clutch on my daf about 1130. The lads were on the job as soon as the part came in and had in finished and back on the road by 1715. Cracking job only wish you could give more than 5* Thanks Nick, Kaleb and Ben for getting me sorted and back on the road the same day πŸ‘πŸΌ
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trevor smith
Sept 2026
Took my preserved bus into here and my car for work to be done ,great service,fast and efficent, good prices will definitely use again highly recommend πŸ‘
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Ben Doughty
Sept 2026
The guys here are brilliant very accommodating no job to big or small, they work fast and to a very high standard as in this business a vehicle of the road is lost money and they understand this. Highly recommend πŸ‘Œ
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horizontravelgroup
Aug 2026
We use Trucktek for our maintenance, great bunch of guys with fountains of knowledge. Highly recommended.
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Minibus Experts
Aug 2026
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Frequently asked questions

The interval depends on the vehicle, its age and the work it does, and it is set out in your maintenance arrangements. Tell us what you run and how it is used and we will schedule inspections at the right frequency and keep them booked in advance so none get missed.

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