One area of the vehicle compliance inspection that is often overlooked is the driver’s suspension seat, commercial vehicle supplier Geemac Trading says.
Geemac is local distributor of Isringhausen (ISRI) driver’s seats which are standard equipment in the majority of trucks sold in New Zealand and Australia.
“After the driver themselves, the seat is the most important piece of equipment in the vehicle,” Geemac’s Callum McKendry says.
“Often when seats are replaced, they are not fitted with the same brand or model of seat as delivered from the truck OEM manufacturer.
“This is essentially illegal and an area that needs to be addressed.
If a substitute brand of seat is fitted instead of the OEM model, then the vehicle must be re-certified by a registered engineer with the appropriate supporting paperwork“This extends to the seat, the mounting bracket [which must be certified from the manufacturer] and the installation.
“After all, you would not fit a Mazda seat to your BMW or a Holden seat to your Audi,” he says.
The New Zealand bus and coach sectors are also big customers of ISRI, and Geemac are also the preferred supplier for KiwiRail.
Geemac also own subsidiary company Seats (NZ) Limited making them New Zealand largest driver and
operator seat supplier.
