Services
Prain Consulting offers consultation services for your heavy vehicle certifications. We inspect and certify various components of trucks, buses and trailers and provide Vehicle Assessment Signatory Scheme (VASS) or Performance Based Standards (PBS) certification as needed. We also process heavy trailer full volume applications or certification for heavy vehicle components.
Our
Services
VASS certificates for modified heavy vehicles
- Driveline
- Suspension
- Brakes
- Wheelbase & chassis
- Front underrun protection
- Body mounting
- Seats and seatbelts
- Motorhome conversion
- Fuel systems
- Towbar & trailer brake control
- 5th wheels
- Vehicle mounted lifting systems, tailgate loaders, cranes
- Mass re-rating
- Tow trucks
Load Restraint
- Compliance with NTC load restraint guide for load restraint devices such as headboards, tie rails, curtains.
Heavy trailer full volume applications
- Submission of all required documentation to VSS
- Review of design to meet ADR requirements
- Brake variant calculations to ADR38
- Drawbar strength compliance to ADR62
- Lighting compliance to ADR13
Heavy vehicle component certification
- Certification of towbar design
- Certification of drawbar design
Light Trailer Compliance
- Trailers under 4500kg ATM compliance with VSB1
- Light trailer and caravan ATM increase
PBS Certification
- Inspection, assessment and certification for PBS combinations