DOE Test

Slidey

Well I think it is coming quite soon.

My boss has a Horsebox that is classed as a camper as the living quarters is bigger than the horse area. He told me that the testing was coming in for campers within a few months and got me to test his truck for him (it failed tee he he )

Just a heads up for ye.

I can imagine there being a big row over this and plenty of problems for ye.

peasant

I guess we all know by now how the NCT works ...but what does the DOE actually do / test for ?

zagmund

This has been rumoured here for some time and nobody has managed to come up with any specifics as far as I can see.

Slidey - you said you took the horsebox for one - maybe you can clarify where you went, what you got tested for ? The thing I don't understand is - if campervans have been exempt from this before, then what hasn't been exempt ? I mean, what kind of vehicles *did* have to go for a "DOE" ? Commercial vehicles ? Commercial vehicles over a certain weight ? Any vehicle over a certain weight ?

And what does a DOE approval thing look like - is there another disc or something that you put in the window ?

z

Slidey

The NCT basically adapted itself from the old DOE and English MOT.

Some things that are fails now in the NCT are not in the DOE.

Shock imbalances and side slip test are not fails in the DOE foe example. However the NCT cannot fail brake pads/linings until they are basically steel on steel. The DOE however allows the option of failing when the 'linings are in need of replacement'.

Slidey

Sorry Z, you replied as I was typing.

The DOE is the 'NCT' for all commercials vehicles basically. There was loop holes where mobile workshops and breakdown vehicles were exempt like campers.

The breakdown/mobile workshop loop hole is now closed.

EDIT: there is no disc for the window. You get a pass certificate from the test centre which you bring to the tax office and the exchange it for Cert of road worthyness

loobylou

The DOE is very strict, my (commercial) van was failed this year due to worn upholstery on the drivers seat. I kid you not!!

thetyreman

Slidey wrote: »

Sorry Z, you replied as I was typing.

The DOE is the 'NCT' for all commercials vehicles basically. There was loop holes where mobile workshops and breakdown vehicles were exempt like campers.

The breakdown/mobile workshop loop hole is now closed.

EDIT: there is no disc for the window. You get a pass certificate from the test centre which you bring to the tax office and the exchange it for Cert of road worthyness

But you cant tax your commercial vehicle with out your DOE cert,where as you can tax a private vehicle without a NCT cert......

*Kol*

Here's a copy of the current DOE light vehicle test. It gives an idea of the requirements.

Slidey

That will be outdated very soon.

The draft version of the new test book was in work in the last month for review. It wont make that much of a difference but there is some new stupid rules and stuff in it.

Macspower

I was involved in the motor business for many years and know a lot of the garages that do DOE's . I spoke to one fo them at length about motorhomes and basically he said they are basically refusing to test them until a standard set of guidelines are supplied to them.. Also some specialist equipment and exta "lifting" equipment may be required and they are not prepared to incest in this stuff without enough business to do it..

The DOE's are done by private garages that are approved for DOE tests and they are commercial ventures unlike the NCT

Slidey

From what I understand they will be tested to the same standard as all commercial vehicles.

I am a DOE tester and off hand I cannot think of any part of a camper that we would need extra equipment for unless they wanted the cooker emissions checked!

thetyreman

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peasant

thetyreman wrote: »

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You can measure moisture content, but you cannot check for any possible structural damage without ripping the structure apart. I can't imagine that that would become part of any DOE test.

Unless your yoke is so soggy that it's bursting at the seams and won't pass a visual test, you'd be alright I guess.