If you’re thinking about opening your own heavy Truck Repair Shop, in addition to having an organised workspace, it’s important that you have the tools and equipment necessary to provide a good service.

Find out what they are and how they can help improve the service you provide in your garage.

 

What services does a Truck Repair Shop provide?

The services provided by a heavy vehicle garage differ, depending on the aims of each garage owner. However, the most common services offered by lorry repair shops include:

• Repairs;
• Preventive maintenance;
• Car body repairs and painting.

 

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What can you find in the KROFTools catalogue for your heavy Truck Repair Shop?

Along with ratchet wrenches, electric tools and impact wrenches, you’ll also need to ensure you have a range of other specific tools to carry out effective maintenance or repairs on heavy vehicles.

You’ll find essential tools for lorry repair shops to perform a quality service in the KROFtools catalogue, such as:

 

1. Vehicle lifts for lorry garages 

Similarly to the needs of garages specialising in light vehicles, heavy vehicle repair shops also require help from lifts to ensure the service they provide is more precise and less complex. In addition, these tools help ensure occupational safety.

Given the importance of this tool, the KROFTtools catalogue provides two models of vehicle lifts specific to lorry workshops:

 

Column to wireless multi-column lift 8Ton

 

 

This 3KW electric-hydraulic lift can lift up to 8 tonnes to a maximum of 1810mm in less than 80 seconds.

Click on the image to find out more about our Column to wireless multi-column 8-Ton (Ref.9885).

 

Column battery to wireless multi-column lift 8-Ton

 

 

Equipped with a 3KW electric-hydraulic system, this lift can lift up to 8 tonnes to a maximum of 1810mm in less than 80 seconds. Perfect for working at temperatures of between 5 and 40℃.

Click on the image to find out more about our Column battery to wireless multi-column lift 8-Ton (Ref.9886).

 

2. Vehicle positioning jacks

Having the correct tyre pressure is crucial for any vehicle, including heavy vehicles. Sometimes tyres will also need replacing, especially after travelling several kilometres.

To make it easier to change and transport tyres in a lorry garage, vehicle positioning jacks are excellent aids. As such, equipping your heavy vehicle garage with this type of tool is crucial to improving productivity.

At KROFtools, we’d like to draw attention to the following tools:

 

250kg Wheel Handler

 

 

Able to carry tyres weighing up to 250kg with wheel sizes of between 250 and 800mm, this vehicle positioning jack has a handle measuring 1000mm, thus facilitating the transportation of tyres.

Click on the image to find out more about our 250kg Wheel Handler (Ref. 9027).

 

High Lift Wheel Dolly 1200Kg 

 

 

While a hydraulic jack is essential to any garage specialising in light vehicles, the same can be said for heavy vehicle garages.

This tractor wheel lifting and positioning jack with a capacity of up to 1200kg facilitates changing tractor wheels with diameters between 1000 and 2200mm.

Click on the image to find out more about our High Lift Wheel Dolly (Ref. 4930).

 

3. Specific drive sockets for lorry garages

As with those geared towards light vehicles, lorry workshops need to stock specific drive sockets to fit the hub of the vehicle’s rear or front axles, for example.

These sockets can be square or hexagonal, depending on the brand and model selected.

The KROFtools catalogue contains several lorry sockets with varying characteristics, including:

• BPW Rear axle/hub nut socket (Ref. 30001/30002/30003/30009/30010/30011/30012/30013/30014);
• Iveco axle nut sockets (Ref.30015/30017);
• Nut sockets for Man, Mercedes, and Daf (Ref.30020/30022);
• Nut sockets for Mercedes/Man grooved rear axle (Ref.30018/30023/30030/30031)

 

 

4. Diesel injector compression tester

 

 

This equipment, which is made up of a pressure gauge (0-1000psi), breather valve, hose, injector and incandescent glow plug adaptors, will enable you to measure the highest pressure of the compression stroke raised in the air cylinder of diesel engines.

Click on the image to find out more about our Diesel injector compression tester (ref. 8101).

 

5. Truck Filter Wrench

 

 

Thanks to its sturdy band, this wrench can handle any filter with a diameter of up to 271mm. The harder the lever is pressed, the tighter the filter becomes. A 1/2″ adaptor block should be used.

Click on the image to find out more about our Truck Filter Wrench (ref. 6280).

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