Vehicle Repair
Cylinder Service Centre undertakes a wide range of vehicle repairs, including:
- Hydraulic fault finding.
- Hydraulic cylinders removed, repaired & re-fitted.
- Wet kits supplied & fitted.
- Sheeting systems installed & repaired.
- P.T.O. & pumps supplied, repaired & fitted.
- Tipping rams supplied & fitted.
- L.O.L.E.R. inspections (onsite or offsite)
- Installation of complete new bodies.
To facilitate the above, The Cylinder Service Centre site has a substantial, secure, hard surface parking area.
Hydraulic Fault Finding
If your hydraulic system is sticking or working inefficiently, The Cylinder Service Centre will work through our systemtatic fault finding process to establish the cause of the failure and define the most cost effective solution to repair the vehicle and ensure long term reliability.
Hydraulic Cylinders Removed, Repaired & Re-fitted
Once a root cause of hydraulic cylinder failure has been established and a proposed repair plan agreed, we will remove the suspect cylinder and perform a full inspection to confirm the diagnosis, or otherwise. This is where our specialised hydraulic stripping rig comes in very handy, allowing repairs to hydraulic cylinders that would otherwise be regarded as scrap.
If the diagnosis is correct, then we will repair the hydrualic cylinder as agreed. If, on the other hand, an unforseen issue is identified, then the customer is informed and a plan of action agreed in line with the repair need and any budgetary constraints the customer may have.
Wet Kits Supplied & Fitted.
The Cylinder Service Centre offers a range of complete wet kit packages from stock, or ordered to specification. Wet Kits can be despatched, or fitted as part of a vehicle repair.
Wet Kits are supplied covering a wide range of applications, such as:
- Tippers
- Lorry Loader Cranes
- Car Transporters
- Recovery Vehicles
Wet Kits supplied come complete with a choice of hydraulic oil tanks in Steel, Stainless Steel or Aluminium.
Sheeting Systems Installed & Repaired
The Cylinder Service Centre installs and repairs sheeting systems covering a wide range of applications such as:
- Hydraulic Hookloader : fully Automatic
- Hydraulic Waste Trailer : Fully Automatic
- Pneumatic Hookloader: Semi-Automatic
- Pneumatic Skiploader: Semi-Automatic
- Hydraulic Skiploader: Fully Automatic
- Trailer Front to Rear: Fully Automatic
- Tipper / Dropsider: Semi-Automatic
- Tipper / Trailer Side-to-Side: Fully Automatic
- Tipper / Grab Front to Rear: Fully Automatic
Custom solutions are also available and we are happy to work with any specialist needs our customers have in terms of design, manufacture and installation.
P.T.O. & Pumps Supplied, Repaired & Fitted
New Power Take Off units (PTOs) can be supplied and/or fitted to order. Alternatively existing Power Take Off units can be repaired and refitted.
The Cylinder Service Centre supplies and repairs a wide range of PTOs and has extensive experience from many manufacturing sources.
Tipping Rams Repaired, Supplied & Fitted
As with other hydraulic units, The Cylinder Service Centre can repair and re-fit Tipping Rams. However, we are also supply and fit new units. As both a repair shop and supplier the Cylinder Service Centre is therefore an ideal one-stop-shop for all of your Tipping Ram requirements.
L.O.L.E.R. Inspections
The Cylinder Service Centre undertakes Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) inspections either on-site at our Washington premises, or else at a suitable customer specified location.
Lifting equipment, which requires inspection, includes any equipment used at work for lifting or lowering loads, including attachments used for anchoring, fixing or supporting it. The Regulations cover a wide range of equipment including:
- cranes
- fork-lift trucks
- lifts
- hoists
- mobile elevating work platforms
- vehicle inspection platform hoists
The definition also includes lifting accessories such as chains, slings, eyebolts etc.
Installation of Complete New Bodies
The Cylinder Service Centre has recently (July 2012) added a new crane facility that now allows the spedy and efficient installation of complete new bodies.
Secure Hard Surface Parking
For on-site work, for all of the above, The Cylinder Service Centre has a secure compound with a hard surface for vehicle parking when vehicles are being repaired, fitted or re-fitted.
In conjunction with the above, The Cylinder Service Centre supplies parts, services and support for the following leading brands:
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