At Argent Equipment, we're known across Dublin for offering the very best in HCV testing - a necessary part of owning and operating a commercial vehicle in Ireland. This is the latest in our ongoing series of blogs that serve to educate our customers about the finer details of the commercial vehicle testing services we offer.

In Ireland, the HCV CVRT exists to ensure that heavy goods vehicles on our roads are safe and roadworthy. As part of our regular blog series that educates our customers on all things commercial vehicle testing, this latest installment looks at the testing process itself.

We pride ourselves very much on the commercial vehicle test experience we provide, and we put a lot of effort into offering services that keep people coming back time and again. As such, we're happy to let our Google reviews speak for themselves!

At Argent Equipment, we offer the full range of testing services from our Dublin workshops. From bus testing to HCV testing to ADR testing, we have the experience and skills required to ensure your commercial vehicle gets the required certification.

The Argent team helps to protect Ireland's road users every day through the wide range of commercial vehicle testing services we offer from our Dublin workshops. When we're not focused on the practical side of our business, we're creating blogs like this one that serve to educate readers on how to stay safe.

In this one, we look at what drivers can do to maintain the roadworthiness of their vehicle, making the whole LCV CVRT or HCV CVRT process much easier each year. So, let's get started.

We get asked a lot of questions about campervans at Argent and the CVRT rules that govern them, which is perhaps unsurprising due to the sheer popularity of the vehicle in Ireland. In fact, we get asked so many questions about campervan CVRT that we thought we'd put a blog together featuring some of the most common queries we get.

In this blog, we'll be looking at some of the unbiased Google reviews that we've received in the last few months that have led to our 4.8-star rating.

Today, we’re here to tell you about the fact that we are members of SIMI - the Society of Irish Motor Traders Ltd & the Irish Motor Traders Association. It’s a status that we’re very proud of, but before we tell you why - a little about SIMI themselves.

In this article, we examine the defects that are picked during a typical HCV test and how they’re classified. There are a variety of reasons why your commercial vehicle might fail a test like this, each of which falls into a particular category. So, let’s take a moment to look at the three main classifications.

When you’re running a commercial vehicle over a year old on Ireland’s roads, LCV or HCV CVRT testing is an official requirement in order to drive legally. Conducted in order to determine whether the vehicle in question is safe to be driven, it’s something that needs to be conducted every 12 months.

Annual HCV testing is an important component of Ireland’s mechanism for ensuring that all heavy goods vehicles are safe on the roads. However, responsible HGV operators complement this annual check with daily walkarounds and 12-week maintenance inspections carried out by companies like ours.