Viva Lewes Issue 117 June 2016

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Directory Spotlight:
Martin Wise – Director RDH Commercials
We service the Harveys fleet and
RDH Coaches, as well as other
commercial customers. We usually
maintain vans and buses but there’s
the odd campervan, car and motorbike
in there too. We’ve serviced
a three-wheel tuk-tuk and even a
commercial food mixer that broke
down one Bonfire Night.
We were based on the Phoenix Estate for
eight years, but the decision to develop the site
meant it was time to go, so we moved the workshop
to Harveys Yard two years ago. It feels like
these sorts of businesses are being squeezed out
of Lewes but I think every town needs industry.
We’re very happy here and Harveys are a lovely
company to work with. We look after all their
vehicles. We even service the dray.
Five and a half people work here; the half being
my wife Nicola who does the books. We took
on two apprentices twelve
years ago, thinking only one
would stay, but they’re both
still here. It’s a friendly workshop.
If you call us you’ll get
me on the phone and all of our
customers come in for a chat.
The largest vehicles we
look after are Harveys’ new
42-tonne articulated Mercedes lorries. You
used to have to use an inspection pit to service
vehicles of that size but they were horrible places
– full of oil and rats and sandwiches – so now
we use column lifts. You can attach one to each
wheel you’ve got to lift.
The smallest vehicle we look after is Annie,
Miles Jenner’s Austin Seven. That’s an important
one to get right. As told to Lizzie Lower
Davey’s Lane, Lewes
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