Roving photographer Ian Lawson travelled to Huntly Livestock Market to cast his eye over two eight wheeler livestock wagons built 50 years apart. OVER THE years I have been asked on numerous occasions to take […]
DON’T WORRY if you’ve never heard the phrase ‘truck-as-a-service’. Neither had we before we started working on this article. The ‘as-a-service’ part – also known as servitization – is increasingly applied to plenty of industries […]
Have the EU’s tyre labelling requirements failed in not taking tyre wear into account properly? John Kendall finds out by assessing the effects of wear on wet grip. IT’S NOW 10 years since the EU […]
MERCEDES-BENZ Trucks has pledged to be emission-free in Europe by 2039. According to Karin Radström, member of the Daimler Truck board of management responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks, diesel will account for less than half of […]
RH COMMERCIAL Vehicles (RHCV) has strengthened its relationship with Totalkare after introducing in-house brake testing equipment at its new Newark site. East Midlands independent Renault Trucks distributor RHCV opened its new site in May 2021; […]
HIAB was the supplier of choice for Spencer Environmental Care Associates, when investing in a new hooklift to support its ongoing work on the nationwide HS2 Rail project. The land and forest management company selected […]
GREGORY Distribution is extending the use of Bio-LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) into its milk transhipment operation, with the arrival of 12 new Volvo FM Globetrotter LNG 6×2 tractor units, each expected to clock-up 200,000km per […]
BRIGADE Electronics has launched a new predictive collision detection system, Sidescan Predict, the next generation of collision avoidance systems. Supported by the Knowledge Transfer Partnership initiative with Cambridge University, the aim was to develop a […]
THE MORTAR & Screed Company has reduced downtime and improved driver confidence since incorporating Wheely-Safe’s latest generation technologies into its day-to-day operations. The Cannock based business has fitted Wheely-Safe’s intelligent tyre pressure monitoring (TPMS), wheel […]
SCOTTISH haulier GSM Transport has taken delivery of two new refrigerated trailers, each specified with a Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 unit. Designed to distribute milk across the UK the new assets join a 24 strong […]
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