Truckfest Scotland 2019 had the lot: A magnificent Saturday that brought a record attendance to Ingliston where fleets and individual trucks numbering 1,200 came to park up for the weekend.
Transport Scotland says it will look again at raising speed limits for trucks on single carriageway roads later in the year. Kevin Swallow speaks to hauliers about expectations and the current ‘go slow’.
It’s easy to over spec a truck, but the DAF XF480 with a small mid-axle and Space Cab serves as a timely reminder that you can get the power and lightweight ratio right.
MAN’s new mid-range D15 engine saves weight and fuel, with no loss of power, taking over the slot where the 10.5 litre D20 engine provided 320hp and 360hp versions for distribution work.
The advantage of moving all operations into a massive ‘one stop shop’ site are reflected in MV’s unprecedented rise in body building business, both in truck sales and its specialised rental fleets.
Andrew Woodhouse has forged a successful business moving machinery across the UK. Driven by value for money he has learnt to be self-sufficient from sourcing work, to building bespoke flatbed bodies.
It’s now 20 years since the closure of Volvo’s UK production plant at Irvine was confirmed. So editor Alistair Vallance delved into his 41 annual volumes to take a trip down ‘Volvo Lane’.
Scotland’s new Traffic Commissioner has completed her induction, presided over her first Public Inquiry and is setting out her stall of compliance essentials. Alistair Vallance reports from The Stamp Office in Edinburgh.
The Wolsingham showground in Co Durham played host to Truckfest North East, which returned to the region in a blaze of glory. Kevin Swallow took in the atmosphere, the fun and the wagons.
To run long haul routes more efficiently manufacturers have embraced ‘down speeding’ where engines work at lower revs. Now Volvo Trucks has gone one step further and reintroduced turbo-compounding.
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