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25th May 2000
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Beet hauliers angered by a 100-hour-a-week schedule

by Charles Young Sugar beet hauliers are venting their anger over new delivery schedules which they say will put some of them...

RACING VOLVOS A fleet of eight high-spec Volvo FH16s will

form part of Jaguar's racing teams for the next two seasons after Volvo became official transportation supplier to the UK-based...

• A cowboy skip

operator has escaped with a fine of just £210 for illegally running a 17tonne rigid and employing an unqualified driver....

• The Road Haulage Association is to monitor all computer

use by its staff after it emerged that some of its computers have been used to download illegal pornography. Last week the...

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Foreign truck use rises in the UK at 24% a year

• by Melanie Hammond The number of foreign-registered CVs operating in the UK is rising at 24% a year, according to the latest...

• The Transport Tribunal has ruled that Traffic Commissioners must

consider the seriousness of road transport offences when considering a haulier's repute. It was the removal of the word...

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Fleet operators face huge premium hikes

• by Melanie Hammond Insurance premiums for haulage fleets are rocketing as fewer insurance companies are issuing quotes and...

Back to normal

At last, the conundrum over loss of repute arising from potentially minor road traffic offences is over, with the Transport...

A fine fiasco...

• A Kendal-based firm has written to the Prime Minister expressing its dismay at the rejection of its appeal against an 18,000...

Bomb attack on meat fleet

• Animal rights activists are suspected of firebombing an Oxfordshire meat processing firm, Munchmeats and damaging a...

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UK haulage costs highest in the world

• by Charles Young The consultancy whose research was last year used by the government to demonstrate the health of the haulage...

Hauliers make peace in Dublin

• A working compromise has ended threats of an escalated withdrawal of services by hauliers at Dublin Port. At least 60...

Weighty fines for refuse loads

• Seven overloaded refuse trucks cost Coventry City Council £6,000 last week after six of its drivers were accused of breaking...

Protests spoil dumping plan

• Plans to dump two million tonnes of waste at a former colliery spoil tip near Doncaster have been delayed following protests...

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Ferry officers move to pay strike ballot

N International hauliers face a summer of disruption on the ferries after a union moved to a strike ballot as the latest step...

Checklist alerts drivers to hidden killer—fatigue

II by Coy Sheppard The road safety campaign group Brake has published a checklist of dos and don'ts to prevent driver...

It's time to take it easy

• Award-winning haulier JF Alford Transport of Southampton has been bought by Deben Transport after 30 years in the business....

Irish clamp down on no-return operators

• Irish hauliers will be included in a new list warning which companies in the Republic are about to be struck off by the...

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Diesel-gas mix saves on fuel

• by Colin Barnett A dual-fuel system simultaneously running on diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is now available from...

Tata looks West

• CM has long predicted that it is only a matter of time before Tata's vehicles reach a standard where they can compete with...

Safari on (and off) the road

• All off-roaders are a compromise, but the Safari seems to offer a good balance between well-mannered handling on the highway,...

SAINTS' MERC Saints Transport, the Heathrow express airfreight operation, has

taken its 200th Mercedes truck-a 6x2 25401S tractor with the MegaSpace cab, as part of a 52-vehicle order from Normand...

One-stop shop for MAN bodies

• MAN is the latest manufacturer to join the "one-stop shop" vehicle market. MAN Bodyline offers single order forms for fully...

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King of the hills

• "Does anybody need more than 500hp? Probably not. But does anybody want more than 500hpP You bet!" These words accompanied...

driving impressions

• We began our assessment of the new R164 range in central Sweden's highland region with a selection of general European-spec...

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Nem drives Daily market

11, by Peter Lawton Ince is depending on its latest low-roof Daily variant to boost UK sales. The company is also adding...

Trailer keeps even keel

• Specialist haulier John Shephard has taken delivery of its first purpose-built boat trailer from Dennison Trailers. The...

Heat sensors burn thieves

• Infrared sensors are being used by a Cardiff-based company to develop a truck protection system. Heat and Combustion...

HONE HAULED; Mobile home haulage specialist Berkeley Transport is running

six new ERFs, three King low loaders and a Land Rover in a 10-year contract hire deal with Ryder. The artics will carry mobile...

Premium power

• Renault has developed art 11-litre common-rail diesel, rated at 420hp and launched in the Premium 420 dCi, a threeaxle...

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Waste firm fined for brake problems on three trucks

Defective brakes and speed limiters have cost a Cheshire waste disposal contractor £1,995 in fines and costs. Alan's Skip Hire...

GREEK APPEAL

The four Greek-owned companies whose 0-licences have been revoked by Eastern IC Geoffrey Simms (CM11-17 May) are to appeal to...

Four public inquiries in five years leads DTC to slash authorisation

A Sheffield haulage company had its licence cut from 12 vehicles and 20 trailers to hree vehicles and 11 trailers when it...

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No surrender

Scottish Deputy IC Richard McFarlane has revoked the licence held by Avonbridge-based T&J Wilson (Hauliers) and disqualified...

Inquiries take precedence over holidays

North Western Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe has reminded operators who receive letters calling them to public...

Owner-driver issued with warning on maintenance

A Dudley ownerdriver called to a Birmingham disci plinary inquiry over maintenance told West Midland Traffic Commissioner David...

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CRADUATE SUCCESS

New research results show career progression and earning potential of Huddersfield Transport and Logistics graduates. We have...

DRIVER FATHER

As you don't run a personal column in your magazine I was wondering if you could possibly be of some assistance through your...

ONE LAW

We refer to a recent case reported in CM in which Dudley Council was found guilty of overloading (CM2-8 March). We are a small...

FERRY FOLLY

As an international haulier, I am calling on ferry operators to provide more support and better security to stop immigrants...

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COP CAR COLLECTOR

'Ere mate, don't look now but the Old Bill is watching you! Luckily Steve Creed, an KV driver from fiverton in Devon, has...

SPOILSPORTS

The Hawk's south-east London correspondent spotted this puritan message in a Welling overnight lorry and coach park. No ball...

RAMBLERS ON SHEEP'S HEAD

A bunch of dedicated ramblers will soon be pulling on their hiking trousers ready to tackle the rigours of the Sheep's Head Way...

ROAM THREE-WHEEL WAGON The Hawk has never been afraid to

show his emotional side (especially after an evening spent in the snug at the Badger and Logic Board) so he won't mind...

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af called it "the start of a new era" when

it introduced the 95 XF back in 1997. From that you might have expected to see a completely new truck, but in the truck...

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"The XF has been extremely reliable, and

the cab is a reasonable size." Chris Long Is: Chris Long is a director of J Long & Sons Haulage, which was founded at the...

"The reason 1 have so many is because of their reliability."

Mike Beer Three years ago Mike Beer Transport, a family-owned concern which started in business in 1976 with a single truck,...

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"The best cab on the market for space and comfort."

Graham Eames Pulleyn Transport, on the outskirts of Reading, is another company that has grown from small beginnings. Adrian...

"They are much sought after, so the residuals are very

good." Tony Stephenson Tony Stephenson is sales manager for Oaf franchise Lex of Wrexham. "We don't keep a large stock of...

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VERDICT

There are now more than 3,000 Daf XFs on the road, of which about 70% are 6x2s. About 6o% of XFs have the smaller Space Cab....

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I With the lights disconnected the front panels are removed, the

left side of the cab is supported and all mounting brackets and bolts are removed from the chassis, right back to the engine...

Lancashire enterprise

+ Since the recession that turned the former Leyland heartland into something of a wasteland—a situation made worse by the...

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Weld method

+ Whatever the job, whether it be joining or building up broken parts, the first task is to clean the affected area with the...

• How often have aluminium castings such as manifolds or

air intake ductings been exchanged simply as matter of expediency? Techxio-Weld of Aston in Oxfordshire has developed a repair...

Low melt metals

+ It isn't always possible to know if a damaged cast alloy item will melt below the rod's melting point But if it does melt,...

Tips on heating aluminium

+ Always direct the heat towards the target area; never directly onto it. t. The heat in the aluminium should be enough to...

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I Visually check the unit, both static and running. As a

safety mea sure, turn the run/stop switch on the machine to stop. Check all drive belts for correct tension. Drain the engine...

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p eter Metcalfe has just bought four shiny new Volvos. For

many hauliers that would be no big deal, but it's a big step for Metcalfe. Not only is his company, W Metcalfe & Sons, a small...

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Mil ost hauliers are thinking about retirement by the time they

turn 60, but Peter Patchett was already 61 when he launched the business he runs now: Speeton Refrigerated Transport. Starting...

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PETE OSBORNE LOGISTICS

S peaking to Peter Osborne restores your faith in the future of Britain's transport industry. Well, perhaps that's going a bit...

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MEAKIN TRANSPORT

auliers with low-loaders in their armoury can carry just about any piece of plant, When we speak to David Blaker, director of...

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A D lthough based in

South Yorkshire, John Owen's cream and blue tippers spend most of their time in the demanding terrain of Derbyshire's Peak...

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PERRY'S COURIERS & DELIVERY SERVICE

s itting in the heart of what was once Sheffield's prime industrial area, Perry's represents the service industry which now...

• Yorkshire hauliers can apply for assistance—which could range from

advice to financial help— from a variety of sources. As the name suggests, Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) concentrate...

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I find myself among rebels—rebels with a cause. The cause

is to maintain the focus of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers: the people who specify the vehicles and then have the...

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Trailers for Transits

• Exporting used trucks from the UK is proving so difficult that one dealer specialising in overseas sales is diversifying into...

Big demand for rigids

• Anybody with a yard full of clean, lateregistered rigids can count himself a lucky man, says Bob Reed, heavy commercials...

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WARD

Duncan Ward has been promoted to the new position of business development manager, commercial vehicle sales, at British Car...