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Page 1
Page 8
by Miles Brignall II Roads Minister Steven Norris has finally come out in favour of the impounding vehicles run by unlicensed...
IN Bland, late and without solutions: the industry did not give the warmest welcome to the Government's Green Paper on...
Page 9
by Derrell Hayes • A change in the way waste is priced at landfill sites will cost many waste and tipper operators up to £100...
• Northumberland is the latest county council to stop weighing lorries because of a cash squeeze. Trading standards officers,...
p opular convention says that one should never embarrass one's guests at dinner. To hell with convention. Graham Miller's...
Page 12
by Miles Brignall • A coroner has called on the Government to fund research into lost wheel syndrome after presiding over the...
• The amount of goads carried by road in the UK and the distance travelled grew last year despite the recession and a declining...
Page 16
* Three British drivers have been decorated by Princess Astrid of Belgium in gratitude for their heroism last June during a...
II Cambridgeshire truckstop proprietors Jenny and Peter Hawes have lost their case to continue operating their roadside café....
Page 18
by Derren Hayes • British Bakeries, owner of Mothers Pride and Hovis, is to be taken to an industrial tribunal by 20 drivers...
• Changes to minimum vehicle size regulations for the truck driving test will still apply from 1 July, even though other...
• A plan by Ipswich Borough Council to ban lorries from access roads to the town's East Bank Port in the evenings has been...
Page 19
by Karen Miles • John Mervyn Pugh has been appointed caretaker Traffic Commissioner for the western traffic area as the...
• The Post Office is to invest ,C97m on vehicles this year, with most if the business expected to go to Leyland Trucks. Royal...
Page 20
by John Kendall • "Just right"...“Workmanlike and nothing fancy" were among the comments made by UK hauliers at the Renault...
Page 22
by Toby Clark • Czech manufacturer Skoda seems to have been reborn under the ownership of Volkswagen. and the first of a new...
Page 24
by Bryan Jarvis • Muckaway and heavy-duty tipper operators have always been attracted by MAN's powerful, durable eight-leggers...
Page 26
• Leyland Daf has its new 55 Series 4x2 middleweight on show in 17-tonne/210hp form with a Telehoist skiploader body alongside...
Page 30
by Steve Stu/gess III Cummins is selecting operators in the United States to field test an allnew 15-litre engine for the US...
• Canadian truck manufacturer Western Star has bought 4.2".. of ERF's ordinary shares. ERE says that it was informed of the...
Page 32
by Alan Johnstone • A Dinky toy lorry given to a solicitor as a nineyear-old was used by him to demonstrate "loose wheelnut...
• A pair of wheels came off a tractor unit on the M4 and nobody at the company involved was able to explain why, heard Newport...
Page 34
by Mike Jewell • A Skipton owner-driver is the first operator to have environmental conditions attached to his licence under...
• A Derbyshire haulier has been branded irresponsible and refused a fresh 0-licence after 15 prohibition notices in five...
• The directors of a Widnes haulier were accused of behaving in a cavalier way when they did not turn up to an 0-licence...
Page 38
• FasFlex 3000 is a printable self-adhesive film developed exclusively for use on curtain-sided vehicles and tilts. It allows...
• Norgren recently published its new pneumatic parts catalogue for 1996. This full colour, 324-page publication details...
• The 1996 Truckmaster catalogue of replacement exhausts for commercial vehicles contains 300 new part numbers and now features...
Page 39
• Jungheinrich (GB) has introduced a variation on the pedestrian con• trolled/stand-on pallet handler theme. The new ERD 20...
• Recent European type approval now means that the Propex Compact 1600W heater can be used in vehicles on the move....
Page 48
Powertronic uses a torque convertor with automatic lock-up in each gear via planetary gears, disc clutches and brakes. An...
Page 50
Courts are heeded then a whole bookfull of unfeasible excuses (or mitigation as the lawyers have it) are likely to disappear...
Page 53
M r McGoff, newly-elected president of the Institute of Explosives Engineers, is quite correct in stating that the institute...
Page 55
NIGH QUALITY F or a low volume manufacturer to survive in the modern truck market is something of a miracle, given the costs...
Page 58
B ernie Clarke drives an ERF EC14.340 6x4 tractive unit out of Rochester for Alan Firmin. It has SAMT so getting to terms with...
Page 64
H ow many of us would like to see into the future? What is going to happen tomorrow, will there be work, what are next week's...
Page 69
1,ongthorne ended AWD's 18-tonne-pi drive ratio it was de acceleration and hiL 1,800rpm; this put the next gear Over arrow...
but the pedals were The doors got in t positioned tipping day cab it had plenty round visibility w quick and thrifty sl had a...
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• designed to ; 4 . • accept the larger 275hp 10-litre Cummins or the 301hp 12-litre Perkins Tx Eagle engines as...
Page 79
Qak.! kwft: U. U ILL Vrif_LAILLL L■wQ-A14 T here's something new happening at SED! If you're a tipper owner, plant hirer or...
Page 80
S tories of recent managerial changes, revived fortunes and shrewd transfers are currently the talk of the town in Sheffield,...
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4 m arks & Spencer enjoys a public image of providing quality products and value for money in a pleasant environment. The...