• "Operators and drivers should take all possible care to ensure that vehicles are not overloaded ... rather than attempt to...

• Drivers in Spain face crippling roadside fines for even minor offences, hauliers are warning. They say the Spanish...

II Slightly more hauliers expect to be better off than worse off after the Budget, an exclusive Commercial Motor survey has...

• South London haulier A&J Bull has lost its fight for a link road from its £3m depot to the nearby main road. Last week the...

• AWD is to receive a £5m cash in:lection from supermarket giant Sainsbury's which has agreed to buy part of its Boscombe Road,...

• Sales of tractive units and eight-wheelers are up for the first 20 days of February, say industry sources. But they advise...

• Plans for a toll motorway running parallel to the M6 between Birmingham and Manchester have been scrapped in favour of a...

Commercial Motor (CM 2-8 May 1991), Scania is to offer its lightweight two-spring bogie, launched on its 8x4 tipper at Tipcon...

with Railfreight Distribution to run trains, driven by its own drivers, on a daily freight service from London to Glasgow,

is "a complete mess", says FTA north Scotland chairman Murdo Macpherson. Trucks on certain islands do not need a test...

appeal against an insecure-load conviction. The firm maintained that its load had come off due to a low bridge, but the High...

than 21,000 last week for renting out a van in a dangerous condition — it was one of 24 rental vehicles caught following a...

road in the Lake District which takes trucks from Kendal to a nearby quarry, will be opposed by transport associations next...

115 Iveco Ford vehicles. The order has been placed through Reading-based Anchor Trucks.

London red routes action desk to advise and collect information on the problems the scheme is causing for its members.

to be upgraded to dual carriageway: the Government had previously said that traffic levels did not make upgrading worthwhile.

of the red. It reported a $2.3m (£1.35m) loss in the final quarter of 1991, compared with $119m (£70m) in 1990, and expects to...

wages with 4.3% on subsistence from the assenting hauliers group, which was set up to replace the area's RHA Joint Industrial...

the former Soviet Union for the foreseeable future — the DTp had believed that they would not be needed beyond April 1992.

banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The Automobile Association had complained that, although buying a detector is...

test fee increases. It has told the Vehicle Inspectorate that the increases are above inflation and "an attempt by the Vito...

• Owner-operator Bob Elder faces losing his business after his truck was involved in an accident which killed a woman...

• United Road Transport Union general-secretary Frank Griffin was unsuccessful last week in the High Court in his application...

• All overloading offenders are liable to prosecution, the Vehicle Inspectorate has warned — even though last year examiners...

• Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) hopes to develop a lightweight FS7 six-wheeler tipper chassis using the same cab as its FL6...

replacement Eaton gearboxes within 24 hours from their local dealer. It previously took two days for a new gearbox to be sent...

• Nissan will enter the UK truck market in the autumn although importer Nissan MMUK has not specified which models it will...

• Deutz will launch a 400kW (536hp) 16-litre vee-eight engine for heavy trucks at the Hanover Show in May. It will be part of...

• Fontaine is introducing what it claims to be the first sliding fifth wheel capable of being bolted on all chassis without a...

• In our Testers' Choice 1992 preview (CM 13-19 Feb) we rather overpriced Renault's B110-50. The Vaile-bodied Renault B120-50...

• Track 29 appointed two new franchisees this week. Hawk Freight Services, based in Exeter, plugs a gap created by the...

• EC hauliers have been assured that rivals from Eastern Europe will have to meet strict maintenance requirements if they want...

• Allied Bakeries and the United Road Transport Union are deadlocked over the company's plans to reform the company's...

• TNT's worldwide results for the six months to December 1991 show a loss of £22m compared to a 2.21m profit for the same...

• Reports that British Rail is no longer to be privatised, but instead will open more slots to private freight operators, have...

IN British managers are taking over three of Transport Development Group's biggest subsidiaries in France. TDG Distribution's...

• Nexus Logistics has bought the assets of Manchester-based RTM (Transport), a haulier closely associated with bulk raw food...

• Leyland Daf has sold its two Peter Brown dealerships to Pallieter Holdings, a Dutch motor group which has several Daf outlets...

• Kraftfahrzeuginstandsetzungsbetrieb AG, a Berlin truck dealership, is among former state-owned East German truck and trailer...

• Allied Transport Holdings, the haulage group owned by Midlands property developer David Unwin, is closing its last and...

• A long-established haulier is now refusing to carry some time-sensitive loads unless the customer agrees to waive its rights...

/Cannockbased Carriers has been cleared of two overloading charges because the police failed to comply with the Department of...

• Merthyr Tydfil-based C&S Haulage had a licence application refused because it had been wrongly advertised, but within 24...

• Haydockbased Michael Tracey, trading as Mike Tracey Transport, has appeared before North Western LA Martin Alhu following...

rit - 4 trA • Frank Wall, trading as Frank Wall Freight of Newport, Gwent, was given two days' to get his two vehicles...

MUttoxeterbased international haulier Michael Chilton has appealed against fines, costs and back duty totalling £3,784.98...

DIRECTORY • Commercial Motor has compiled a nationwide directory of specialist transport lawyers, expert witnesses, consultant...

• Penrith-based Bulmans Bulk & Haulage has had its licence revoked for aiding and abetting drivers to falsify tachograph...

of its drivers have appeared before Stockport magistrates accused of a series of drivers' hours and tachograph offences. The —...

renew the two-vehicle ' licence held by Charles Brown of Southport, when he failed to attend an Ormskirk public inquiry. Brown...

has been cleared of alleged gross and second axle overloading offences after Stafford magistrates heard that the vehicle...

Lloyd & Son, of Kenfig Hill have had their licence renewed until the end of July by South Wales LA John Mervyn Pugh. Pugh had...

'Law on the Wall' charts. Each poster covers a separate area of transport law: driver licensing; weights and dimensions;...

• Optare could win its first order for an articulated bus — if Go-Ahead Northern wins council backing for a £.5m guided busway...

a management buyout bid for its London Coaches subsidiary after preferred bidder Stratford-uponAvon-based Guide Friday revised...

its name to Scania Coach Sales. Its founder Stuart Johnson, who sold the company to Scania in January, is expected to take the...

elected chairman of the public service vehicle section of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

range of bodies. Its double-decker is dubbed the Palatine; the single-decker is the Paladin and the minibus is the Pageant.

is optimistic that it will be able to sell the operation.

• The first of nearly 500 London Bus Routemasters has been refurbished in a £10rn improvement programme which is designed to...

• Growing interest is being shown in Jake Brakes as the Department of Transport awaits a European Commission proposal to clamp...

importer, will bring the high-cube Sunny van to the UK (CM 9-15 Jan). A date has yet to be fixed but sales will begin in the...

/ Operators who have experienced excessive front tyre wear on the VW T4 Transporter, launched last year, should take the matter...

• Over 3,000 Astramax vans have been ordered by Royal Mail after Vauxhall presented an overall package which beat Royal Mail's...

/ Mazda is marketing a range of "ready-for-work" panel vans and refrigerated conversions through its dealers. The readyfor-work...

• Bauer Millett, the only General Motors Detroit dealer in the UK, is hoping to find buyers over here for the Grumman LLV panel...

last week and a van version is planned for late summer. Power will come from the "Umwelt" turbo-diesel engine, which is now...

A t 2,045 tonnes it was the mightiest load ever hauled on a British road. But things didn't go quite to plan last weekend, when...

• Shipping Line Intermed has joined forces with Allport Freight to operate distribution services to Iran and Iraq. Allport...

• IMS of Loughborough has appointed two parts distributors and two service agents for the SAF range of axles and air...

• Barber Motor Services, the southern Home Counties service dealer for ZF transmissions and steering components, has moved to...

• The Road Haulage Association's guest speaker at this year's annual dinner will be HRH The Duke of Gloucester. It will be held...

• Another series of one-day regional seminars on the business implications of the Single Market is being arranged by the...

• The Friends of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum and the Fifth Wheel Lorry Club are holding an Atkinson vehicle rally on...

• The Freight Transport Association is holding a seminar on the tough new waste regulations on 18 March at Heathrow. The new...

• A tanker transport conference and show will be held in Antwerp on 20-22 October. Called Tank Europe 1992, it is being...

• Wheels '92 is being held on 27-28 June at the Vauxhall Motors Showground, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. There will be about 500...

• Control Research is conducting a survey of 8,500 transport operators to find out how they finance, specify and use their...

• Portuguese motorway tolls can now be paid using the euroShell card. Drivers should look out for signs saying "Pagiamento...

• Carl Rhodes, the Canadian author of Trucker Tales wants drivers to contact him with stories for a second volume. Copies of...

• Hubbard Transport Refrigeration has brought out a diesel driven refrigeration unit fitted with a Microstat...

stolen trucks free in Crimeline! • Hauliers wishing to try demonstration examples of a new vehicle security device are invited...

Price as tested: 27,205 (ex-VAT) inc £275 for power assisted steering. Engine: 1.9 litres, 47kW (65hp). Tested GVW: 1,700kg....

• ON THE ROAD Progress over bumpy surfaces in an unladen Extra is rather bouncy, but with a load on board suspension movements...

quality truckstops in the UK? A total of 66% said no; only 32% said there were enough. Then we asked if legislation should be...

UP I I El l 'Jumbo' high-cube semi-trailers are gaining in popularity on the Continent — now they are poised to make an impact...

Chassis: steel main frame, fabricated three-piece I beams; neck depth 75mm (inc king-pin plate). Body: tilt with lifting roof,...

Care (and also for its rival operator, Mansped) have been built by Van Hoot in Belgium. The standard Cargo Care design uses a...

• There has been a lot of publicity about how the 1991 Road Traffic Act will give additional powers to the police to prosecute...

NHS managers are coming under pressure to contract out their disposal of clinical waste. This should result in more...

truck in-house — and for buying in proprietary components. CM has been talking to both camps. T hirty years ago buying a...

A fter a disappointing Winter Olympic Games the British Bobsleigh Team ran into more bad luck when its truck broke down on the...

la he Hawk's favourite runabout, the Reliant Robin, is not usually known for its ability to impersonate a Grand Prix...

Id his Tarmac Quarry Products truck was an unexpected guest at a house in Wigan when it ploughed into the porch after being...

Ifil here was no superhero on hand to provide a miraculous escape for haulier Roger Wheldon when police at a vehicle checkpoint...

our eyes do not deceive you — this is part-time footballer and all-round good-time geezer Paul Gascoigne handing over a Scania...

6 NT Express boss 1 Alan Jones cannot be expected to find time in his busy schedule to write to the Hawk more than three or...

the train to NFC's Harrogate AGM one of Commercial Motor's hacks was just nodding off after a super-soaraway sizzler British...

• I was horrified to read the letter from D Copland of Bradford in (CM 13-19 Feb). This letter is totally inaccurate. The...

Once again as a result of an EC directive the UK road transport and physical distribution industries will suffer a loss of...

• I refer to your reader's letter regarding certification of lorry loader operatives and would like to clear up a common...

• In this month's Workshop we get an insight into the problems facing the maintenance industry. Over the past few years pundits...

• As Workshop goes to press the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) is due to publish its specification for exhaust testing equipment on...

• New regulations covering paintshops and workshops come into effect from 1 April. Under the Environmental Protection Act,...

• Dal is extending 95 Series service intervals from 25,000 to 40,000km, provided that operating conditions are favorable and...

II According to Shell, only one in 14 HGV drivers are aware of the benefits of fuel additives, despite evidence showing that...

• AB Auto Parts has produced free 48x7Ocin fault-finding engine bearing charts covering the Glacier and Vandervell ranges....

• The latest Crosland Filters catalogue lists 1,200 lines including 150 new products in 440 pages with a cross-reference...

II MAN wishes to point out that while it uses its own specification system for oils, a full crossreference is provided in its...

• Vehicle wash specialist Wilcomatic has opened a showroom at its Croydon headquarters to give a permanent display of its...

• All 390 Caetano Optimo II coaches registered since 1986 are being recalled to have a replacement park brake lever fitted....

II UK operators are wasting money and natural resources by sending too few tyres for retreading, said Bandag at the launch of...

• Some workshops have reported problems with Wabco ABS systems when recalibrating tachographs. When the rear wheels are spun...

II Euro Parts (Spares) is a new spares service for trailers with RO-R, SAP, BPW or York running gear. The company is part of...

This year's show was smaller but was it still worth visiting. Colin Sowman finds out ... • This year's Automotive Aftermarket...

Hi-tech gearboxes are on the increase, but what happens if they go wrong? Colin Sowman finds out ... S emi-automatic systems...

and, despite the manufacturer's recent chequered history, the pedigree still remains. Its latest range of tractive units share...

A fitter's skills are transferable from one country to another. Colin Sowman finds out what's available in Europe. I f you are...

II Disc-Lock wheel nuts are said to be the answer to the wheel loss problem. The two-part nut has a ratchettype interface...

• Once Airseal Tyre Milk has been injected into a tyre it seals all air leaks and will cure punctures up to 3mm across as they...

• A self-retracting hose reel designed for pressure washers has been launched by Redashe. The Retracts WHP100 fits between the...

• Microgard 2500 is a new disposable coverall for the spraying and refinishing industry for Arco. It is made from Daltex CN4, a...

• Ettco oil drain plugs are automatic valves which replace the conventional sump plug on most commercial vehicles. Once the...

• Gasket makers Coopers Payne has launched two non-asbestos jointing materials designed for flat flange interfacing. G5140 is...