Scania Unveils Its 350bhp Turbo V8

• Elimination of exhaust smoking, even at low revs, is claimed by ScaniaNabis for a new 14.2-titre V8 turbocharged diesel which it unveiled this week at the Frankfurt Motor......

Rha Opposes Tractor And Refuse Vehicle Exemptions

• In the interest of public safety the Road Haulage Association is opposing the exemption of agricultural tractors and trailers from operators' licensing, arguing that, as these......

Weighing And Over-loading

"We are now hopeful that the MoT will allow a 10 per cent tolerance on axle weights where the gross weight limit is not exceeded," the FTA stated this week. "The general 10 per......

Boom In Tipper Production On The Way

• A forecast was made last week by Mr. J. M. Beckett, managing director of Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltd., that the replacement of whole tipper fleets would be the outcome of......

New Strike Threat At Tilbury

• More than 1,800 Tilbury dockers are threatening to strike if any attempt is made to break the seven-month deadlock over the £5m Tilbury container terminal by introducing men......

Support For Mendips Men

• A meeting of the South Gloucestershire Tipper Operators Group was held last Friday to consider the proposal which had been previously agreed by the Mendips Tipper Operators on......