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Delays in decision over longer trailers are affecting sales
Page 8 from 10th March 2011steve.hobson@rbi.co.uk DELAYS IN a government decision over the proposal to extend semi-trailer lengths by up to 2.05m are starting to affect sales......
Dennison’s chance call lands bespoke order from Besblock
Page 10 from 15th September 2011By Kevin Swallow SHROPSHIRE-BASED building block maker Besblock has bought a bespoke trailer from Dennsion Trailers following a cold call visit.......
So you want to go longer?
Page 23 from 27th October 2011With just over five weeks left to apply for the opportunity to take part in the longer semi-trailer trial, CM has waded through the guidance for......
Williams Transport puts longer semi-trailer into action
Page 4 from 24th May 2012HUNTINGDON-based Williams Transport is one of the first hauliers to put a longer semitrailer (LST) into operation in a pallet network. The Wilson......
ON THE ROAD
Page 8 from 27th October 2011Kevin Walden (pictured below), who has been driving trucks for 23 years, works out of Wincanton’s Gloucester depot. He has just spent two days......
EU trailer height proposal outrages UK operators
Page 7 from 23rd September 2010kevin.swattowfarbi.co.uk OPERATORS HAVE reacted with shock at a European Union proposal to restrict all new-build semi-trailers to 4m in height as......
Time for a change
Page 41 from 12th January 2012USED TRAILERS SCHMITZ CARGOBULL Part-exchanges bolster supplies The used trailer market is likely to suffer from a shortage of stock, but Brian......
Campaigners call for rethink on longer semis
Page 5 from 23rd June 2011by Christopher Walton THE DEPARTMENT for Transport’s (DfT) consultation on increasing the length of semi-trailers closed on Tuesday, with two......
The name of the game
Page 2 from 27th October 2011It would appear that the Department for Transport has made a U-turn on longer semi-trailers – thankfully it’s still allowing the industry to trial......
RHA and FTA disagree on longer-semis proposal
Page 7 from 30th June 2011By Christopher Walton THE FREIGHT Transport Association (FTA) and Road Haulage Association (RHA) submitted wildly differing submissions to the......