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DRIVING IMPRESSIONS
Page 27 from 28th July 2011CM traversed the multi-acre Eddie Stobart yard in Widnes, adjacent to its new training facility, with both the 14.55m and 15.65m long trailers. The......
LONGER SEMI-TRAILER TIMEFRAME: CAN IT BE DONE?
Page 4 from 20th June 2013Andy Dodge, sales director at manufacturer Lawrence David, said: "You could turn a longer semi-trailer around in two to three months. To engineer......
Mercedes-Benz Trailer Axle Systems
Page 69 from 20th May 2010DCA Airmaster is the world's first and only trailer axle that stores compressed air for the air suspension and brakes in its housing, thus......
DfT issues 420 VSOs for Longer semis
Page 5 from 14th february 2013THE DEPARTMENT for Transport (DfT) has issued vehicle special orders (VSOs) for 420 longer semi-trailers out of the 1,811 UK allocations. Evidence......
orking with
Page 25 from 28th July 2011en CM gets an exclusive first drive of Eddie Stobart’s longer rigs and talks to William Stobart about the changes an increase in trailer lengths......
FOWLER WELCH JOINS STOBART AND WINCANTON
Page 7 from 1st March 2012Fowler Welch has become the third UK operator – behind Eddie Stobart and Wincanton – to begin on-road trials of a longer semi-trailer under the......
Newton becomes Weightlifter ageni
Page 51 from 15th April 2010NEWTON TRAILERS HAS bcco the latest distributor for the Weightlit Group. This follows the loss of its Fr hauf franchise after the trailer mai......
DfT QUESTIONS
Page 9 from 2nd June 20111) Increases of up to 2.05m in semi-trailer length will give the greatest benefits. Do you agree? 2) What costs would firms expect to incur, and......
Longer trailer limits 'not a simple issue'
Page 5 from 7th April 2011By the CM team THE EAGERLY AWAITED decision on longer-trailer limits has posed more questions than answers after the Department for Transport......
Longer semi-trailer trial revisions come up short By...
Page 4 from 20th June 2013THE INDUSTRY HAS welcomed the longer semi-trailer trial reboot announced last week, but warned that plans to accelerate the trial by slashing the......