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Axle ratios are vital
Page 22 from 21st April 1984YOUR EXCELLENT Engineer's Notebook of March 24 dealing with fuel economy mentions our work on axles, ratios and fuel efficiency but draws a strange......

Mercedes' twin-steer bet-hedger
Page 3 from 4th September 1982OPERATORS prepared to bet that the Armitage recommendations on increased weights will soon reach the statute book are still as scarce as cameras in......

Glasgow self-steers
Page 16 from 19th November 1983TWO self-steering axles for semi-trailers, both new to this country, are on display at Kelvin Hall, reflecting the increasing operator interest in......

Brakes confusion
Page 19 from 2nd March 1985By Tim Blakemore And many are unhappy at the conflicting advice they are receiving from different quarters on the best way to get oneyear-old......

SCOTTISH BLAST-OFF
Page 30 from 15th October 1987Some big names have pulled out of the Scottish show — but Iveco Ford Truck will be there in strength with some important new models. • Undeterred......

Home inventiveness nom stifled by type approval
Page 24 from 21st May 198338-tonne operation dominated many engineers' thoughts at Solihull last week, but ingenuity was much in evidence in many other areas. Tim Blakemore......

Attractive tractive units
Page 27 from 19th November 1983Tim Blakemore describes some which caught his eye at Kelvin Hall NEITHER Kelvin Hall nor probably any other UK exhibition site has ever seen such......

New Indair takes a load off air springs
Page 62 from 4th May 1985Less weight and easy fitting of Rubery OwenRockwell's latest Indair should increase the popularity of this novel independent air suspension for......

Air rises in trailer suspension league
Page 48 from 2nd March 1985In five years' time half of the trailers running in Britain could be air suspended, according to one manufacturer. Better ride is one reason,......

ADJUSTABLE GRIP
Page 30 from 1st March 1986Ways of improving traction of single-drive-axle tractive units including a new Mercedes-Benz/Wabco electronic system for controlling acceleration......