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ACROSS: 1 Tipping trailer from Wilcox (6) 3 15 in new Oban for Scania P92M, say (6) 5 & 6 Down: Device for changing to unleaded petrol (9,9) 10 The country which is taking over Hong Kong in 1997 (5) 11 Rock n' Roll king for many truckers both sides of the Atlantic (5) 12 Military vehicles or Irish gratitude we hear! (5) 13 On which to hear 11 Across perhaps (5) 14 Number of years from new when a private vehicle needs an MOT (5) 18 Heavy wagon going up hill typically (4,5) 19 Surrey town to get a copy of this magazine hot off the press! (6) 20 Nattered and suffered from inhaling exhaust fumes (6) DOWN: 1 Name of states such as Estonia and Lithuania (6) 2 See 17 Down 3 Howls at the moon for somewhere to park the wagons! (4) 4 Main French town at the mouth of the Loire river (6) 5 Eight in the Scania R143 for example (9) 6 See 5 Across 7 A note different for the gearbox manufacturer (5) 8 See 16 Down
9 Taken by drivers for their HGVs and good cricketers! (5)
13 French city at heart of Champagne region, east of Paris (6) 15 Increase firm's market (6)
16 & 8 Down: Accommodation in 5 Down wagon cab (4,5)
17 & 2 Down: The Al, for example, or any carriageway for hours without a stop (4,4) • Last week the FTA held a seminar on lorry driver facilities, the event was sponsored by various truckstop firms, including BR The trade association was kind enough to give Martyn Thomas of BP a whole hour to reveal glorious slides of his company's truckstops. With obvious pride he started his presentation showing the truckstop at Hirtley. However, the picture he showed had a car park full of cars and one van. Sorry, did you say it was a truckstop? El Talking of the FTA conference, Don McIntyre, FTA controller of highways and traffic, made an amusing mistake. Starting his speech he said: "We at the RHA . oops . . sorry VIA." Is there something going on that we don't know about?
• European and General Shipping has been chosen to transport the England football team's gear to Sardinia for the opening World Cup matches. It will use an Iveco Ford TurboDaily for the run (see page 34).
• The Hawk's heart goes out to two plucky women from Eminox who are doing a charity parachute jump for the Children in Need appeal.
Jacqui Jones and Chrissy Baker from Eminox's accounts and purchasing department in Gainsborough will make the 609m (2,000ft) jump on 8 July.
If you would like to support them please send a cheque payable to Children in Need, Eminox, North Warren Road, Gainsborough, Lines, DN21 2TU.
• Lynx has been given some sober news from managing director Alan Soper, who is banning alcohol at all its sites.
As part of the "sopering-up" drive, all boardroom supplies have been auctioned-off to staff, raising nearly £200, • One of the star attractions at the Swiss model engineering exhibition in Lucerne was this replica of an MAN F90 26.332 .heavy-duty tipper. Built to a 'scale of 1-2.7, the model truck is 278cm long and is powered by an 8kW (11hp) Honda industrial engine driving the rear bogie — with Lada car axles -via a radio-controlled trans:mission. The model was built 'by J Wessels in just under 'two years and has a three-way 'tipping body.