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Rikki Chequer, TruckNet UK community manager, reports on the hot topics of discussion among members of the UK's leading intemet forum for truck drivers.
A couple of weeks ago I asked anyone with some technical expertise to help out wIth a debate on double declutching and synch ro gearboxes; now our friends at Eaton have provided the users of TruckNet UKwith an in-depth explanation of how double declutching could damage the gearbox. But even with this technical advice, the debate rolls on in the New and Wannabe Drivers forum.
Potential owner-drivers who recently took the CPC exams received their results -a mixed bag, but those who failed to make the grade are already talking about studying for a retest.
A question about caravans and caravanners makes a popular subject in the Professional Drivers forum: some drivers have caravans, other seem to hate them with a vengeance. Many drivers want the common call for trucks to be allowed on the road only at nights to be aimed at caravans instead.
The overriding argument from the caravan owners is that yes, there are some bad caravanners, but the majority are good and careful drivers. Now why does that sound so familiar?
One of the more unusual requests for help on the website comes in the Euro Drivers forum, with a family from Oxford that has converted a double-decker bus into a motorhome and wishes to take it on a trip through France and Spain. Helpful oversize-load drivers have pointed them in the direction of specialists that can sort out a route and permits.
Finally, drivers looking for LGV-specific sat-nay programs seem to be disappointed at the moment. However, there are various information downloads that can be combined to give a number of LGV-specific options. Find out more in the Computer and Transport Software forum.
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