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• IAN AMCOR The Screen Machine, the only mobile cinema in the UK in the guise of a Renault Premium 340, was on Its way back to TIghnabrualch, in Scotland, from Bosnia with Ian MacCoil at the wheel. "It's a perfect arrangement. The truck pulls away as you would expect with no need to use high revs and gets up to speed very quickly, It's at 41tonnes, you say. It feels much lighter. Scanias are not rtitiwned for their exhaust brakes but this retarder ti very impressive. Just dropping down one gear makes It work very well. What's it like on Ice?" he asked. Not recommended we told him. "it runs so quietly. But I Re to hear what's going on. This is so well insulated that you feel remote from the engine, The brakes are a bit spongy at the top of the pedal. it's an excellent ride. I could live in this cab mite easily."
• ntiltin STEPHENSO We found Brian Stephenson. from Larkfield, in the ERE E011380 he drives for SCA, waiting to make a trailer swap. "It's very different than we would normally get to drive on domestic work in the UK," he noted, climbing into the cab. "The gear change is a bit stiff but the clutch is very rot. Even using low revs I can accelerate away using full gears. Forward vision close to the front of the cab is good. The mirrors are big but I would also like to be able to adjust the wide angle mirror from inside. it's 580hp all right. It just kept pulling up that hill in top gear. The retarder is a very good idea You can realty feel it holding the truck back on the down slopes. Great truck for international work," he says.
II IS, drives an ERF E014 500 for Malcolm Featherstone out of North Newbald. "There is plenty of room behind the wheel but the bunk is a bit too close to the roof. it sounds like a big Yti, My 15litre 500 pulls well but this is up to speed with even less fuss. I am very Impressed and it's not any noisier than mine. The curved dash has room far everything but it's not changed much from the earlier model. The retarder lever is ins nice position. It might even be a bit more powerful than my Jake brake, The foot brake is a bit
spongy though. The suspension has improved a lot. It doesn't rock and roll any more."