Truckfest anger
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Truckfest regular Ray Leigh Transport delivered a scathing attack on truck operators attending the showcase event over the Bank Holiday weekend for failing to use it to highlight the industry's plight over rising diesel prices (see report, pages 16-23).
General manager Darren Leigh told Commercial Motor "I'm very angry. We've been coming here for years, and to walk around the showground you'd think there was nothing wrong. We're talking about an industry that's on its knees—but I don't see that here."
He was particularly critical of Truckfest competitors for not putting RHA "Fair Play on Fuel" decals on their trucks. We could have had every wagon with a sticker" said Leigh, whose long-serving Mercedes 1626 SK tractor sported several of them. But on a number of them he had written, ''Thanks for the support—I think NOT".
Leigh, the son of Widnes-based RLT founder Ray Leigh, insisted this was his last Truckfest: "We've been coming here for years but this is my last stand. I'm not going to any more. I'm really shocked and completely gutted—I'd