COMMERCIAL MOTOR BEST KEPT WORKING TRUCK
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Owner-driver Barry Jackson won top honours at Commercial Motor Truckfest for the third year running — and immediately announced that this was his last time in the competition.
Jackson, from Bourne, Lincs, scooped the prestigious Working Truck award and £750 for his pristine T-reg Volvo F7: he is "retiring" from Truckfest to give the others a chance.
Not that he plans to put the 12-year-old rigid out to grass: "It's got a few years left in it yet — I'll keep it going as long as it will go," says Jackson, who hauls for ARC Conbloc.
Graham Cordiner from Peterhead in north-east Scotland, who won best G-reg and best custom awards at last year's Truckfest, took the runner-up's prize of £500. His G-reg Scania 143, which has been profiled in Commercial Motor, includes a shower, compact disc player, double bed, wardrobe, cooker and freezer. Cordiner, who has owned his luxurious Scania for just over a year, handles general haulage throughout the UK.
Third prize went to David Gill of Huntingdon for a G-reg ERF El0 in his first appearance at Truckfest.