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23rd December 1993
23rd December 1993
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IN UNITY IS STRENGTH

They're not about to change their minds just because it's Christmas, but should we really consign 1993 to "that great dust heap...

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Cardiff liquidation leaves E1.3m debts

• General haulier Cardiff International went into liquidation last week with the loss of 30 jobs and debts mounting to between...

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Osborne creditors told to fear worst

• Creditors owed £1.5 million after the collapse of international haulier JG Osborne were told last week that there is little...

2% rise accepted

• Tank-freight's 300 chemical and edible goods drivers have accepted the company's offer of a 2% increase on basic pay...

MoT cost rises

• The cost of MoT testing light goods vehicles will rise in the New Year following the re-introduction of diesel smoke checks...

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'Fracas' cover offered in 1994

• International hauliers will be able to insure against lost business from next year in the event of their trucks getting held...

Toll tag kit could cost hauliers £100

• Operators are being warned that they could face huge costs to fit in-cab equipment as a result of the Government's electronic...

Deputy IC post vacant

• The North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner post will be vacant next week when Anthony Richardson retires from it after...

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Tax prompts go-slow

by Grant Prior • Frustrated Scottish hauliers are planning bridge blockades and a coordinated LGV go-slow, with drivers...

Hauliers fear cost Drivers fight for

cutting at Red Star • Up to 80 subcontracted hauliers working for the British Rail parcels subsidiary Red Star face an...

Bristol snack bar

• More than 1,300 truck drivers are fighting to keep a Bristol snack bar open in the face of an eviction threat. Snack bar...

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Indian source for Iveco parts

by John Kendall • Iveco will source some components for its European models from India and may also build vehicles for Europe...

Mem lifts its cabs axles and engines

by Brian Weatherley. ▪ Mercedes-Benz will bolster its heavy truck line-up next year with a face-lifted cab, a lifting mid-axle...

New Hino for Europe

• Hino is shipping its all-new Super Dolphin Profia range of tractive units and rigids to Europe. The first tipper chassis...

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Mansfield opts for dropframe

by Brian Weatherley • Mansfield Brewery has taken delivery of an Iveco Fold Super Cargo dropframe 17-tonner and two New Cargo...

Vaile and Norfrig joint reefer plan

• Dorset bodybuilder Vaile & Company has teamed up with Danish reefer manufacturer Norfrig A/S to produce refrigerated...

Optare bought by staff

• Bus builder Optare has been bought by the management and employees of the company. Optare was part of the United Bus Group...

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Extra cube in Fiorino

by Toby Clark • Fiat has revealed its new Fiorino: not a completely new vehicle, but a stretched version of the Uno-based...

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* When I bought the truck two-and-a-half years ago, it

was in a bit of a mess. The previous owner had been storing it in a barn: it had been imported originally from Kileene in Texas...

Your chance to work in the US for a year

by Juliet Parish • Many British truck drivers stuck in the daily motorway jam must long to be behind the wheel of a giant...

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Price paid for speeding

• Fernwood Transport succeeded in getting its 0licence renewed without restrichon after insisting that it had paid the price...

Doubts cast on weight accuracy

• Preston-based Demo and one of the company's drivers have been cleared of overloading a 7.5-tonne truck by Appleby, Cumbria...

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Discharge for Wrekin driver

• Telford heavy haulier Wrekin Transport Services, and one of the company's drivers, were given absolute discharges after West...

Condition of trailer doubted

• Trailers that are being pulled have to be in good condition, even if they do not belong to the haulier concerned_ North...

Horned and non-horned cattle mixed on journey

• Livestock driver Charles Hardy and farmer David Evans were ordered to pay fines and costs of £500 after admitting mixing...

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Artic or drawbar: which rig is best for you?

by Bill Brock • Changes in UK operating weights for drawbar outfits are just around the corner even though formal introduction...

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-,--Hurricane sucker ma for heavy duties • AMY Environmental of

Ledstone Luck, Leeds has added a new high-capacity blower/suction tanker to its hire fleet of municipal tankers. The Kaiser...

ulti-decker to wrap up parcels

• Parcels carrier Southern Express has commissioned a new fixed multi-deck semi-trailer built specially to carry low-weight...

Clip-and-lock sections

• German vehicle component manufacturer Titgemeyer has introduced a range of extruded aluminium sections for truck dropside...

Quick repairs required

• Antrim-based Interland, part of Norfolk Line, has added 30 Schmitz Cargobull reefer trailers with Thermo King's slimline SMX...

Curtain-sided swaps for Italian job

R otherham-based EIP has built the first of a batch of 13.6m curtain-sided swap bodies for road/rail specialist Hay Pollock for...

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Delays in milk shake-up

by Amanda Bradbury • Milk haulage worth - '£120m is on course to be " offered to operators next year! But its potential growth...

How the milk haulage market will change

• Currently, dairy farmers have to sell their milk through the Milk Marketing Board. Around 85% of milk haulage in England and...

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Racing thesis

T have followed Truck 1 Racing for nearly five years and regularly attend the events at Brands Hatch. I am now a final year...

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What can I do with a dolly trailer?

I am planning to use a tractor unit converted to a haulage truck with a dolly trailer to move laden semitrailers to my...

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Seeking admissions

One of our company's vehicles was stopped by the police and sent to a weighbridge where the Trading Standards people weighed...

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Win with the Hawk

rice again the Hawk has got together with his friends in and about the industry to provide an enormous goodie bag of Christmas...

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CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD 1993

1 Claire & Cu get Military 11,. filial and Will to advertising i10). 5 Tom guts back or drives vehicle (5). 8 Wartime hut...

Win a drink with CM'S Christmas Crossword

ow then. Enough of that lounging about, letting your brains turn to brandy butter while you get lured into watching yet another...

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ITS BACKITOTAI TRANSPOR1 )ERSON QUIZ II

s tuff the Turkey, send the family out for a long walk, pour yourself a well-earned drink and settle back into your favourite...

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SM O OTH C R UI SE R T he traditional yardstick for measuring a heavy 4x2

rigid was: "Will it return lOmpg with a 10 tonne payload?" Ifs an adage that has a solid ring to it but it needs updating. Most...

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.4 The clutch pedal is fairly light and although the

gearbox's synchro' baulking devices had strong resistance, the short stick movement felt friendly. Under normal road-going...

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II as Years Ago Toda

I n those days our editor was G Mackenzie Junner; The Commercial Motor was published by Temple Press from Bowling Green Lane,...

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Our first call went to Track 29 Express Systems at

10:02hrs on day one, Monday. We were put through to a laid-back man who laboriously took down all our details only to reveal...

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The Schoolboy Stowaways' Great Adventure!

r d last bell at King Alfred's—King Fred's to its pupils—had rung for the ay and boys were making their way to the School House...

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Overseas Aid

A llmakes claims to have the UK's largest stock of replacement parts for Land Rovers. Back in 1977, Peter Hands, the man in...

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S and what comes to mind? A roaring, clanking, belching

beast with screeching tracks; the earth trembling as it passes by, trampling any obstacle in its path. One can only guess at...

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TOUGH OFF THE TRACK

T ired of those poseurs in their pristine Range Rovers and Shoguns, whose only off-road driving is the occasional crunch of...

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Lapland's northern location, together with the Gulf Stream, give it

a unique climate. In the summer, temperatures are in the high twenties and for six months the sun never sets. At two o'clock in...

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T hieves cut down gates to steal a Mercedes - Benz 1625 from

TH White in Cheltenham. The raiders detached the blue and white tractive unit from its trailer during the overnight break-in at...

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'We can all see how important lorries are to the life of this country'

'0 ur small country has a large population and is unable to produce enough food to feed itself. Therefore we have to import...

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STOP OFF

Junction 23 Truckstop D espite the bleak midwinter conditions, the Junction 23 Truckstop was easy to find, being only 200...

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The Factoring

SHOP TALK ADF nails loose linings The Factoring Services Group is lobbying the Lord Chancellors Office and the DTI about the...

Monopoly yes: changes no

• The Monopolies and Mergers Commission has ruled that a complex monopoly exists in the servicing and callibration of exhaust...

HVLP savings

• Paint savings of up to 30% have been achieved by Northern Eleetcare using HVLP equipment. The largest savings come when...

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Lighter column ifts

• Somers Handling is to launch a range of mobile column lifts for lighter vehicles. Its traditional twin column design with...

Parts identities Transfleet puts

workshops on-line • CLEPA. the European association of parts manufacturers, has made a submission regarding the extension of...

workshops on-line

• Transfleet is to equip all its depot's workshops with computers to allow fitters instant access to a vehicle's service...

Polar buys Daf reman

• The Leyland Daf engine reconditioning plant in St.Helens has been sold to British Polar Engines of Glasgow. About 10 engines...

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Bailiff monopoly Bandag bounces back

• The Factoring Services Group (FSG) is pressing for a change in the law to remove the monopoly on what it sees as "slow...

New contracts

• Leyland Daf is set to resume offering hauliers a full manufacturer-backed contract maintenance scheme. When the reciever was...

Panel prices

• Ford is reducing the cost of replacement wings, bonnets and front panels on Fiesta and Escourt vans and P100 pickups...

Leyland Daf lists Kerridge

• Leyland Daf has added 'computer specialist Kerridge to its preferred supplier list. Dealer Morgan Elliott has just installed...

Queue to join GEA Ltd

• At least 40 companies are waiting to join the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) when it becomes a limited company on 1...

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THE SUM OF THE PARTS EQUALS...

W hen you are looking for a new truck the cost of engine parts may not be in the front of your mind, but this attitude could...

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Sh ay Scania and most people will think of high-spec tractive

units; ut it also produces a 17-tonner which has its own band of devoted followers. Scania has dropped its eight-litre engine...

Starting in the cab all the usual checks are carried

out; warning lights, exhaust brake, tacho date and so on. Turn the heated mirrors on as you start the checks and they should be...

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BRIGHT SPARKS

ith the increased level of technology on today's trucks, the one battle workshops cannot afford to lose is for the access to...