• The return of industrial unrest to the British motor industry must be of considerable concern to manufacturers, retailers and...

• Seamen working for P&O Ferries at Dover voted at the weekend to continue their strike, now in its fourth week. • Production...

• Lorries which lay wrecked under water for eight weeks after the Zeebrugge ferry disaster are being rebuilt and sold — even...

• About 500 new jobs are being created at IBC as the Luton-based light van manufacturer gears up for a major export drive into...

• The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Directorate at Swansea and the Vehicle Inspectorate in the Department of Transport have been...

• Speeding by commercial vehicles on Britain's roads has fallen dramatically, according to the latest survey by the Department...

"Any tyres recovered from the Herald should be sent to us for examination. This is a free service and they need the...

a new service to readers this week with the publication of Road Transport Trends and Forecasts which predicts, among other...

• Trailer manufacturers are worried that braking requirements in the new Special Types regulations are impossible to meet....

• Coroner Dr John Burton has called for all front seats in coaches to be fitted with safety belts secured to the vehicle body,...

NBC London Country bus companies, has been sold to Drawlane, a Salisbury-based company which already owns Shamrock and Rambler...

• As 6,000 Land Rover workers began their first serious strike for seven years this week, the Government has warned the...

• Britain's road transport giants are a step closer to scooping several more major national newspaper distribution contracts,...

• More than 700 hourly-paid workers at Renault Truck Industries in Dunstable are set to strike today (25 February). The dispute...

As predicted in Commercial Motor, Fleet Street is going off the rails. Mike Newman of Mail on Sunday, part of Associated...

• Legislation requiring coaches to be fitted with 70mph (1131cm/h) speed limiters will be introduced in the House of Commons...

• Austrian truck builder Steyr-Daimler-Puch is to supply ERF with Steyr 16and 17-tonne day cabs. Accoridng to ERF managing...

• Prices of Volkswagen , commercial vehicles increased by an average of 11.8% on 1 February. Examples of the new prices are:...

• Leyland Daf has introduced its range of 17-tonne two-axled rigid chassis in time for the change in gross weight limits, due...

• Following a spate of mysterious engine fires in petrolengined Volkswagen LT Light commercials, VW is recalling for safety...

• VAG, tag UK egonez .1 Wigwams sod Mat hos Wed gartered oprrata - s of seneesorgd Weeegen LTs so masa koog ors kg songs of sal...

• Iveco Ford's heaviest and most powerful 4x2 rigid chassis yet, a Cargo 1928, has been equipped as a support vehicle to the...

*Choice of Tandem, Triaxle and Air Suspension. *Heavy Duty, Reinforced Curtains. *Fast Action Curtain Rollers, Water...

• Aviemore-based A9 Haulage has just taken delivery of its first Foden. The 6x2 Foden 4300 tractive unit is fitted with a...

• Davies magnet plans to double production of its doublejaw fifth-wheel couplings during the next 18 months, following a move...

• The Office of Fair Trading has told Southern Vectis that it must share one of its bus stations at Newport on the Isle of...

• A Gardner-powered Neoplan Skyliner has been voted coach of the year by the National Federation of Bus and Coaches, Belgium....

• Staff shortages, maintenance difficulties and a strike have led to London Country Bus (North East) losing the contracts for...

inquiry into the safety record of Carlton PSV, following its acquisition of Yelloway and SUT fleets, David Mitchell, for the...

• Conductor-crewed doubledeckers are back in action on the streets of Bedford, courtesy of the United Counties Omnibus Company,...

Titan in its fleet to reduce water and oil contamination which was being carried over into the buses' air systems. • East...

— the first new vehicles to enter its 100-strong fleet since 1984. The buses, which have 162kW (218hp) Leyland TL-11H engines...

• Dennis Specialist Vehicles has taken one of its Cummins C-Series-engined Javelin demonstration coaches on a tour of Europe to...

• The National Freight Consortium's tycoon shareholders voted overwhelmingly this week to float their company on the 'stock...

from Hartshorne Motor Services of Walsall. The tractor units weight 6.22 tonnes fully fuelled and have a reduced (3.2 metre)...

Stock Exchange last Wednesday (17 February) in the first stage of an unusual joint listing in Britain and Holland which is...

• The Post Office is spending £30 million on a time-guaranteed business parcels service pitched between its fast-but-expensive...

• BRS Western has bought six vehicles from transport firm Luther Lewis of Drefach, which is part of the Today Super foods...

Dudley Brewery's Banks beer to 500 outlets outside the West Midlands. The brewery, which will continue to make its own...

The phone was unveiled last week by industry minister John Butcher who predicted that the device, which is due to go on sale...

• West Midland Licensing Authority John Mervyn Pugh has renewed the licence held by Male & Son (Pensnett) for five years,...

• The defence was criticised for "an enormous dragging of feet" last week when Tanker Road Services driver Derek Richardson had...

poor maintenance • Glasgow-based Alternative Refuse Management has been warned about the maintenance of its vehicles by...

• The driver of a hot tar carrier was fined 2100 last week at Widnes Magistrates, after police spotted his vehicle smoking...

• County Travel (Leicester) last week admitted at a Nottingham public inquiry irregularities in the way it operated local...

• Cumberland Motor Services has successfully opposed a request by Cumbria County Council that a Traffic Regulation Condition be...

• North Western Traffic Commissioner Martin Albu has reserved his decision on a request by Cumbria County Council for a traffic...

the licence of St Helens owner-driver Brian Seddon. Prohibitions had been imposed and an excise licence offence arose out of...

• An unlicensed mini-bus operator, who ran a school bus service, escaped with an absolute discharge and an order to pay £30...

NEW OPERATION FOR YEOVIL M-B • WSM Motors, the Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealers for Avon and Somerset, plans to open a new...

commercial vehicle dealership has been set up at Iver in Buckinghamshire to serve as Foden Trucks' main dealer for west...

ETA TELLS ALL • Rules, regulations, facts and figures clutter up every aspect of the British road transport industry. To help...

• Tuffnells Parcel Express has launched a free advisory service called Crisisline for companies planning what it describes as...

NEW EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE • An exemption certificate has been issued under the 1984 regulations concerning packaging and...

RAY SMITH GETS ITS DRAWBARS TOGETHER • Ray Smith Demountables of Peterborough has set up a drawbar drivers' training programme....

HAZPACK COURSES FROM E P TRAINING • E P Training Services of Esher in Surrey has arranged a series of two-day courses on the...

BIG CHEESE IN SWITZERLAND • The Leyland Daf 95 Series, which won a Truck of the Year Award in 1988, has won the European Cab of...

BODY TALK FROM 3M • The latest issue of Body Talk — the quarterly newsletter published by 3M Automotive Trades for body and...

CM FRIENDS GATHER IN PRESTON • The annual general meeting of the Association of Friends of The British Commercial Vehicle...

to any Associated Equipment Company vehicle — is set for 29 May at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. The gathering is informal, and...

details of its range of vehicle management systems at this year's Fleet News Motor Show, at Wembley from 8-10 March....

• The Sentinel Drivers Club has organised a 351cm (22 mile) road rally on Sunday 29 May, from the Enfield Pageant of Motoring...

Low umn. ON M6 II Lancashire police are to impose an 801(mph (50mph) speed limit on sections of the M6 and the M61 on stretches...

users during improvements between Junctions 10 to 13 has been published in Surrey in a free leaflet from the Department of...

• London and the South East MI London: Closure of hard shoulder and nearside font southbound between Scrotchwood Services and...

bicentennial celebrations and those denizens of the outback who haul Australia's goods from one end of the continent to the...

Freight Consortium — likens himself to the patriach of a large family. Sometimes, however, it's hard to see if that family more...

500 years BC and telling "the epic story of mankind" is being sponsored by Renault Trucks. The production, in Glasgow's Museum...

out even the most hidden secrets, but here is a real conundrum. It involves Chris Mason, the managing director of Volvo Trucks'...

caused by the recent seamen's strike — by moving everything by air. The company chartered an Air UK F27 capable of carrying...

looks set to be even bigger than last year's, when 103 of the company's pre-1975 models were on show. The event, at the British...

round our Midlands tipper route. It also offers above-average fuel consumption and a healthy payload. • Daf Trucks' absorbtion...

For three generations Sayers Transport Services has been living up to its name, and making service the keystone of its...

What do Domestos, Harmony hair spray and Strontium 90 have in common? They're all classified as dangerous goods — and new...

more to encourage better standards of service for truck drivers on ferries, so this special ferries issue includes a ballot...

There are well over 100 ferry routes operating around and out of the British Isles. We couldn't try all of them, so we selected...

SIR N O MISTAKES WITH LEYLAND BUS • Allow me to congratulate you on your restraint by not splashing "Scoop!" all over page 46...

manager of Laidlaw leasing, part of Laidlaw Group, the Scottish Ford dealer.

sales engineer for Longdon Truck Equipment, responsible for selling Zepro tail-lifts in Yorkshire and East Midlands.

directors. Russell Webber becomes financial director, while Barry Bromley is the new operations director. Webber joined...

Ferrymasters has made four appointments at its Basildon depot, which services the South. Fred Freund becomes manager for...

sales manager for commercial vehicle importers MAN-Volkswagen in South West England and South Wales. Before joining MAN...

appointed Bill Russell as general manager. Russell joined Volvo Trucks in 1974 but switched to Volvo Bus in 1983 when he was...

has joined the Institute of the Motor Industry as Appointments Manager at the IMI headquarters near Hertford. Davico's role...

director, transport services division, with Faber Prest, the South Yorkshire industrial services group. His division covers...

spare parts delivery division of York Group, has made Brian Alcock marketing manager. He has 17 years' experience in the...

appointed low-bake marketing manager of ICI Autocolor's UK operation. Arwel Griffiths becomes air-dry marketing manger. They...

design manager of TNT Contract Services. He spent nine years as a senior consultant with the National Materials Handling Centre...

Scanlan area sales manager for the south of England. Scanlon is bidding for a place in the British national rifle shooting...

of Management has won the Institute of Logistics and Distribution Management's Sir Robert Lawrence Memorial Award. The honour...

transport manager for salvage operator Holding and Barnes, and is responsible for collecting damaged vehicles on behalf of...

sales manager responsible for sales of Kooi-Aap lorry-mounted fork lifts and tail-lifts. He has worked for Caterpillar and Yale.

vehicle agency, has recruited Trevor Mawson to design a customer service package.

of Gaydon Technology and Austin Rover Group, is to head the power train engineering division of the Motor Industry Research...

home in Stapleton, Bristol, on Monday 1 February. He had retired from Bendix in 1987 after over 25 years with the company.

1 For how long has it been known that pngineers in repeated and prolonged ontact with waste engine oil run a Potential risk of...

I No-warning checks on the ivality of service given to cusomers by Peugeot Talbot lealers are to be made by the 'ompany....

Spice aims to open a nationdistribution centre (NDC) at Voodside Park, Dunstable, edfordshire, in the autumn. [he NDC is...

• Tankfix, the engineering division of bulk haulier Tankfreight, which aims to service the needs of all commercial vehicles,...

• More than 200 dealers and 11,000 "Trade Partners" are participating in the Renault Trade Partner Card scheme. Purchase of...

• Off-the-shelf delivery of the full Swindon-based Trust Parts range of more than 850 separate lines will be offered by its new...

expected at Frankfurt's Automechanika exhibition, to be held in September. More than half come from outside West Germany....

Remedial action is called for under the voluntary code of practice whereby manufacturers' recall vehicles are reported to the...

• Plasti-Kote industrial spray paints from English Abrasives are produced for use in maintenance, safety marking and protection...

• A self-adhesive safety aid from Le Mark Self Adhesives is aimed at overcoming the hazard of slippery tread surfaces. Safety...

• Lucas is introducing a new range of horns including fourdisc (high frequency) and fourwindtone (trumpet) types, available in...

• Cramic Engineering has started producing what it claims is the most powerful mechanical machine-bed vice available. It is...

• Thorn Lighting's new halogen radiant heater is recommended by the manufacturer for use in such locations as warehouses and...

In order to help dealers generate more profits and encourage brand loyalty, Toyota's service marketing department provides...

• Stop! — from Deb — is a versatile evaporating spray for cleaning brakes and other automotive components. Stop! loosens...

• A complete service workshop and MoT test bay has been planned, equipped and fitted out in every detail for Lambert Autos of...

• Tanfield already produces a towing bracket for the "Car of the Year" Peugeot 405. This quick development came about through...

and can be tailored to suit individual requirements. There are three models in the range: the TVK1000 (1m high), the TVK1500...

• Interest in the KL auxiliary water pump introduced in 1985 for bus engines — not just for curing cold-blowing heaters but...

• Forte Lubricants has introduced on the UK market a diesel fuel conditioner that, it says, has remarkable rejuvenating powers...

Seddon Atkinson advises Workshop on mods for the 200, 201 and 2-11 standard and municipal models before submission for...

Only in one case, says Ferodo • We've had a friendly letter from Alan Baker, Ferodo's technical services manager, who spent...

/ Following our examination of the Foden 4300 in last month's Workshop Ways, Brian Perry of Spicer Clutch points out that we...

• The wobble extension bar must be this year's step forward for the socket set; every manufacturer seems to be offering one....

Don't try to plan it all yourself but don't take all the advice you're given. Once a date has been selected, don't change it —...

Belgians launch abrasives range at Autopartac • A new range of abrasives were introduced to the UK automotive market at the...

the limelight, but many operators are still getting good service from earlier models. We went to Normand Commercials at...

the bottom of the brake plate. Although this vehicle had around 12mm of lining left, the shoes needed changing. The rivets...

from the ERF is to keep every bearing well greased. All the nipples are the hexagonal slide-on type, and grease must be pumped...

vehicle was sluggish in its return, but slack in the brake actuator shackle pin showed that the stiffness lay in the brake...

front wheel will show up any play in the kingpins, once the wheel has been lifted off the deck of the ramp. These front wheels...

of the steering box, emulsified the oil, and blown the seal where the steering column enters the box. The reservoir, which...

nearside of the cylinder block, is changed at every service. Before fitting the new filter, oil the rubber seal to prevent it...

four Natotype electrical plugs. These have two knurled locking rings to keep out the water out of the plugs. On this vehicle...

and the lid is retained by a split clamp and wing nut. The lid must be fitted the correct way up, as there is a shelf on its...

someone else around the rear to con. firm that it all works. There is a row of warning lights facing up. wards at the bottom...

This can rust througl from inside on its upper face in which case it has to la( removed, and Normands use a radiato: repair...

under a hatch by the passenger's feet. The ERF does not use fuses, but has circuit breakers instead. These are the row of...

by a balance pipe that runs through a steel sheath. Despite being so protected, it is still in a very vulnerable position, and...

left open, otherwise it will snag on the part of the cab that doesn't tilt. Once the cab is tilted, using the hydraulic jack on...

can be felt with the clutch pedal: it should offer a slight resistance before the pedal reached the floor. Back beneath the...

block, and as well as checking that all the hose clips are tight, have a look at the bracket that holds the housing that takes...

and excessive clutch wear is a sure sign that drivers are pulling away in too high a gear. The other component that suffers...

Volvo Trucks (GB) managing director complains that truck diesel fitters have a lower status than car fitters. A step in the...

For Trucks, Vans, Coaches and Minibuses I f you're looking to install additional heating into your commercial vehicles, take a...

Wrongly used, a sealant manufacturer's wonder gunge can do more harm than good, writes Richard Longworth, but new compound...

The capacity to diagnose intermittent faults through constantly recording engine performance will be a great boost to garage...