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DUE DILIGENCE

• The risk of overloading — inadvertent or otherwise — is more prevalent in tipper operations than in any other form of...

Flamm

LiUWi • This weekend's Commercial Motor Truckfest is the biggest festival of trucking in Britain. Nowhere else will you find...

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• Commercial vehicle production in the last six months increased

by 7% over the previous six months, according to latest Department of Trade and Industry statistics. CV production in March...

• The British Road Federation has welcomed seven new road

building schemes. BRF says this shows the DTp is starting to take note of the growing evidence of the inadequacy of the...

• The 1987 Castrol Gold Medal of the Institute of

the Motor Industry was presented to roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley earlier this week, for his contribution to road...

• Charging drivers to go through central London could raise

hundreds of millions of pounds a year to subsidise public transport, says the London Planning Advisory Committee, which...

• Transport Secretary Paul Channon has appointed consulting engineers Rendel, Palmer and Tritton to undertake a review of the M25.

• Two more operators have been fined for breaking London's

night-time lorry ban. Raymond Berry and Sabah Timber both pleaded guilty by post to driving on Woodford New Road, EC17, last...

RNA overload battle hits the road

• The Road Haulage Association is stepping up its due diligence campaign on overloaded trucks. It says it is tired of being...

Pickets tighten grip on Dover

• Lorry drivers faced crossing angry picket lines at Dover this week for the first time, as hundreds of striking seamen tried...

Cargo sticks with Deutz

• Iveco Ford hopes to finish 1988 with at least 25% of the UK trucks and artics market above 3.$ tonnes. Marketing director...

• The FTA has again rebuffed London Boroughs Transport Committee

plans to impose hush kits on trucks as a precondition for the renewal of London lorry ban permits. In a speech to 1,100 members...

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Wheelnut report out by summer

• A top-level report warning hauliers about the danger of ignoring manufacturers' advice on fitting wheels to lorries is...

Abbey northern loss

• One of Britain's best-known car transporters, Abbey Hill, has lost its 80-vehicle North East operators licence because its...

• Leyland Dots assembly plant at Leyland, Lancashire, has produced

its 50,000th truck and Robert Atkins, Under Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, drove the 38-tonne Roadtrain tractive...

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6 blitz on foreigners

• A total of 24 foreign lorry drivers have been fined 25,500 following a police motorway blitz exposed a series of major...

• Work on digging the Channel Tunnel progressed by just over licrn — leaving 481m to go.

• The sale of alcohol at garages has been banned in an amendment to the Government's Licensing Bill.

• Tuffnells Parcels Express is starting a Sunday evening collection from Heathrow airport, delivering Monday nationwide.

• Surrey County Council has opened a highways depot at Leatherhead to service its section of the M25.

• Fewer people died on Britain's roads last year than

in any year since 1954: fatalities fell by 5% to 5,100.

liphook and Hydraroll scoop Queen awards

• Container and trailer rental company Tiphook has won a Queen's Award for Export in a year when it has announced a 70% rise...

Voucher system launched by HMS to woo "temp" drivers

• In a bid to make "temp" work more attractive to HGV drivers, Leicester-based employment agency HMS has introduced a system...

Truckers' radio safe in your bands, says Lord Young

• Fears that the Government plans to switch the Band III radio spectrum from mobile radio use to television have been allayed...

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Isuzu picks up Bedford KB

• A new version of the Isuzubuilt Bedford-badged KB onetonne pickup should reach Britain by the end of the year — possibly...

Volvo power at lipcon

• Volvo's most powerful eight-wheeler, the 10-litre FL10, makes its UK show debut at this week's TipCon show at Harrogate....

• Lipe's 15/380-2LP twin plate clutch, already specified as original

equipment by Seddon Atkinson, ERF and Foden went into volume production at the end of 1987. It is now available as a...

• Come and see White Thunder for yourself next weekend,

at Commercial Motor's Truckfest celebrations on the East of England Showground just off the Al near Peterborough on Bank...

Frigoblock says hush to reefeers

• Frigoblock has produced a quieter version of its F1(25L overcab refrigeration unit that is claimed to have operating noise...

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York for the black stuff

• Less than a fortnight after launching two new reefer trailers (CM 21-27 April) York has revealed its latest,...

Mitsubishi out of stock as pickup sales rocket

• Mitsubishi has run out of commercial vehicles to sell until the second part of its quota arrives in August. Until then...

Jennings launches crew cab for FLA

• Crewe-based bodybuilder Jennings Coachwork is now offering a full crew cab conversion based on the 7.5-tonne GVW Volvo FM...

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London dereg delayed

• Pro-deregulation lobbyists were dealt a major blow last week when CAPITAL, the transport users' pressure group, revealed...

/Dement Coaches has taken delivery of this 12metre Mercedes 0303

integral coach powered by the latest 0M442 vee-eight 216kW (290hp) engine. It will also be used in the soonto-be-launched next...

Ikarus swoops for STG

• Hungarian bus and coach builder Ikarus is to make a joint bid with Frontsource for the Scottish Transport Group, as a step...

Mi Errant coach and bus operators can expect to be

heavily penalised on safety and environmental grounds in the future, roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley, told delegates...

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Taff-Ely fights off cash crisis

• Uncertainty over the future of Pontypridd-based Taff-Ely Transport has been resolved following a crisis meeting between...

Coach safety belts have low priority

• The introduction of safety belts for all coach passengers is not a high priority, roads and traffic minister Peter...

Volvo rides the big bus boom

• Sales of Volvo DlOM and BlOM chassis-based double and single-deck buses are booming, and Volvo bus sales manager Mike Ball...

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The biggest advance since fuel injectors.

Fuel injectors that work. Doctor Rudolph Diesel was a very ingenious man. Not only did he invent the combustion system which...

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BRS launches big chill

• BRS Northern has spent £3.5 million on launching a trial reefer rental scheme which, if successful, could be extended...

BCA makes it easier with Exchequer card

• British Car Auctions has launched a credit card for light van dealers called BCA Exchequer, which enables card holders to...

• Transport group Christal has bought Silchester-based OTP, specialist in export packing and forwarding of heavy industrial and hightech products.

• Edinburgh transport group Christian Salvesen is spending 21.75 million

in Europe, buying familyowned Belgian reefer operator Joseph Massage and investing in a new refrigerated distribution contract...

Parcels profit for Oz group

• Mayne Nickless, the Australian group which owns UK express courier Parceline, has announced 230.81 million profits for the...

• Motor Auctions Group, which handles about 22,000 commercial vehicles

each year (15% of its business) has bought all the share capital of Newcastle's Tyne Car Auctions which deals with over 3,000...

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WVR makes record buy

• Wincanton Vehicle Rentals has made what it says is the biggest-ever fleet purchase by a contract hire company by buying 725...

SPD wins ITT TV

distribution deal • SPD, part of NFC Distribution Group, has won a £1.2 million contract to distribute ITT TVs and videos...

• Ferrymasters is reorganising its groupage services to Scandanavia and

central Europe into two depots in Warrington and Basildon to cover the north and south of the UK. Both depots will work...

• Container traffic using the port of Felixstowe during 1987

rose by 118,000 units to a record 757,455 — up 18% from 1986.

• GRP Massey, coachbuilder and bodybuilder based in Leeds, has

bought CSC of Newport Pagnell, another bodybuilder which specialises in military, luxury and medical vehicles. CSC has an...

Buyout dealer Dagenham Motors set to go public

• South-east Iveco Ford and Ford dealer Dagenham Motors is going public seven years after a management buyout which was led...

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Bus war forces major bust-up

• A Midlands bus battle has led to fist fights and vehicles being rammed, a Birmingham public inquiry was told last week. The...

Big four fight overload regs

• Four major hauliers appeared before Huddersfield magistrates last week to argue that because of a change in the wording of...

Pugh warns Consolidated Land over overloading

• No action was taken against the South Wales licence of Consolidated Land Services when the company appeared at disciplinary...

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BJ Myers fined 5,200

• A stipendiary magistrate's decision to penalise a haulage firm for more than 300 drivers' hours offences last week, left...

To Hull and back a weighbridge too far

• Ferndales Transport Company (Hull) and one of its drivers, were cleared of alleged overloading offences by the Hull...

Transport consultant Colin Ward, appearing for MJ Myers, said "There

is no benefit in breaking hours laws for a company like this". He added that after extensive research of the firm's operations...

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BUSINESS MOVES

NCA AT MANSFIELD • National Car Auctions has opened a new site at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. National Car Auctions, part of...

B RISTOL INTERLEASING • Vehicle Contract Hire specialist, Interleasing (UK) has opened a new administration centre in Bristol.

Fully operational from April, it provides a complete range of services to fleet managers in the South West, handling both car...

SWITCHING ON THE POWER • Switched Mode, of Reading, have

appointed CBA Telecom of New Malden, Surrey, as distributors of its range of in-vehicle power packs and associated equipment....

EDBRO DEALS OUT TWO N EW APPOINTMENTS • Edbro, the

tipping equipment manufacturer, has appointed a new distributor and a new service and parts dealer to cover the Lancashire and...

ARCHBOLD SCORES TOPS POINTS • Archbold Truck Sales and Service

has won the master dealer of the year award from Iveco Ford, after assessing the company's facilities, commitment to staff...

THE AUSTRIAN CONNECTION • Sealane Freight of Harpenden, part of

the Star Cargo Group, has introduced a new low-cost combined road/ rail freight service for UK exporters/importers to and from...

FREEFLOWING WITH DER/AAGLEN • Dermaglen has introduced Freeflow, a concentrated

and effective liquid fiocculant to break up obstructions in pipes, drains, cooling towers, humidifiers, condensers, storage and...

CMOCS AWAY • Traffic safety specialists, Hazard Warning Systems has introduced a new wheel choc called 'the wheelstopper'.

Moulded from a high-quality solid rubber compound, the Wheelstopper's modular construction means that it can be built up to...

WEBASTO LIKES IT HOT • Webasto will be showing its

I1L18 Cab Heater at next week's TipCon. The heater is marketed complete with its afterinarket installation kit which includes a...

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SEALINK BOOST FOR ISLE OF WIGHT • Sealink British Ferries

has announced plans to extend its ferry terminal at Fishbourne, Isle of Wight, to accommodate extra traffic being moved on the...

OVERDRIVE GETS DANGEROUS • Overdrive, the temporary driving specialists, has

produced a guide which simplifies the Government's regulations on the carriage of dangerous goods in packages. The guide, for...

EUROSAFE DRIVES ON • Following the success of Eurosafe '86

(held in the City of London as part of European Road Safety Year activities) a follow-up on an even larger scale is planned for...

BUS AND COACH GOES WELSH • The Bus and Coach

Council (BCC) plans to hold Bus and Coach '89 in Cardiff on 17, 18, 19 February 1989_ For details, rates and bookings contact:...

A6005 CLOSES IN The viaduct carrying A6005 between Long Eaton

and Nottingham has seriously deteriorated and there are plans to remove it as soon as possible, says the council. The...

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Computers on show at Wembley

• Last week's annual Computers in Transport show at Wembley proved something of a disappointment. By 2pm on the first day,...

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• London's marathon runners were led by a 451crnh (30mph)

milkfloat, specialy converted to achieve "high" speeds, it was revealed recently. When Unigate Dairies joined the supporters of...

• Some female truck drivers contacted me recently after phoning

a "Lady Truckers" phone number which was advertised in the binliner press. You know the kind of thing — hot housewives, sexy...

• It's a well-known fact that when it comes to

working hours, the Hawk is not only an early bird, but also a bit of a night owl. This hardly endears me to Mrs Hawk (she who...

• You can't put a good man down. When Californian

stunt driver Bobby Ore attempted to run his 1957 Bristol Lodekka on two wheels to entertain the crowds at the brands Hatch...

• If you were unlucky enough to be stranded at

the ferry ports during the recent P & 0 dispute, then ferry crews may have slipped down in your alltime popularity list. We...

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BRIDGE THE GAPS • Thank you very much for your

recent handbooks on weighbridges. I thought at the time, what necessary information to have considering the lack of...

TANKS FOR THE SUPPORT • For years we have been

exorted to buy British products, not just to boost the economy, but also to help employment. We even had a campaign to make us...

A FRIEND IN NEED IN I feel it necessary to

write to you regarding the excellent way I was treated when a problem arose with my car while in Warrington on 9 April. I run...

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IN Almost a year ago to the day, a group

of hard-nosed tipper operators gathered in the plush surroundings of the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate for the Road Haulage...

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SECOND TIM AROUND

• Seddon Atkinson's 3-11 still strongly resembles the original 301, but in its latest form with the charge-cooled Cummins...

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TIPPER TOPICS

The RHA's TipCon exhibition at Harrogate is a highlight of the tipping industry's calendar. We look at some of the new and...

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CARGO WITH A CAPITAL C

N There were suggestions of over indulgence when Iveco Ford installed the Cummins L10-250 in its 6x4 Cargo tipper chassis in...

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CARRIER WITH TWO DECKS

• Many bulk cargoes are sufficiently light for a 15.5-metre a,rtic combination to gross no more, and often a good deal less,...

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• AlJTOLEASE JONES

Autolease, the vehicle leasing and contract hire company, has appointed Trevor Jones managing director. He has 20 years...

II DISTRIBUTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS SHELDON/HOWDLE/ DEARDEN Distributive Computer Systems of

Leamington Spa, specialist supplier of computing systems to the automotive distribution industry, has appointed three...

• TAMAR LEYLAND DAF MACE

Tony Mace is the new managing director of Tamar Leyland Daf and Freight Rover, the Plymouth subsidiary of the Skipper Group. He...

• ARCHBOLD TRUCK SALES TAYLOR David Taylor has been appointed

managing director of Archbold Truck Sales and Service, a division of the Archbold group of transport, haulage and distribution...

• PIJUCTON SCHOOLING/BANKS Ian Schooling is the new service manager

at Plaxton Parts and Service's southern depot at Ware, Hertfordshire. Nigel Banks becomes parts manager at the centre.

• ABAL ENGINEERING BRYAN Trailer spares manufacturer and distributor, Abal

Engineering of Manchester, has promoted Ray Bryan from sales manager to sales and marketing director.

• LOWFIELD MURRAY

Jim Murrray has been appointed general manager, Scotland at Lowfield Distribution. He is based at Harthill and also has...

• TRANSPORT CONSULTANT SPOONER Gordon Spooner left British Rail earlier

this month to offer his services to the road transport industry as a transport engineering consultant. He joined British Rail...

• BUCKS MUIR Robin Muir has joined Bucks, the distribution

and contract services specialist, as manager of its Leeds distribution centre. He has worked for Advance Services, United...

• RUBERY OWENROCKWELL COSTLEY Rubery Owen-Rockwell has appointed Ritchie Costley

as group managing director. He succeeds John Pierce who has retired as chief executive after 21 years with the company. Costley...

• ROCKWOOD DISTRIBUTION SERVICES WALKER/KITCHEN/PERRY/ HOAR/MURRAY Rockwood Distribution Services has

made five management appointments. Chris Walker becomes business development director, Barry Kitchen operations director and...

• SHELVOKI DEMPSTER JACKSON Keith Jackson has become sales manager

of Shelvoke Dempster, the refuse, bulk waste and road sweeping vehicle manufacturer.

• SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS WRIGHT lain Wright has been elected president of the Society of Engineers for 1988-89.

• AWD CABLE

AWD, the commercial vehicle manufacturer established at the end of 1987 from Bedford Truck, has appointed Roger Cable financial...

• OBITUARY DARK Fred Dark, 66, former regional executive of

the National Bus Company, has died peacefully at his Wiltshire home. He worked for NBC and its predecessors for 45 years,...

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SHOP TALK

IN The manufacturers, trade associations and trade press, apparently in that order, can all do far better in providing usable...

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Cab sets trend

• A glass-reinforced plastics crew-cab introduced by Stoke on-Trent bodybuilder Whiteacres for the Iveco Ford Cargo range may...

Critical probe

• Research by the Institute of Manpower Studies for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders into the economic impact...

Dutch tipper mixes it

• A Dutch cement company Van der Kamp, operates an intriguing vehicle — a cementmixer which converts into a tipper in only...

• An automotive seminar will be held at Scan-Tech UK

'88 at the Birmingham Metropole Hotel, NEC, Birmingham, 2123 June. This is the fourth trade show sponsored by AIM UK, the...

• Halfords has adopted a policy of not stocking any

aerosol product that contains chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants. Halfords has asked suppliers to amend any products...

• Holt Lloyd has acquired the Flexiwrap range of stainless

steel DIY exhaust repair products, the first such move by the company since the merger of parent company Holt Lloyd...

Intercare in brakes push

• Intercare, the Lincolnbased aftermarket distributor, is set to attack the 250 million airbrakes aftermarket with its new...

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Boditek: 3D nod

• Environmental concerns ind increasing demands for ex- .ended warranty periods will make corrosion technology vitally...

• Woodall Service Area on the M1 in South Yorkshire

is the latest site in a chain of motorway rescue and repair centres operating under Motorway Rescue Services (MRS). The...

Qube launch

• Qube, a complete metal surface pretreatment system available from a single sales contact, was launched jointly by...

KC set for UK market

N A new company is set to enter the United Kingdom heavy-duty diesel engine market. This is Korody-Colyer of Wilmington,...

Forklift trouble?

• Harvey Plant has launched what it believes is the UK's first 24hr, seven-day-a-week national forklift breakdown service....

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Growing interest in ways to assess coking

• Diesel fuel quality is no longer decreasing in most areas worldwide, and in several cases improvements have been reported,...

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• Dr H Peter Jost, chairman and managing director of

the K S Paul Group, which receives the Queen's Award for its development of a "lubricant" type material, PolyButylCuprysil,...

• David Curry, 35, has moved from AE Auto Parts,

where he was technical services manager, to the new post of engineering manager with Northampton-based Turbo Technics,...

David Curry

II Explaining that Primalec (pronounced "preemalec") is the new trading

name of R J Doran and Co Ltd, the Sevenoaks-based manufacturer of auto-electrical products formerly trading under the name...

Coincidentally with the name change the company has appointed Graeme

Carey as production manager, with responsibility for all aspects of production and purchasing.

• Les Arrowsmith, 55, has joined Bridgnorth-based British Springs as

sales executive from the Rubery Owen Group where he has worked in the design engineering, marketing and export sections....

• Ian Hodkinson, 29, from Wigan, has joined Hycontrol, the

Redditch-based instrumentation and control specialist, from Asco UK, as northern England sales engineer.

• Bernard Wogan has been promoted to HMF Truck Equipment parts and service manager, located at Empson Road, Peterborough. Bobbie

• David Churchill, 55, is now GKN Autoparts marketing services

manager based at Weedon, Northamptonshire. Churchill spent 18 years with Serck Services and more recently three years with...

Chandler joins the company as office manager and among her duties will be controller of stock.

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It's 'ASAP' please when

hydraulics need repairs There is often a fine balance between cost and downtime when a decision has to be made whether to...

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Fancy PVC from Switzerland

• Foamex Fantasy decorative expanded rigid PVC sheet, with onyx, bleachwood and textile effect finishes, has been added to...

• A self-adhesive protective film from Fasson — Storeguard 2000

— designed for under-lacquer applications on stone-chip sensitive areas of vehicles also covers irregular welds. Fasson says...

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Quality must last longer

Peacock & Archer has developed its own equipment for stripping down seized units and for straightening bent piston rods •...

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• Since Renault Industries took over Dodge-Chrysler group, the 50Series

medium chassis has established a secure niche for itself in the market place. Now it has received a boost by having the...

The first stage in any work on the front part

of the engine is to remove the large heater air duct which runs from just below the windscreen to the blower motor and matrix...

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World's largest handler?

• NCS's largest tyre handler can cope comfortably with Caterpillar 789 dump truck 3600 x 57 tyres and, says the company, may...

• Raychem offers products for the automotive market, based on

radiation crosslinked, heat-shrinkable polymeric materials, for tougher, smaller, higher temperature resistant and...

RCS push-pull cables no made at Bedford

• The Remote Control Systems (RCS) Division of Ringspann (UK) is now producing the more popular types of Cablecraft push-pull...

Clearer diagrams by type

• The layout of the current Autodata Wiring Diagrams, priced £38.50, has been improved with all electrical components...

• A 300m1 screen wash additive now available from National

Windscreens fitting centres at 75p offers an unusual bonus. When empty, the screen wash container is worth £1.50 off any glass...

MIG for smaller shops

• Migatronic Welding has added an improved version of its 5000-Series to its range of MIG welders. The 5000MX, which...

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Husk is ready for ferries

• Husk (UK) undertakes commercial vehicle repairs and routine preventive maintenance at its Dover freight terminal. A wide...

• Mainsol UK has introduced a pressure wash additive specifically

formulated for use in hot or cold highpressure washing systems for cleaning and dewaxing vehicle chassis, engines, plant and...

Keep CFC emissions to a minimum

• The debate about the environmental impact of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has led to confusion about the use of such solvents...

Eyecatching, colour coded

Valentine's eyecatching livery has been designed with colour coding for each product range. N A visible change for the...

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Keep computer buffs away from workshop

Spending money can get out of hand and too few workshops know where all the money goes. If you do buy a computer make sure it...

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Set permanent limits for temp site work

Once the workshop manager has decided on the range of repairs that can be tackled on a temporary site, the right decisions can...

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Zonal heating suits garages

• Short-wave infra-red (IRA) lamps which provide "zone heating" are meeting a demand for use in open-space or draughty...

Japanese go fo Jetwell washers

• Jetwell's compressed-airpowered pressure washers have broken into the difficult Japanese market with the DL-1 model priced...

• A floor made from Sealocrete's Epoxy Drycote Grey was

applied in only four days at Hendy Ford's car bodyshop and paintshop at Farlington, Portsmouth. Sealocrete Products supplied...

Easy-to-folio 5th wheel guide

Fifth-wheel manufacturer Dayton Walther has produced an easy-to-follow guide to fifthwheel installation, maintenance and...

• RCL has re-covered the 2000 sq metre multi-pitch roof

on Shell UK Oil's tanker garage, in four weeks, with no disruption to normal working. The existing asbestos covering had...