Ldv Gasses Up The Como

by Peter Lawton LDV is set to offer an after-market LPG conversion for the Convoy in the company's first move towards alternative fuels. The West Midlands manufacturer has yet......

Drawbars Are Magic For Carpets

• West Midlands floor-covering supplier Tomkinson Carpets has replaced its delivery fleet with six Scania P94-220 17-tonne drawbar units and eight MAN 14.224 14tonne local......

Trailer Turns Tighter A Sales Are Down

• Turning a 16.5m long tanker in a tight yard is made a little easier with the help of some lifting axles and rear steer. DW Weaver of Staffordshire says it is able to turn its......

Last Month's Truck And Van Sales Were Up Compared With

September 1998, but year-on-year sales are still down for most manufacturers. Latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show a general slowdown in......

Focki Carriers

MAN is supplying 15 10 - tonne 12000 reefers to Lox Transfleet for its contract with Woodwards Food Service. The 10.163Fs are the first 10tanners to join the fleet.......

Paccar Plant Paccar Has Opened A £55.5m Factory In Quebec,

Canada. It will be able to produce around 20,000 trucks a year for the North American market.......

Miens Nep Se

Five Berlingo Electriques are going into service with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The Citroens will be used to deliver meals to the elderly, sick and disabled, covering......

Ducar 1111111111111

Fiat's range of Ducatos is being modified and extended but prices are staying the same. The 2.8-litre diesel is now offered on short and medium-wheelbase vans, while some models......

New Outlet Montracon Is Aiming To Increase Sales With The

addition of a new outlet for its range of trailers, tippers and reefer bodies. Rod Pybus and Peter Fleming will be selling the range of units from the Westside Garage, just off......

American Dream American Truck Manrifacturer Freightliner...

worth $1bn from JB Hunt Transport, the second biggest haulage outfit in the US. Hunt will be taking 15,000 trucks from Freightliner over the next five years.......