Third Axle Ups Productivity

• Fruit and vegetable distributor John Sharrock of Preston has used a lifting/pusher axle to increase the payload of its new Volvo EL618 17-tonne curtainsider by four tonnes.......

Total Success For Drum Computers

• Total Oil Great Britain is to equip its 85 tankers with £750,000 worth of on-board computers and radio communication gear from Drum Engineering of Bradford. The computers will......

Eagle Meets Adr

• Perkins has demonstrated that its Eagle 400Tx, fitted with a Retro Super VES exhaust brake meets the ADR endurance braking requirements up to 48 tonnes GCW.......

Eyes Front With Kiifis

by Brian Weatherley • Commercial Motor has had an exclusive preview of Mannesman Kienzle's revolutionary Integrated Driver Information System (KIIFIS). The technology is......

Impressions

We have assessed the technology in the company's 1735 Mercedes-Benz demonstrator tractor. With the 1735 running solo the system immediately warned us: "ABS on trailer not......