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As promised, this issue we bring you Derek Firmingers report on PROFCon 23 including the full details of the EV recovery case study presented on the day. The incident raised all sorts of problems for Steve Kelly, Major Incident Manager at…
More spy pictures of Mercedes’ new eActros models have emerged, showing the truck on test in Germany and the cab will have some minor cosmetic changes which could be extended onto the existing diesel models. As to be expected the cab shell is essential…
Old Haulage’s first Mercedes-Benz Actros has gone to the Tyneside company’s youngest driver. Shay Wheeler is just 22 and joined the company less than a year ago. In his previous job he drove a supermarket home delivery van.
“I always wanted to graduate…
Marlow-based R Jameson Event Transport has put two new Volvo FH 500 Globetrotter XL 4×2 tractor units on the road, marking the first time the company has ordered new trucks from the Swedish manufacturer.
The two new FHs expand the operator’s fleet to 1…
Building materials supplier Cemex has just completed a series of road safety educational events for primary school children based in Rugby, local to its main UK cement plant.
A specialist team from Cemex Rugby visited three local primary schools with o…
Frozen fish and seafood supplier Sykes Seafood has taken delivery of 46 new DAF trucks and six Gray & Adams fridge semi-trailers.
The Cheshire-based firm has refreshed its fleet with 40 LF 290 rigids fitted with Gray & Adams refrigerated bodies…
DAF Trucks and Cenex has completed the ‘EV Rally 2023’; a five-day 1200-mile electric vehicle driving event around the UK and Ireland.
EV Rally ‘23 started in Cardiff on July 3rd before heading to London, Edinburgh and Belfast finishing five days later…
At the end of June 2022, the FIA World Motorsport Council ratified the technical regulations for the Goodyear FIA ETRC 2023, which allows all-electric and hybrid powertrains alongside the current generation of combustion engine race trucks.
A little o…
Downtime can be a killer, whether you’re preparing for a night in the cab or into your 5th hour of waiting for the green light to unload, you need something to occupy your mind or you’ll go mad.
We like to give you some ideas and inspiration for Break …
It’s not just his passion for ERF lorries that has seen owner driver Branden Jinks put a 21-year-old ECX on the road, it’s his desire to not be saddled with debt. But do the sums stack up, and what are the pros and cons of running a much older truck?
B…