In this issue

In this issue:

Editor’s Choice:
Philp Ryan’s flagship Scania S730 hauls cement tankers all round Ireland – and the rest of the fleet are just as impressive!

Foden Farm Cat:
A simple project ended up becoming one of the best Fodens in the country, with this top-spec Alpha getting full Road House movie airbrushing

Scania’s new 540 tested:
We head to Norway to check out the latest kit from Scania, including the much-anticipated new 540hp six-cylinder

Bricking it

Jessica Grainger buys an old Premium and takes to the road as an owner-driver, but it proves a costly exercise…

3 mins

In sickness and in health

Sickness is a very real issue for employers. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in a 2018 publication, Sickness absence in the UK labour market: 2018, an estimated 141.4 million working days were lost in a year because of sickness or injury in the UK, the equivalent to 4.4 days per worker

8 mins

Send for the Bill

With over 40 years on the road, Billy Ford has seen huge changes in the transport industry and he’s adapted his business to suit

8 mins

Whine and roses

It’s not the 800hp on offer that attracted Adam Kilmurray to a tune-up for his R560 V8 Topline but the sound from the exhaust – and he got it by going Greek

8 mins

Farm Cat

When Peter Gammie decided his farm needed a lorry to haul their produce, he figured he’d just buy something British and tidy it up a bit...

7 mins

MAN for all seasons

Last month, MAN launched its new truck range at a lavish press event held in Bilbao, Northern Spain as part of a rolling series of events that will showcase the heavily revised range to customers, factory and dealer staff over a number of weeks. The new trucks will replace the existing models from 7.5 to 250 tonnes GVW in due course and represents a major step forward for the German manufacturer

6 mins

Take it EC

He’s got three ERFs ready to go to work, and a growing reputation for restoring them. For Robert Gassor only the EC way will do.

7 mins

Little and large

Time to dig out the thermals for a test of big Scania rigs in Norway and the opportunity to try the new 540 13-litre engine, a straight-six alternative to the mighty V8

9 mins

Keep on tipping

Brian Markey started driving for Moreton C Cullimore in 1963, and he’s still going strong today behind the wheel of his Scania P380 tipper. T&D travelled to Gloucester to meet him

7 mins

Keep calm and carry on

It’s been a trying month thus far, not really knowing what’s around every corner, figuratively and literally. Since that first briefing on lockdown and the essential transport message, it seems now that all cargo became essential pretty much overnight.

4 mins

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