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Our December issue is the “V8 Special” as we turn the spotlight on the engine synonymous with Scania. Not only that, we take an in depth look at just about every other V8 that came to the UK! The hardest thing about this issue was cramming in all the content. If you like awesome trucks, you’re gonna love this issue… Editor’s Choice is GCS Johnson’s custom-built Scania 142 T-cab – you’ve never seen one anything like this! We visit JM Paterson to find out why only a Scania V8 will do for heavy equipment moving work There’s a massive 4500 word, ten page feature looking at every model of V8 truck that was sold in the UK courtesy of legendary truck historian Peter Davies! Super-rare Mercedes-Benz Actros 2554 MP2 from Northern Ireland with special Michael Schumacher airbrushing MAN’s TGX V8s – Allely’s run these on heavy haulage work. Bob Beech takes a look at the history of the engine and the trucks Bedford TM V8. A superb “screaming Jimmy” two-stroke Detroit Diesel from Cornwall Dodge Commando V8 – sweet little Perkins-powered 26-tonne tractor unit. Not all V8s were big and heavy! Incredible Ivecos! Long Haul Commercial’s are Ireland’s Iveco experts and we look at three of their finest: a pair of TurboStars and a EuroStar King of the Landfill – the story of McGovern’s custom-built air-cooled Magirus-Deutz V8 tractor units and their mint restored example Renault Magnum Mack V8 rebuild. We check out a work in progress and discover more about the American-French Connection NOT a V8! Paul O’ Callaghan charts the first part of a long haul to Italy in a Volvo FH 540
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A little bit tangy
Paul does another European trip, when the UK was still in the EU, but Covid had arrived too
Back to ERF
This ERF EC11 Olympic was fully rebuilt from the ground up and has been working hard every night trunking for the last three years, with some low loader work too!
Orange Blossom Special
Here’s the latest addition to a superb new livestock fleet from Wales, featuring Scania’s new 540 engine
Feeding the nation
They may not be glamourous but they’re one of the biggest and most important sectors of our transport industry. So let’s shine the spotlight on some unsung heroes
Secret Seven
Way down in the south east of Ireland, you’ll find a fleet with a whole lot of horsepower supplied by no less than seven Volvo FH16s!
TRUE BLUE
Owner-driver Dan Lote’s first new truck is a stunner – but then this all-blue Daf XF 530 had to be something special to replace his much-loved first truck
Swede summer sun!
Stefan Bloeman and his friends took their old school Volvos on a tour of Europe last summer and he wrote to tell us all about it
Staying A float
After a busy 2019 shifting boats all over Europe, Ashley Peden had his world turned upside down when coronavirus struck, but he got going again with a trip to Norway which ended with some wonderful news from home
Sitting on the fence
Nick Oates and his family have built several successful businesses in the past decade within their KN Group, and his striking Renault Range T-High Low is the best advert for it – as well as paying tribute to his late wife
Hit for Six!
Scania’s new 540hp six-pot is proving the perfect match for AAD Transport, who recently took in some of the first in Scotland. We spoke to boss Alan Davie about them
