Automotive
Truck & Driver
A Ride To Remember
Thanks to the Ride to the Somme charity cycle ride and Renault Trucks, we combine our popular Long-Distance Diary with a trip around historic World War 1 battlefields
6 min |
December 2017
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Dog Star
Although Brockway is one of the less well known American manufacturers, the company was successful and had a long history stretching back over 100 years
5 min |
December 2017
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Drivers Lives Are In Danger Claims Unite
Long hours and lack of facilities putting lives at risk
2 min |
July 2018
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Fight For Your Rights
Despite stricter Health & Safety regulations, access to toilet facilities is still occasionally denied. It’s time for truckers to make a stand
3 min |
July 2018
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Stars & Gripes
It’s taken time but the law has finally caught up with Rubber Duck: drivers across the pond now have to use an Elog, a US version of the tachograph
3 min |
July 2018
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Heavyweight Champion Of The World
There’s heavy haulage and then there’s this: the world’s most powerful transformer, a Siemens 1100 KV UHVDC with a deadweight of 535 tonnes.
1 min |
July 2018
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Come On You Hammers
It was a case of ‘you can’t touch this’ for the other teams at the regional semi-finals of VISTA – a competition for workshop employees worldwide and run by Volvo every two years – recently as the MC Hammers team ran out victorious.
1 min |
July 2018
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Fast And Furious
The second round of the BTRA British Truck Racing Championship witnessed somethrilling, close racing – often too close – but the leaders in both divisions continue their early season dominance
2 min |
July 2018
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Grass Roots
Kirstie Ward might be a former star of DVDs, driving tractors and hauling silage, but she is happiest when she is behind the wheel of her Scania R560 65-tonner pulling plant machinery
6 min |
August 2018
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Training Daze
The Driver CPC might not be liked by professional drivers but it is a legal requirement. Our man takes a deep breath and signs up to do all 35 hours in one week
5 min |
August 2018
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Ringmeister Ryan
Ryan Smith picked up three victories and the biggest trophy in truck racing as he stole the show at Nürburgring
3 min |
August 2018
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How Low Can You Go?
First impressions of the exterior of Scania’s new low-entry L-series have been mixed, but what is the Swedish marque’s contender for urban operations like on the road?
5 min |
August 2018
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Joint Custody
Think you can smoke a few joints at the weekend and be fine to drive the following week? Think again…
2 min |
August 2018
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Keep Calm And Carry On?
With Brexit negotiations continuing, the likelihood of delays for truck drivers at British ports is at the forefront of the minds of everyone in the industry
5 min |
November 2017
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Truck Tribute To Late Father
A Norfolk shopper has paid tribute to her late father by naming a truck after him as part of Nisa Retail’s 40th birthday celebrations.
1 min |
November 2017
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Tough Love
Scania’s new XT range is aimed at the construction sector. T&D went to Scania HQ in Södertälje, Sweden to put it through its paces on and off-road
4 min |
November 2017
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My Blue Heaven
M.A. Ponsonby’s immaculate Scania S580 scooped the Best Scania in the Village title at Convoy in the Park, reflecting the haulier’s professional approach to business
4 min |
November 2017
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Wheels On Fire
Tyretracks is known as a distributor of Alcoa Wheels, but chief executive Chris Hopton loves trucks and this is reflected in the services the company provides.
4 min |
November 2017
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Star Trekker
When round timber haulier Karl Jones set out to climb Island Peak in the Himalayas and be back at work in 10 days he took his favourite trucking magazine with him
6 min |
November 2017
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Smart Future
Septembers IAA Commercial Vehicles show, subtitled Driving tomorrow, showed that the future of truck driving will be increasingly driven by smart technology
4 min |
November 2018
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Show On The Road
If youve been to a truck show this year, chances are youve seen Dafs Showtrekker there. We find out the story behind the truck, the trailer and its colourful driver
5 min |
November 2018
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Magnetic Attraction
Frustrated by an age-old problem faced by drivers using ratchet straps to secure loads, one trucker decided to come up with his own solution and has made a living from it
4 min |
November 2018
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H For HGVs
Under its Road to Zero strategy, the British government wants at least half of new vehicles to be ultra low emission by 2030. Is hydrogen or fuel cell power the answer?
6 min |
November 2018
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artful dodger
class 1 driver alan smallwood has taken another sharp turn in his career and fulfilled his ambition to become an airbrush artist. he explains to t&d the creative process.
7 min |