Automotive
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
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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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
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
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
Truck & Driver
In For The Long Haul
Volvo is making a comeback to the gas-powered truck market, but does the driving performance compare favourably to its diesel offerings?
5 min |
May 2018
Truck & Driver
Scania R500 / TransPower (Scotland)
It might look every bit the show truck, but David Donaldson’s Next Generation Scania R500 was built for function and productivity. T&D heads to an Aberdeenshire forest to find out why
6 min |
May 2018
Truck & Driver
The Crane Gang
Visitors to Convoy in the Park on 21-22 July will be able to see some of the best operators in the country go head to head in the UK heat of the Hiab-sponsored World Crane Championship
3 min |
May 2018
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Over And Out?
Part and parcel of the 1970s trucking scene in the USA but illegal here until 1981, ‘good old CB’ is still used, despite huge advances in communication technology.
9 min |
March 2017
Truck & Driver
Carriage Return
Fourteen years after its well-publicised closure, the legendary Gibb’s of Fraserburgh name has made a welcome return to road transport with a Volvo FH prime mover hauling a Gray & Adams fridge trailer.
7 min |
March 2017
Truck & Driver
S For Superb
Unusually, our latest Cab Test doesn’t compare two trucks but concentrates solely on the long-awaited Scania S-series, making Truck & Driver the first UK journal to spend a night in the new big-hitter. So, is it any good?
6 min |
March 2017
Truck & Driver
Kent Council Survey Highlights Parking Crisis
Almost 1000 UK and foreign registered HGVs are parking along slip-roads and laybys in Kent every night as the county struggles to provide secure sites for lorries away from the road network.
2 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Testing Times
Edward Hardy, on a quest to quit an office job in order to fulfil a lifelong ambition to become a professional driver (August T&D), shares his thoughts on HGV driver training
3 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Pipe Dreams
Full of the Pipe is now one of the biggest truck shows in Ireland since its debut in 2010. On 10-11 June, some spectacular trucks came from across Ireland & Europe
1 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Tough Action Taken By Traffic Commissioners On Tailgating
In addition to punishment by the courts, tailgating N R Parsons drivers have been handed long professional driving bans
1 min |
October 2017
Truck & Driver
Want To Be Your Own Boss?
Setting yourself up as an owner-driver is the easy part; the tricky bits are turning a profit and staying legal. Here, we pick a path through the road haulage minefield
5 min |
October 2017
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We've got it covered
If the previous five parts of our series on customising your truck haven’t included your specific requirements, you should find what you want here in our final feature
4 min |
August 2016
Truck & Driver
The Quiet Italian
Although a new cab is in development, Iveco has launched what it describes as the most efficient truck the market has ever seen. But have fuel-saving improvements negatively affected driveability?
5 min |
August 2016
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Snow Go Area
How do artic and tipper versions of the Scania family handle in tricky conditions? We sent our man to Norway to put them to the test and to pick up winter driving tips
6 min |
April 2017
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Ticked Off
A couple of Macks can now be removed from Matt’s test drive bucket list, leading to pangs of guilt about his job…
3 min |
February 2018
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Cutting Edge
Although its white and pink livery always sets the Joe Sharp fleet apart, Joe’s 17-registration Volvo FH500 with its Suicide Squad blockbuster-inspired artwork is a real head-turner
7 min |
February 2018
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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
Truck & Driver
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 |