Automotive
Truck & Driver
Legging It
Resident fitness expert Vicky Hadley shares an exercise that is good for toning the legs and offers advice on choosing healthier drinks.
1 min |
September 2018
Truck & Driver
Iveco Launches First LNG-powered Three-Axle Tractor
For 44-tonne operation, Iveco has launched its new Stralis NP 460 6×2 tractor unit – the first three-axle tractor to operate on 100% liquefied natural gas (LNG).
1 min |
September 2018
Truck & Driver
Road Transport Bodies Slam CAZ Plans
Pricing trucks off the road in towns and cities is not the way to reduce emissions in Clean Air Zones (CAZ), and targeting hauliers is unfair, a coalition of road transport trade bodies has said.
2 min |
September 2018
Truck & Driver
Are You Being Served?
The second Transport Focus annual survey of motorway service areas found that truck drivers are distinctly less happy with them than other road users. So what could – or should – be done about it?
5 min |
September 2018
Truck & Driver
That's The Spirit!
Lucy Radley stopped being a full-time driver relatively recently, but the changes in the industry since have surprised her. Some things remain the same though – the drivers.
3 min |
September 2018
Truck & Driver
Rigid Opinions
This month it’s a battle between F G Bond & Son’s 6x2 rear-steer rigids: Daf CF440 takes on a Scania R450. Our opinion is followed by the views of their drivers
3 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Listening in Launceston
If you want to help improve your profits, argues North Cornwall Transport, where an innovative training scheme has been set up, drivers have to be properly listened to
6 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Screen Dump
Good visibility is essential for safe truck driving – so why, asks Mick Rennison, do so many drivers still clutter their windscreens with flags, toys and suchlike?
3 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Right On Renault
Shotts-based haulier Stuart Nicol Transport ran one of the last Renault Magnums sold in the UK – and has now replaced it with one of the country’s first right-hand-drive Range T Highs.
9 min |
Summer 2018
Truck & Driver
In The Mix
Trucks have evolved a great deal in 50 years but just how much? We tried out a 1968 Daf and its 2018 counterpart, both pulling concrete.
4 min |
Summer 2018
Truck & Driver
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
Smith Takes Title In Style
The Final Event of The 2017 BTRA British Truck Racing Championship saw the trucks descend on Brands Hatch, where there were plenty of fireworks - both on and of the track
2 min |
January 2018
Truck & Driver
Driver Advice
Riding shotgun, otherwise known as double-manning, can be a case of the good, the bad and the ugly… T&D investigates the ups and downs of two-up running
9 min |
January 2018
Truck & Driver
Mind
Mental ill health affects one in four people every year, yet it is still surrounded by stigma and misconceptions. Here, one driver shares his experiences
6 min |
January 2018
Truck & Driver
Making a Splash
To mark next year’s 50th anniversary of father Reg’s founding of the firm, Chris Bugler pushed the boat out for his new Daf XF510 8x4 tractor, plated for 150 tonnes
6 min |
July 2017
Truck & Driver
Show And Tell
It’s the season for hundreds of truck drivers to spend their weekends in a field showing offtheir precious vehicles. Here, several drivers talk about why they do it – and what goes into making a successful show truc
5 min |
July 2017
Truck & Driver
Taking Stock
As the lack of facilities and their generally poor upkeep are some of drivers’ main bugbears, in the first of a new series we highlight some of the UK’s better truckstops
2 min |
July 2017
Truck & Driver
Fighting Back
The publication of a report highlighting major failings at the DVLA has been the catalyst for two drivers to band together and have their revocations overthrown.
4 min |
January 2017
Truck & Driver
The I&T Crowd
Based in north-east Scotland, one-truck, two-person operation I&T Transport has been a loyal Daf customer – and its latest wagon, a tag-axle XF510 Super Space Cab, is certainly a head-turner.
5 min |
January 2017
Truck & Driver
Giving Drivers a Voice
New industry lobby group United Drivers pledges to get in the face of government and other decision-makers and represent only the needs of professional drivers
4 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Bang for His Bucks
Eric Tranter started out hauling ordnance for the Ministry of Defence; 43 years and three million miles later, he is still at the wheel – of a Volvo FM400 8x4 for Besblock
4 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Static Charges
Moving large but light static caravans is a challenge, but use the right kit and it becomes that much easier
6 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
From the Sharp End
Is it true that bosses can’t get bums on the seats of their cabs? If so, why? The best answers will come from the horse’s mouth, so we ask drivers for their view
9 min |
June 2017
Truck & Driver
Join Our Convoy!
Convoy in the Park is taking place on 22-23 July at Donington Park and over the next four pages we will preview what you can expect at the festival we’re billing as the ultimate celebration of trucks and drivers!
8 min |
Summer 2017
Truck & Driver
Moving Memorial
‘Ghost Rider’, now owned by Charlie Doyle, is a fitting tribute by Tor Trucks boss Shane Brereton to the late, great Martin Phippard, a true truck-loving legend
6 min |
Summer 2017
Truck & Driver
Up The Junction
Junction 29 in Chesterfield has won awards in recent years and its management is constantly working to ensure that its standards are maintained and improved
2 min |
Summer 2017
Truck & Driver
The 50-Mile Challenge
It’s tough for some… an annual event since 1962, the HCVS London to Brighton Run brings out (180 this year) the best of the country’s classic commercial vehicles
3 min |
Summer 2017
Truck & Driver
Drivers Barred Quarry Entry Without Skills Card
Many experiencing a ‘no card, no load’ position in a hard line to tackle fraud.
1 min |