Muck And Brass

A passion for Scanias and long-term planning is the secret of success for Frank Pratt & Sons, which has just taken on two new Scania V8 XTs. T&D talks to MD Ivan Pratt

Clinical Warde

This is quite probably the world’s cleanest MAN TGX – and it’s three years old! In fact, Newry’s entire Warde Groupage fleet is immaculate. Let’s take a closer look.

It's Easy As LNG

Our editor goes tramping for a week in an unusual Volvo: a gas-powered 4x2 FH

Irish ayes

Irish owner-operator Daire Maher loves his trucks – his prizewinning Scania S650 is outstanding – but he makes sure he gets the balance right between work and home life

Swede spot

Once all-Volvo, the D&M Jones crew are now familiarising themselves with a trio of new Scania XT tippers. Which Scandinavian do they favour?

Legging It

Resident fitness expert Vicky Hadley shares an exercise that is good for toning the legs and offers advice on choosing healthier drinks.

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).

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.

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?

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.

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

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 

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Static Charges

Moving large but light static caravans is a challenge, but use the right kit and it becomes that much easier

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