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View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here UK truck registrations – fourth consecutive quarterly increase Let’s start with some good news for a change. There actually is a triple whammy of good news to the start of 2023 – the registrations of new trucks were up over 17% on the first quarter of 2022,…

Best Tractor Units for High Payload Bulk Transport If your truck operation involves lots of short or regional distance, high payload journeys, the specification for the tractor unit that you use will be vastly different to the tractor unit working long haul. Driver comfort and space is of less importance, as the drivers are back…

44 Tonne Long Haul Tractor Units With tractor units, there is no ‘one size fits all’ so we would need to look at the categories of operations that a tractor unit might be used for. We should also consider the best ‘new’ tractor unit and the best ‘used’. For example, there are hardly any DAF…

If you are looking at the 7.5 tonne truck market for the first time, there is a reasonable choice of makes and models available – both new and used. We take a look at the best options for you, depending on the duty cycle the truck will be put to. First of all, regardless of…

DAF LF 7.5 to 19 tonnes GVW (to end 2023) DAF’s lightweight truck from 7.5 tonnes to 18 tonnes GVW.  The smaller models can be driven on a car licence (if the driver is old enough to have Granddad’s rights…) The LF shares a cab with the Renault Midlum/ Range D – in fact, the…

The truck industry is broad and there are tonnes of terms that may not be obvious at first sight. If you are struggling with what a term means, here is the place to look. On these truck glossary pages, you will find a simple introduction to the term and links to the relevant pages on…

A Guide to Second Hand Truck Buying – Updated for 2024 We take an in-depth look into the process of buying a used truck. Spend ten minutes reading our used truck buyer’s guide to avoid the pitfalls of buying the wrong size, weight, emission standard and specification truck from the wrong type of seller. Why…

View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here Last year was the first almost ‘normal’ year for the new truck industry since pre-covid in 2019. There remain component supply issues for manufacturers and lead times are longer than operators would like, but UK sales volumes were up almost across the board for all truck manufacturers….

It’s hard to listen to the radio or watch the television without coming across adverts for the new breed of online car sales where the vehicles are bought ‘blind’ and delivered with a week or two for the customer to send them back. A little like the ‘puppy dog’ close used with TV sets in…

Have you ever wondered why you can have a FAT, FAG, FAR, FAN, FAX and FAT DAF truck? In addition to the model groups, such as the LF, CF and XF, DAF have a naming convention for the axle configuration. It’s not all as straightforward as just a 6×2.  How do we know where the…

Looking for latest information? 2022 figures here We all know that 2021 was not a normal year for anything – especially not new truck sales. On the back of a terrible year in 2020 with the factory shutdowns and working practice changes needed to meet COVID 19 working rules, the truck makers then had to…

Truck Emission Levels – some Background With the ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) now in full swing across London and a dozen more UK cities set to join the low emission party, you could find yourself on the wrong side of a hefty charge if you venture into an area that makes up a low…