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Scania has developed a ‘bolt-on’ hybrid system that attaches to their latest (2020) Opticruise gearboxes that can save the operator up to 40% on fuel. This good news doesn’t meant that it is available for retrofit, but the modular approach means that it will be available across a he range of truck configurations. And, with…

Bradford-based Ladyroyd Garage has taken delivery of its first ever Volvo truck on the back of a recommendation from another operator. The new Volvo FL 4×2 rigid with rear air suspension has been brought in to help the business transport the larger vehicles it recovers. Supplied via Jason Robinson, Area Sales Manager at Crossroads Truck…

If you think that we don’t make trucks in this country, think again.  The US, PACCAR-owned Leyland Trucks is churning out every DAF truck in the range at a pace. So much so that the Lancashire-based manufacturer has celebrated the production of its 500,000th vehicle. The half million milestone truck – a 16-tonne GVW DAF…

At the recent December auction Brian Doogue Haulage Ltd disposed of its entire UK fleet of trucks and cranes to Euro Auctions at the Leeds sale between 1st and 3rd December 2021 The decision to dispose of the fleet was made following the closure of the M1 Smart Motorway project, which Brian Doogue had been…

These are large numbers of vans to roll off the production line. It has taken some 40 years to reach this milestone, but this too is testament to the durability of the concept and the dedication of the IVECO team to compete in a market dominated by large car manufacturers. All of the 1,600,000 Daily…

When investing hundreds of thousands of pounds in a capital asset, any buyer would want to make sure that it will still be viable and have a residual value after its first life.  This is especially true for trucks. So, investing in relatively new LNG technology may be risky from one point of view, but…

MAN Truck & Bus has started the groundworks for a new brownfield facility in Stockton-on-Tees. Development and building works have now commenced next door to the existing site, which remains fully open and operational, with the newly planned facility opening its doors in August 2022. Stefan Thyssen, Managing Director of MAN Truck & Bus UK…

We will all be doing it soon enough – chasing every opportunity to reduce our carbon footprint. Volvo Trucks have launched an awards initiative to celebrate those dealerships at the forefront of grasping the sustainability nettle early. So, the inaugural Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland Sustainability Award was bestowed upon Midlands-based Hartshorne Group for its…

After the April upgrade to the interior and cab of the T, T High, C and K ranges, Renault has turned its attention to improving the engines. The manufacturer is equipping these trucks with new DE11 and DE13 Step E engines. Coupled with the integration of advanced technologies, such as Turbo Compound, and dedicated services,…

They may look like a small truck, but Builders’ merchant Chelmsford Plastic Warehouse’s Mitsubishi Fuso Canters are 3.5 tonne vans. Finance Manager Sandra Garratt recalls: “We were running another type of vehicle prior to 2017, but then we bought our first Canter and have never looked back. It’s a better truck all round, and a…

A Yorkshire company has returned to their first love – Volvo Trucks for their latest order of twelve 8×4 tippers after a spell trying out a new relationship with another manufacturer. Brocklebank & Co Demolition has a long history of running Volvos and has returned to the Swedish manufacturer again after a two-year spell using…

Unsurprisingly, DAF’s replacement for the ageing XF range has been crowned ‘International Truck of the Year 2022’.  As the first of a totally new design of truck cab, it would have been odd had the jury seriously contemplated an alternative. “The XF, XG and XG⁺ set a new industry benchmark in efficiency, safety and driver…

Having a dedicated ADR lane in a workshop requires a significant investment in space, equipment and training.  That’s what West Midlands-based Mercedes-Benz dealer, Midlands Truck & Van are undertaking with a view to having the lane fully operational in the New Year. Midlands Truck & Van only began trading towards the end of 2020 from…

For quick fix urban road repairs, you don’t need a huge 18-tonner blocking roads. Plenty of councils have identified this issue and are ordering 7-tonne Iveco Daily vans with hotboxes fitted through Dawsongroup Sweepers. Dawsongroup Sweepers have now taken delivery of 10 Iveco Daily chassis cabs for conversion to ‘Hotbox’ road repair vehicles. The company’s…

Amazon has already taken delivery of the first batch of 216 IVECO S-WAY CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) tractors to be operated by its partners in Europe and another 848 units have been ordered with deliveries to be started in the middle of 2022 (for a total order of 1,064 trucks). Selling 1,000 trucks to any…

On the day that Volvo Trucks announced that a UK business had ordered two electric trucks for use as tippers, MAN Truck & Bus reveal their response to a study into the feasibility of operating Battery Electric Trucks (BETs). The feasibility study “Delivery traffic with battery trucks: Feasibility 2021” published as part of the project…

Well, it’s finally actually happening.  The UK’s truck operators are starting to place orders for electric trucks.  These new Volvo FE Electric tippers do not appear to be a token amongst a fleet of thousands of trucks or a council with money to spend. It seems to be a normal truck operator buying a truck…

Changes to the 11 and 13-litre engines plus a re-working of the predictive cruise control mean that the fuel consumption of the already frugal Volvo Trucks range is set to improve further. The company says that the improvements come hand-in-hand with driveability improvements thanks to the shift pattern changes and the updated I-See feature, which…

Scania has been busy, beavering away at revisions to their 13-litre engine range.  More than just tinkering, the company has invested some two billion Euros and five whole years in the research & development of the engine which, the company claims, will achieve fuel savings of some 8%. “These new engines bring something outstanding to…