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It is clearly possible to work your way right to the top.  From a management trainee in 1994 to CEO and President of Scania, Christian Levin has risen through the ranks. Some would say that 26 years does not represent a meteoric rise to the top, but Levin has held some fairly significant roles on…

It’s hard to feel good about reporting sales down by almost 30% for the year, but DAF manage to put a positive spin on their year end results. The runaway UK market leader sold 28.9% fewer trucks in 2020 than in 2019 – which was a record year for the company.  The backdrop to this…

We usually report on thousands of a particular truck being sold around the world, so news of a model reaching the giddy heights of 200-unit sales shouldn’t be big news.  Especially over a three-year timespan. However, since this is a fully electric truck – the first to enter into production in 2017 – sales of…

The Germans don’t mess about.  They like to do things properly – whether making cars or trucks or, indeed, testing them, no stone is left unturned. So, when German trade magazines did their 1000 point test, nobody would be surprised to see an MAN or Mercedes truck come out on top. However, the Swedish-built Scania…

It’s a great-looking truck. Blinged to the eyeballs, the Mercedes Arocs 3248 should turn heads wherever it goes.  Jason Ward, owner of H&C Haulage must like his son in law, Rhys Ford.  Not only has he provided work for the 29-year old in the family business, but also has given him the ‘Muck Monkey’ to…

It is testament to a solid product and business relationship with the truck dealer when buying a new truck requires almost no deliberation. That’s the case at Wellingborough-based Global Delivery Solutions with their recent acquisition of two Volvo FH500 I-Save ‘Unlimited’ special edition trucks. The general haulage firm placed the order after trialling a demonstrator…

Seems a doddle.  Simply order 5 new Volvo FH LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tractor units, fill up and off you go! It helps if you work next door to a flagship LNG refuelling site, of course.  Armstrong Logistics are in this fortunate situation, which means that they can use these co2-saving trucks without any significant…

There’s a new top of the range MAN TGX launched exactly a year on from the reveal of MAN’s ‘New Truck Generation’ in February 2020. Called the Individual Lion S, MAN have used the flagship launch to promote two other new initiatives – their YouTube show that they have called MAN QuickStop – (as usual,…

Aaron McGrath started out as an apprentice technician in 1996 straight from school. After completing his apprenticeship, he moved to West Pennine Trucks in 1999 as a Technician.  During his 14 years there, he had progressed through a variety of roles such as Master Technician, Workshop Controller and into Management.  He then made the move…

This sounds like something many fleet managers would want. Connect remotely to a truck while it is on the road and download some software to change driver behaviour – moderate the acceleration, changing the gearbox program and so on.  If it could also mean that new ‘ECU’ control software can be installed without a workshop…

There aren’t too many people (or businesses come to think of it) who would confess that 2020 was a good year for anything. So, when DAF Trucks say that they had a good year, they must mean it. Perhaps it is a bit of a brave face, as they talk a lot about market share,…

Don’t worry, there will not be a convoy of S Series Scanias trunking up the M1 with no driver at t the wheel.  This is a test that will be taking place in Sweden.  Scania has been granted permission by the Swedish Transport Agency to test self-driving trucks on the E4 motorway between Södertälje and…

If your business is all about attention to detail – you wouldn’t want a staircase built by a slapdash joiner – then the choice of truck also goes under the microscope for Aberdeenshire’s Urquhart Joinery Services. The company enjoys an enviable reputation for the high quality of its work – and demands the same exemplary…

Every business has been impacted by the COVID pandemic – some positively – more negatively.  Mercedes-Benz tell us that they are well placed to continue meeting operators’ needs for R&M through every one of their dealerships – still ‘Open all hours’. Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK Managing Director Wolfgang Theissen, said: “COVID-19 continues to affect our everyday…

Daf will start to manufacture their fully electric, 19-tonne LF at their factory in Leyland from May this year. With a payload & body allowance of 11.7 tonnes, this compares favourably with a 18-tonne CF. With a 5.4m wheelbase, a diesel-engine CF300 (220kW) weighs in at 6,762kgs giving a body and payload allowance of 11,238kgs…

Everyone likes a shiny new fire truck.  It seems that Volvo is no exception.  The company is after the lion’s share of Europe’s 3,000 new fire trucks built each year with the launch of two suitable variants of the FM and FMX. Crew Cab Fire Trucks The new Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks are…

“Had a good day in the office?”   “Yes, thank you, I’ve just taken Scania’s largest ever European order for civilian trucks.” We can only guess the scene, but an order for a minimum of 2,250 Scanias must have made someone’s day.  The order was won from Consortium Purchasing.  This is an operation led by…

You know a truck has performed well if it gets to 1,000,000 kilometres and the operator just goes to the dealer to buy a new one. No fuss, no shopping around, no back to back demonstrator trials – just go and buy a new one. That’s what metal component manufacturer and supplier, Folsana Pressed Sections,…

If you operate in greater London after the end of February, you need to consider the direct vision standards that are coming into force.   Check out the details here. This means a lot of aftermarket camera systems required for many. However, thanks to the manufacturer fitted MirrorCam system on the latest version of the Mercedes…

“More of the same” was the request from Wales’ largest independent operator, Owens Group when it was time to order 40 new trucks.  “And this time, we’ll buy them outright.” The company had recently bought 36 DAF XF480 6×2 tractor units in 2018 as was so impressed by the trucks and the service provided by…