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DAF Trucks are growing their presence in the nationwide fleet of trucks belonging to National pump hire, rental and distribution specialist, Selwood with the addition of six new DAF CF trucks. Selwood used to favour a different truck manufacturer, but the experience of the trucks and the support of the dealer network has convinced the…

We are all accustomed to seeing the large power generating turbines dotted around the UK – a sight that is set to become more familiar over the coming years.  A rarer sight is seeing one of the turbine blades heading down the motorway, let alone a convoy of three of them. Heavy haulage specialist Plant…

The team behind the Truckpages website have been beavering away to bring some exciting new features to the popular used truck website.  Here’s a flavour of some of the changes. Search by Type of Vehicle Many truck dealers sell more than just trucks.  They will often have trailers, vans and sometimes even plant that they…

As the right hand drive versions of Iveco’s new S-Way are still on their way through the ordering process, only left hand drive versions are being delivered in the UK.  That’s great news for Kent-based, international just in time haulier, Alcaline.  It might be the only good news with a no deal Brexit looming, however….

As a replacement service point for the Marshall Truck & Van Poole workshop, ETS Truck & Van have taken over the reigns for the area from their Blandford Forum location. It has been more than 25 years since Colin Gale last worked for a member of the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle network Now he has re-established…

Not only are DAF runaway UK market leaders in truck sales, they are the only business that assembles trucks here.  Leyland Trucks is the PACCAR-owned facility that makes almost all right hand drive DAF trucks in the world. So, it is great news that the company has announced that they have just seen the 200,000th…

DAF must have had a good year.  Not only giving away tea & coffee to drivers during lockdown, but now adding mince pies to the mix for a Christmas celebration. The philanthropic bunch from Haddenham is giving away teas, coffee and mince pies to any driver who simply asks for one – even if they…

Iveco has donated a refrigerated Daily van to FareShare, a food redistribution company co-founded with Sainsbury’s in 1994. Now in its 26th year, FareShare is the biggest operation of its kind in the UK and, since launching, has provided the equivalent of nearly 237 million meals. The new van will be put straight to work…

If you would have asked me even just ten years ago what the chances would be of an online book retailer supplying devices that help the driver to control heavy duty trucks, I would say zero. How wrong I would be.  It seems that Amazon are taking over every aspect of the world.  From your…

Perhaps this is the deal that takes natural gas-powered trucks from the fringes into the mainstream of transport operation in the UK. Replacing 20% of the existing 1,000 truck fleet, Asda has decided that gas is the way forward.  Their purchase of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) trucks is very bold giving the relative lack of…

There are some 260 commercial vehicles heading to Midlands-based BJS Home Delivery.  Not a bad number, considering some of these are to expand the operation and move into haulage. A mixture of tractor units, drawbars and high-cube vans, Renault Trucks Commercials will be taking on their maintenance as well. Key to the deal was the…

But can you afford one? It is great news that UK operators can now order a fully electric, right hand drive rigid or tractor unit from the UK’s market leading truck manufacturer.  Whether there are queues of early adopting buyers ready to take on the expense of one is quite another question. DAF are always…

Saving fuel and saving water at the same time – that’s a proud boast by the operators of their new ‘Tridem’ Mercedes Arocs 3258. Enviro-Clean Scotland’s latest, eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz sewer-cleaning truck is a ‘green giant’ in more than one sense – as well as sporting the company’s distinctive verdant colour scheme, it is also reducing…

The recently launched new generation MAN TGX has been awarded the title of “International Truck of the Year 2021” (ITOY).  In a virtual ceremony, Andreas Tostmann, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus, accepted the coveted award from ITOY President Gianenrico Griffini. The jury of 24 trade journalists representing the 24 most important European specialist truck…

Right at the beginning of a worldwide pandemic is no time to launch a new heavy truck range.  That appears to be what Iveco have discovered with the roll out of their S-Way replacement for their ageing Stralis heavy truck range. The truck has been available for some while on the continent in left hand…

Here’s a good test of a truck and the availability of new trucks.  Leedale buys two Mercedes Arocs 8×4 tipper grabs and two from a competing manufacturer (who shall remain nameless here). Some ten months on, two more trucks are needed and the deal goes to Mercedes-Benz.  The trucks themselves must have played a large…

Running a lightweight tipper on a Tarmac job around London needs the best payload.  It was the Fuso Canter’s ability to carry as much as a tonne more than a ‘traditional European’ 7.5 tonner that sealed the deal on a replacement for the outgoing Canter for UK Surfacings. The 7.5-tonne Canter is light enough to…

This is good news for the natural gas-powered truck initiative. If a haulage company buys the same truck again at the end of a 30-month contract, then it must have worked well. No small haulier can afford to be a charity or so altruistic that they are prepared to operate trucks that are not up…

As Mercedes-Benz only have 35 Edition 1 limited edition trucks to sell in right hand drive form in the UK, you would realistically expect that all of them would be sold to loyal Mercedes truck operators. It seems that this is not the case.  After Alex Lymer bought an Edition 1 – this was his…

​If you have used an Alexa machine at home you will understand that you can both love it and hate it.  Until now, truck drivers have been free from the presence of Alexa while at work.  But not any longer if Iveco have anything to do with it. Iveco claims that their project, built on…