Truck & Driver Magazine - May 2018

In this issue

Our Driving through the Decades series concludes with the Noughties; Log book: Scottish wood work in a Scania R500 and a look back at logger supremo Hayes; Daf XF takes on Iveco Stralis XP in our Cab Kit Test; Actros 530 provides the grunt required for pipe pulling; Volvo returns to gas power; How a driver dealt with severe stress; Join the crane gang at Convoy in the Park; Lao profile: Trucking in Laos

Piping Hot

Pulling pipework to building projects across the country needs a truck with some grunt – and Neil Coward’s Mercedes Benz Actros 530 has plenty

6 mins

The Crane Gang

Visitors to Convoy in the Park on 21-22 July will be able to see some of the best operators in the country go head to head in the UK heat of the Hiab-sponsored World Crane Championship

3 mins

In For The Long Haul

Volvo is making a comeback to the gas-powered truck market, but does the driving performance compare favourably to its diesel offerings?

5 mins

Scania R500 / TransPower (Scotland)

It might look every bit the show truck, but David Donaldson’s Next Generation Scania R500 was built for function and productivity. T&D heads to an Aberdeenshire forest to find out why

6 mins

Stressing The Point

Think about workplace stress and the picture conjured up is usually of the stereotypical ‘overburdened’ office worker or maybe a soldier or firefighter who has witnessed horrific events. But it can happen to anyone, even drivers

9 mins

Years Zero

For the fifth and final part in our Driving through the Decades series, we reach the new millennium. The noughties might seem only yesterday but quite a lot has changed since 2000

9 mins

King Of The Forest

Hayes wasn’t the biggest name in the world order of truck manufacturers but in its heyday was a giant in its native Canada

5 mins

Power Play

On the roads of Laos you see dramatic global change in action – the fellow communist country of China becoming a superpower. But all Laotian truck drivers care about is whether they can make a decent living

4 mins

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