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A Ride To Remember

Thanks to the Ride to the Somme charity cycle ride and Renault Trucks, we combine our popular Long-Distance Diary with a trip around historic World War 1 battlefields

Dog Star

Although Brockway is one of the less well known American manufacturers, the company was successful and had a long history stretching back over 100 years

Drivers Lives Are In Danger Claims Unite

Long hours and lack of facilities putting lives at risk

Fight For Your Rights

Despite stricter Health & Safety regulations, access to toilet facilities is still occasionally denied. It’s time for truckers to make a stand

Stars & Gripes

It’s taken time but the law has finally caught up with Rubber Duck: drivers across the pond now have to use an Elog, a US version of the tachograph

Heavyweight Champion Of The World

There’s heavy haulage and then there’s this: the world’s most powerful transformer, a Siemens 1100 KV UHVDC with a deadweight of 535 tonnes.

Come On You Hammers

It was a case of ‘you can’t touch this’ for the other teams at the regional semi-finals of VISTA – a competition for workshop employees worldwide and run by Volvo every two years – recently as the MC Hammers team ran out victorious.

Fast And Furious

The second round of the BTRA  British Truck Racing Championship witnessed somethrilling, close racing – often too close – but the leaders in both divisions continue their early season dominance

Grass Roots

Kirstie Ward might be a former star of DVDs, driving tractors and hauling silage, but she is happiest when she is behind the wheel of her Scania R560 65-tonner pulling plant machinery

Training Daze

The Driver CPC might not be liked by professional drivers but it is a legal requirement. Our man takes a deep breath and signs up to do all 35 hours in one week

Ringmeister Ryan

Ryan Smith picked up three victories and the biggest trophy in truck racing as he stole the show at Nürburgring

How Low Can You Go?

First impressions of the exterior of Scania’s new low-entry L-series have been mixed, but what is the Swedish marque’s contender for urban operations like on the road?

Joint Custody

Think you can smoke a few joints at the weekend and be fine to drive the following week? Think again…

Keep Calm And Carry On?

With Brexit negotiations continuing, the likelihood of delays for truck drivers at British ports is at the forefront of the minds of everyone in the industry

Truck Tribute To Late Father

A Norfolk shopper has paid tribute to her late father by naming a truck after him as part of Nisa Retail’s 40th birthday celebrations.

Tough Love

Scania’s new XT range is aimed at the construction sector. T&D went to Scania HQ in Södertälje, Sweden to put it through its paces on and off-road

My Blue Heaven

M.A. Ponsonby’s immaculate Scania S580 scooped the Best Scania in the Village title at Convoy in the Park, reflecting the haulier’s professional approach to business

Wheels On Fire

Tyretracks is known as a distributor of Alcoa Wheels, but chief executive Chris Hopton loves trucks and this is reflected in the services the company provides.

Star Trekker

When round timber haulier Karl Jones set out to climb Island Peak in the Himalayas and be back at work in 10 days he took his favourite trucking magazine with him

Smart Future

Septembers IAA Commercial Vehicles show, subtitled Driving tomorrow, showed that the future of truck driving will be increasingly driven by smart technology

Show On The Road

If youve been to a truck show this year, chances are youve seen Dafs Showtrekker there. We find out the story behind the truck, the trailer and its colourful driver

Magnetic Attraction

Frustrated by an age-old problem faced by drivers using ratchet straps to secure loads, one trucker decided to come up with his own solution and has made a living from it

H For HGVs

Under its Road to Zero strategy, the British government wants at least half of new vehicles to be ultra low emission by 2030. Is hydrogen or fuel cell power the answer?

artful dodger

class 1 driver alan smallwood has taken another sharp turn in his career and fulfilled his ambition to become an airbrush artist. he explains to t&d the creative process.