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Roffe with the smooth

This immaculate colour-coded Daf XF is heavily influenced by Dutch styling, but has a number of special touches to give it a truly unique look

Milky milky

A nice change from the norm this month for Chris, who goes on an adventure delivering milking machines, among other things

Tree & easy

Not too long ago, logging trucks tended to be simple and basic. Not any more! We travel to Wales to check out these top-spec timber haulers

STEEL OF QUALITY

The Steelboys have grown from a few like-minded friends into a large, lorry-mad family. Here’s the convoy of characters, and vehicles, that have been rolling together for nearly two decades

Solid as Arocs

This bulk haulier’s smart new Mercedes-Benz Arocs delivers a fitting tribute to grandfathers who served during WWII.

Number games

Scania’s 730 arrived later on the scene in Australia and as a result is a rare beast. But is it worth the extra investment over the 620?

Final journeys

David Hall has recently retired his Vintage Lorry Funerals business. He looks back on his memories, taking drivers on their final journey with his 1950 Leyland Beaver

Best in the west

With a longitudinal location further west than Land’s End, the Argyll village of Acharacle is home to Loch Shiel Garage. T&D heads for Scotland’s remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula

Furlough to forklift

After being on furlough for six weeks I was brought in to do my Moffett test. I passed with flying colours which meant I was ready to hit the road, I went home to get a good night’s sleep but once home I got a call to ask if I fancied doing 11 drops Warrington, All bags of soil and stone. Of course I said yes!

Back in the Saddle

At the beginning of the year, almost nobody had heard the word ‘furlough’ but since spring it has effected almost all of us, including Graham who was glad to be back on the road

Laughing gas

We put Scania’s gas powered R410 to work for a week and discover a fleet truck with green credentials that tackled everything with enthusiasm

Time Machine 80-84

A new series sees Peter Davies look back at trucks on the road from the 1980s to the 2000s. Kicking things off we take in 80-84

The wrong trousers

Mat has plans to catch up on some writing work, but then duty calls and a busy week follows

Snap Decisions

In the second part of photographer Tom Cunningham’s truck photography features, he selects a few of his favourite images and explains how, why and where they were shot

pick of the bunch

Hereford is well-known for its delicious cider, but we reckon Phill Preece Transport’s clean, sharp Volvo FH16 750 is even tastier

GEARS ‘R' GOOD

W. Marley is an old-school haulier with its roots in agriculture and a superb fleet of Volvos from the latest FM and FH to old-school FL10s

Charity Chariots

The M25 hosted a fantastic convoy of trucks on 25 May to raise money for food banks

Feeling Blue

Kevin Charles went looking for a show truck project, and when he saw this 144 460 T-cab it certainly had a deep impact on him

ELECTRIFYING!

Maintaining the nation’s power grid requires specialist equipment. NGC use MAN trucks for their on and off-road operations. We went to their HQ in the Scottish Borders to check them out

A star is born

Paul O’Callaghan has encountered all sorts of trucks on his adventures in Australia, but few are as rare as this imposing Iveco Powerstar 7800

Shooting Stars

We go behind the scenes with truck photographer Tom Cunningham to get the story behind the shoots

You're in safe hands

The way trucks are handed over to customers has had to change. Here’s what the team at Volvo did to ensure everyone stays safe

Power up

We spend a couple of weeks with Iveco’s top-spec Stralis 570XP - possibly the best kept secret on the road right now

On the front line

Our veteran driver and contributor Bob has been on the road throughout the Covid-19 outbreak. He looks back over the last few months, and further back to the Winter of Discontent in 1978/9

Light club

This Renault Range-T 460 mini-midlift is designed to maximise payload. We worked it hauling a tipper from Castle Douglas to a biomass plant in Fife

Land of opportunity

Behind the success of South West Express is a heartening rags-toriches tale of immigrants to Oz, “The Lucky Country”

Keeping cool

Repairing the air conditioning on his trusty Foden Alpha sees Chris Maddison get a tad hot under the collar thanks to some threads someone crossed when it was built back in 2003

Hue & cry

Time out at the wheel of an early Actros reveals that not a lot has changed over 23 years… apart, maybe, from more tasteful cab trim

Gee Gee G-cab

When you transport horses worth up to £1.5 million, only the best will do - and that’s exactly what Eric Gillie’s new Scania G500 is

ERF Angel

When this EC Olympic was involved in a bad accident, it was almost certainly bound for the scrapyard in the sky. Until some divine interfention…