Truckfest Rules!
Apart from an increasingly untidy Peterborough showground, Truckfest 2005 went off with a bang thanks to non-stop sunshine and the appearance of more than 1000 trucks. This year’s talking point was, naturally, the new working time regulations…
- 17/05/2005
Cornwall to the Continent
Cornwall may not be the best location for Continental work but it hasn’t done the family firm of Dennis Oates & Sons any harm. West Country man Craig Sheer checks out a fine fleet of fish-carrying fridges
- 17/05/2005
High Stakes
Is the Globetrotter an Alpha beater? Our Cab Kit Test this month is a Volvo v Foden head-to-head at the 'high-top' end of the fleet spectrum
- 17/05/2005
Independance Day
Ever wondered how your employer would react if you were left paralysed after an accident? Stephen Davison needn't have worried about his boss, Jim Lawson. Nick Garlick meets 'em both in Cumbria
- 17/05/2005
Clever Trevor
Trevor Jarrett refuses to be coached by his family into carrying passengers, instead making a decent living by running a sleeper cab-converted Sprinter pulling a drawbar trailer. Dave Young tells a small story
- 17/05/2005
Stripe Poker
As exemplified by Wolverhampton's striking five-truck fleet of Mick Aldridge Transport, small firms may be vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune but they do tend to inspire a little more driver loyalty
- 16/05/2005
Little Big Hitters
In the second of our new Cab Kit Tests comparing all sizes of cab, we pit two small giants of the 7.5-tonner world against each other
- 16/05/2005
Maut and About in Germany
In the ever popular Long Distance Diary slot this month T&D's multi-talented Cornishman, Craig Sheer (himself a former continental hand) joins John Hunt 'Maut and About' in Germany.
- 17/03/2005
Bordering on Insanity
Huddleston driver Colin Rawson wants us to believe that running a 30-year-old Atkinson Borderer is more cost-effective than something brand new. Bob Tuck starts looking for low-flying pigs…
- 17/03/2005
Fair Play?
Getting the sack is bad enough - but if you reckon it was without good reason, it's even harder to take. What constitutes unfair dismissal - and what can you do if it comes your way?
- 21/02/2005
New wine…old bottle
It has many imitators but there's only one Magnum. Now it's au revoir to the Mack lump, the vintage French truck acquiring a 'New' appellation thanks to a Volvo-sourced driveline
- 21/02/2005
David and Goliath
Over the coming months, we'll be testing cabs of all shapes and sizes to see how easily you can stash all your kit... and still get comfortable
- 21/02/2005
Hop and Glory
When Richard Bevan customised his Scania V8.580 he decided not to go for the usual celeb or fantasy themes. Instead, the artwork celebrates a gentle rural age of hops, narrowboats and horse-drawn carts.
- 21/02/2005