• The risk of overloading — inadvertent or otherwise — is more prevalent in tipper operations than in any other form of...

LiUWi • This weekend's Commercial Motor Truckfest is the biggest festival of trucking in Britain. Nowhere else will you find...

by 7% over the previous six months, according to latest Department of Trade and Industry statistics. CV production in March...

building schemes. BRF says this shows the DTp is starting to take note of the growing evidence of the inadequacy of the...

the Motor Industry was presented to roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley earlier this week, for his contribution to road...

hundreds of millions of pounds a year to subsidise public transport, says the London Planning Advisory Committee, which...

night-time lorry ban. Raymond Berry and Sabah Timber both pleaded guilty by post to driving on Woodford New Road, EC17, last...

• The Road Haulage Association is stepping up its due diligence campaign on overloaded trucks. It says it is tired of being...

• Lorry drivers faced crossing angry picket lines at Dover this week for the first time, as hundreds of striking seamen tried...

• Iveco Ford hopes to finish 1988 with at least 25% of the UK trucks and artics market above 3.$ tonnes. Marketing director...

plans to impose hush kits on trucks as a precondition for the renewal of London lorry ban permits. In a speech to 1,100 members...

• A top-level report warning hauliers about the danger of ignoring manufacturers' advice on fitting wheels to lorries is...

• One of Britain's best-known car transporters, Abbey Hill, has lost its 80-vehicle North East operators licence because its...

its 50,000th truck and Robert Atkins, Under Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, drove the 38-tonne Roadtrain tractive...

• A total of 24 foreign lorry drivers have been fined 25,500 following a police motorway blitz exposed a series of major...

in any year since 1954: fatalities fell by 5% to 5,100.

• Container and trailer rental company Tiphook has won a Queen's Award for Export in a year when it has announced a 70% rise...

• In a bid to make "temp" work more attractive to HGV drivers, Leicester-based employment agency HMS has introduced a system...

• Fears that the Government plans to switch the Band III radio spectrum from mobile radio use to television have been allayed...

• A new version of the Isuzubuilt Bedford-badged KB onetonne pickup should reach Britain by the end of the year — possibly...

• Volvo's most powerful eight-wheeler, the 10-litre FL10, makes its UK show debut at this week's TipCon show at Harrogate....

equipment by Seddon Atkinson, ERF and Foden went into volume production at the end of 1987. It is now available as a...

at Commercial Motor's Truckfest celebrations on the East of England Showground just off the Al near Peterborough on Bank...

• Frigoblock has produced a quieter version of its F1(25L overcab refrigeration unit that is claimed to have operating noise...

• Less than a fortnight after launching two new reefer trailers (CM 21-27 April) York has revealed its latest,...

• Mitsubishi has run out of commercial vehicles to sell until the second part of its quota arrives in August. Until then...

• Crewe-based bodybuilder Jennings Coachwork is now offering a full crew cab conversion based on the 7.5-tonne GVW Volvo FM...

• Pro-deregulation lobbyists were dealt a major blow last week when CAPITAL, the transport users' pressure group, revealed...

integral coach powered by the latest 0M442 vee-eight 216kW (290hp) engine. It will also be used in the soonto-be-launched next...

• Hungarian bus and coach builder Ikarus is to make a joint bid with Frontsource for the Scottish Transport Group, as a step...

heavily penalised on safety and environmental grounds in the future, roads and traffic minister Peter Bottomley, told delegates...

• Uncertainty over the future of Pontypridd-based Taff-Ely Transport has been resolved following a crisis meeting between...

• The introduction of safety belts for all coach passengers is not a high priority, roads and traffic minister Peter...

• Sales of Volvo DlOM and BlOM chassis-based double and single-deck buses are booming, and Volvo bus sales manager Mike Ball...

Fuel injectors that work. Doctor Rudolph Diesel was a very ingenious man. Not only did he invent the combustion system which...

• BRS Northern has spent £3.5 million on launching a trial reefer rental scheme which, if successful, could be extended...

• British Car Auctions has launched a credit card for light van dealers called BCA Exchequer, which enables card holders to...

in Europe, buying familyowned Belgian reefer operator Joseph Massage and investing in a new refrigerated distribution contract...

• Mayne Nickless, the Australian group which owns UK express courier Parceline, has announced 230.81 million profits for the...

each year (15% of its business) has bought all the share capital of Newcastle's Tyne Car Auctions which deals with over 3,000...

• Wincanton Vehicle Rentals has made what it says is the biggest-ever fleet purchase by a contract hire company by buying 725...

distribution deal • SPD, part of NFC Distribution Group, has won a £1.2 million contract to distribute ITT TVs and videos...

central Europe into two depots in Warrington and Basildon to cover the north and south of the UK. Both depots will work...

rose by 118,000 units to a record 757,455 — up 18% from 1986.

bought CSC of Newport Pagnell, another bodybuilder which specialises in military, luxury and medical vehicles. CSC has an...

• South-east Iveco Ford and Ford dealer Dagenham Motors is going public seven years after a management buyout which was led...

• A Midlands bus battle has led to fist fights and vehicles being rammed, a Birmingham public inquiry was told last week. The...

• Four major hauliers appeared before Huddersfield magistrates last week to argue that because of a change in the wording of...

• No action was taken against the South Wales licence of Consolidated Land Services when the company appeared at disciplinary...

• A stipendiary magistrate's decision to penalise a haulage firm for more than 300 drivers' hours offences last week, left...

• Ferndales Transport Company (Hull) and one of its drivers, were cleared of alleged overloading offences by the Hull...

is no benefit in breaking hours laws for a company like this". He added that after extensive research of the firm's operations...

NCA AT MANSFIELD • National Car Auctions has opened a new site at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. National Car Auctions, part of...

Fully operational from April, it provides a complete range of services to fleet managers in the South West, handling both car...

appointed CBA Telecom of New Malden, Surrey, as distributors of its range of in-vehicle power packs and associated equipment....

tipping equipment manufacturer, has appointed a new distributor and a new service and parts dealer to cover the Lancashire and...

has won the master dealer of the year award from Iveco Ford, after assessing the company's facilities, commitment to staff...

the Star Cargo Group, has introduced a new low-cost combined road/ rail freight service for UK exporters/importers to and from...

and effective liquid fiocculant to break up obstructions in pipes, drains, cooling towers, humidifiers, condensers, storage and...

Moulded from a high-quality solid rubber compound, the Wheelstopper's modular construction means that it can be built up to...

I1L18 Cab Heater at next week's TipCon. The heater is marketed complete with its afterinarket installation kit which includes a...

has announced plans to extend its ferry terminal at Fishbourne, Isle of Wight, to accommodate extra traffic being moved on the...

produced a guide which simplifies the Government's regulations on the carriage of dangerous goods in packages. The guide, for...

(held in the City of London as part of European Road Safety Year activities) a follow-up on an even larger scale is planned for...

Council (BCC) plans to hold Bus and Coach '89 in Cardiff on 17, 18, 19 February 1989_ For details, rates and bookings contact:...

and Nottingham has seriously deteriorated and there are plans to remove it as soon as possible, says the council. The...

• Last week's annual Computers in Transport show at Wembley proved something of a disappointment. By 2pm on the first day,...

milkfloat, specialy converted to achieve "high" speeds, it was revealed recently. When Unigate Dairies joined the supporters of...

a "Lady Truckers" phone number which was advertised in the binliner press. You know the kind of thing — hot housewives, sexy...

working hours, the Hawk is not only an early bird, but also a bit of a night owl. This hardly endears me to Mrs Hawk (she who...

stunt driver Bobby Ore attempted to run his 1957 Bristol Lodekka on two wheels to entertain the crowds at the brands Hatch...

the ferry ports during the recent P & 0 dispute, then ferry crews may have slipped down in your alltime popularity list. We...

recent handbooks on weighbridges. I thought at the time, what necessary information to have considering the lack of...

exorted to buy British products, not just to boost the economy, but also to help employment. We even had a campaign to make us...

write to you regarding the excellent way I was treated when a problem arose with my car while in Warrington on 9 April. I run...

of hard-nosed tipper operators gathered in the plush surroundings of the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate for the Road Haulage...

• Seddon Atkinson's 3-11 still strongly resembles the original 301, but in its latest form with the charge-cooled Cummins...

The RHA's TipCon exhibition at Harrogate is a highlight of the tipping industry's calendar. We look at some of the new and...

N There were suggestions of over indulgence when Iveco Ford installed the Cummins L10-250 in its 6x4 Cargo tipper chassis in...

• Many bulk cargoes are sufficiently light for a 15.5-metre a,rtic combination to gross no more, and often a good deal less,...

Autolease, the vehicle leasing and contract hire company, has appointed Trevor Jones managing director. He has 20 years...

Leamington Spa, specialist supplier of computing systems to the automotive distribution industry, has appointed three...

Tony Mace is the new managing director of Tamar Leyland Daf and Freight Rover, the Plymouth subsidiary of the Skipper Group. He...

managing director of Archbold Truck Sales and Service, a division of the Archbold group of transport, haulage and distribution...

at Plaxton Parts and Service's southern depot at Ware, Hertfordshire. Nigel Banks becomes parts manager at the centre.

Engineering of Manchester, has promoted Ray Bryan from sales manager to sales and marketing director.

Jim Murrray has been appointed general manager, Scotland at Lowfield Distribution. He is based at Harthill and also has...

this month to offer his services to the road transport industry as a transport engineering consultant. He joined British Rail...

and contract services specialist, as manager of its Leeds distribution centre. He has worked for Advance Services, United...

as group managing director. He succeeds John Pierce who has retired as chief executive after 21 years with the company. Costley...

made five management appointments. Chris Walker becomes business development director, Barry Kitchen operations director and...

of Shelvoke Dempster, the refuse, bulk waste and road sweeping vehicle manufacturer.

AWD, the commercial vehicle manufacturer established at the end of 1987 from Bedford Truck, has appointed Roger Cable financial...

the National Bus Company, has died peacefully at his Wiltshire home. He worked for NBC and its predecessors for 45 years,...

IN The manufacturers, trade associations and trade press, apparently in that order, can all do far better in providing usable...

• A glass-reinforced plastics crew-cab introduced by Stoke on-Trent bodybuilder Whiteacres for the Iveco Ford Cargo range may...

• Research by the Institute of Manpower Studies for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders into the economic impact...

• A Dutch cement company Van der Kamp, operates an intriguing vehicle — a cementmixer which converts into a tipper in only...

'88 at the Birmingham Metropole Hotel, NEC, Birmingham, 2123 June. This is the fourth trade show sponsored by AIM UK, the...

aerosol product that contains chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants. Halfords has asked suppliers to amend any products...

steel DIY exhaust repair products, the first such move by the company since the merger of parent company Holt Lloyd...

• Intercare, the Lincolnbased aftermarket distributor, is set to attack the 250 million airbrakes aftermarket with its new...

• Environmental concerns ind increasing demands for ex- .ended warranty periods will make corrosion technology vitally...

is the latest site in a chain of motorway rescue and repair centres operating under Motorway Rescue Services (MRS). The...

• Qube, a complete metal surface pretreatment system available from a single sales contact, was launched jointly by...

N A new company is set to enter the United Kingdom heavy-duty diesel engine market. This is Korody-Colyer of Wilmington,...

• Harvey Plant has launched what it believes is the UK's first 24hr, seven-day-a-week national forklift breakdown service....

• Diesel fuel quality is no longer decreasing in most areas worldwide, and in several cases improvements have been reported,...

the K S Paul Group, which receives the Queen's Award for its development of a "lubricant" type material, PolyButylCuprysil,...

where he was technical services manager, to the new post of engineering manager with Northampton-based Turbo Technics,...

name of R J Doran and Co Ltd, the Sevenoaks-based manufacturer of auto-electrical products formerly trading under the name...

Carey as production manager, with responsibility for all aspects of production and purchasing.

sales executive from the Rubery Owen Group where he has worked in the design engineering, marketing and export sections....

Redditch-based instrumentation and control specialist, from Asco UK, as northern England sales engineer.

manager based at Weedon, Northamptonshire. Churchill spent 18 years with Serck Services and more recently three years with...

hydraulics need repairs There is often a fine balance between cost and downtime when a decision has to be made whether to...

• Foamex Fantasy decorative expanded rigid PVC sheet, with onyx, bleachwood and textile effect finishes, has been added to...

— designed for under-lacquer applications on stone-chip sensitive areas of vehicles also covers irregular welds. Fasson says...

Peacock & Archer has developed its own equipment for stripping down seized units and for straightening bent piston rods •...

medium chassis has established a secure niche for itself in the market place. Now it has received a boost by having the...

of the engine is to remove the large heater air duct which runs from just below the windscreen to the blower motor and matrix...

• NCS's largest tyre handler can cope comfortably with Caterpillar 789 dump truck 3600 x 57 tyres and, says the company, may...

radiation crosslinked, heat-shrinkable polymeric materials, for tougher, smaller, higher temperature resistant and...

• The Remote Control Systems (RCS) Division of Ringspann (UK) is now producing the more popular types of Cablecraft push-pull...

• The layout of the current Autodata Wiring Diagrams, priced £38.50, has been improved with all electrical components...

Windscreens fitting centres at 75p offers an unusual bonus. When empty, the screen wash container is worth £1.50 off any glass...

• Migatronic Welding has added an improved version of its 5000-Series to its range of MIG welders. The 5000MX, which...

• Husk (UK) undertakes commercial vehicle repairs and routine preventive maintenance at its Dover freight terminal. A wide...

formulated for use in hot or cold highpressure washing systems for cleaning and dewaxing vehicle chassis, engines, plant and...

• The debate about the environmental impact of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has led to confusion about the use of such solvents...

Valentine's eyecatching livery has been designed with colour coding for each product range. N A visible change for the...

Spending money can get out of hand and too few workshops know where all the money goes. If you do buy a computer make sure it...

Once the workshop manager has decided on the range of repairs that can be tackled on a temporary site, the right decisions can...

• Short-wave infra-red (IRA) lamps which provide "zone heating" are meeting a demand for use in open-space or draughty...

• Jetwell's compressed-airpowered pressure washers have broken into the difficult Japanese market with the DL-1 model priced...

applied in only four days at Hendy Ford's car bodyshop and paintshop at Farlington, Portsmouth. Sealocrete Products supplied...

Fifth-wheel manufacturer Dayton Walther has produced an easy-to-follow guide to fifthwheel installation, maintenance and...

on Shell UK Oil's tanker garage, in four weeks, with no disruption to normal working. The existing asbestos covering had...