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New Artic Weight Fear
• Tractive unit designs will have to change to comply with the new legislation on trailer lengths, says Leyland Dars homologation and legislation manager Nigel Hunt. Hunt......
Craven Pins Back
• Craven Tasker is launching 13.35m dry-freight semitrailers capable of carrying 26 metric pallets, that can be coupled to existing 3.4m tractive units when longer 16.5m artics......
Hytec Valve For Faster Tipping
• Tipping gear manufacturer Ilytec is launching a large-bore valve which is said to reduce the lowering time of tipping bodies by up to 15 seconds. The first UK operator to try......
Propulsion Study
• The EC Commission is to spend £700,000 on a study of electrical propulsion systems for buses, light trucks and special vehicles. The study will look at battery, mains and......
Strato Goes Into Service
• One of the first Seddon Atkinson Strato drawbar ot is now operating with lives' haulage specialists Harvey Ashworth. The day-cabbed prime rni er has been stretched to 11 and......