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Tarmac Triallin Tipper Twosome
by Bryan Jarvis • Tarmac Roadstone North West is evaluating operational differences among four insulated semi-trailers; two front-end tippers from Fruehauf and a pair of Wisbech......
Ford Establishes Transit Production Line In Poland
• By the end of the year Ford will be assembling short-wheelbase Transits at the rate of 10,000 a year in Plonsk, Poland. It will spend $54 million setting up the Polish plant......
Brake Breaks
• lveco Ford has introduced a revised specification for the front disc brakes on the EuroTech. The move Follows problems experienced by some operators with thermal cracking of......
Us-style Parcels Body For Mercs
• A US-style aluminium-bodied parcel van is being built in Germany by specialist bodybuilder Orten. Based on a Mercedes 609D chassis, the Route Star has an unladen weight of......