Page 20
Fontaine Factors
• Fontaine Fifth Wheel Europe has appointed Truck & Trailer Components as its UK aftermarket distributor. TTC will handle the Fontaine range of fifth wheel couplings and trailer......
Teesside Opening
• BRS has opened its new Teesside operation on Portrack Lane, Stockton. Over Elm has been spent on the site, which BRS describes as a state-ofthe-art depot. The eight commercial......
Teleroute Change
• Owner Operators UK has taken over the operation of the Teleroute system within Britain, from Croner Publications. Contact 071-547 3333.......
Busy Friends
• The Friends of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland, Lancs will stage a Bedford Day on 9 June, a Forlen Weekend on 22-23 June and a Scammell Gathering on 30 June.......
Sentinel Steam-up
• The Sentinel Drivers Club is organising a re-enactment of the original Sentinel test route to the summit of the Horseshoe Pass, near Llangollen. It will conclude with a......
Effluent Times
• Wasteman 92, the annual conference and exhibition for waste management and cleaning, will be held at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham on 25-27 February 1992. Sewage......
Hazchem Debate
• The Transchem European Symposium will be held on 16-17 October at the Scotch Corner Hotel near Darlington. It is being organised by Teesside Transport Training Associations......
Southern Show
• The South Coast Truckers Club s second Truck Show is scheduled for 14-15 September at Langney, Eastbourne. There will be competitions for the best kept artic, best rigid, best......
Boundary Leaflet
• A leaflet on the Traffic Area changes implemented on 1 June, has been published by the Department of Transport and is available from Traffic Area Offices. It shows, the......
Routes On Chips
• Microanalytics' computerised routeing and scheduling system, Truckstops, runs on IBM compatible computers and is said to be up to 90% cheaper than comparable computer systems.......
Baby Fridge
IR Hubbard Transport Refrigeration has brought out a 'baby' version of its existing unit called the Model 125. It is driven from a van's own electrical system and no......
On The Button
• A new three-brush roll-over machine, the Washmaster II, is controlled by a simple one-button control, says Smith Bros & Webb of Alcester, manufacturer of Britannia vehicle......
Motorway Repairs
• The roadworks on a 3.5km section of the M25 between Westerham and Godstone will last for about seven weeks, warns the Department of Transport. Tarmac Construction won the......
Less Summer Jams
• The Department of Transport says that roadworks will not be carried out on motorways and main trunk routes in the South-West during the school holiday period this summer —......