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Indoor tail-lift for M and S
Page 25 from 14th June 1974A TAIL lift of 508 kg (10 cwt) capacity which fits on the inside of a van door has been specially designed for HOC Transhield Ltd for one vehicle......
New Atkinson 6 x 4 Dumpers for S.A.R.
Page 66 from 2nd May 1958H EAVV-DUTY 6 x 4 9-10-cu.-yd. dumpers are being built by Atkinson Vehicles, Ltd., for South African Railways. They are powered by Cummins HU-6-B......
Volvo makes an emotional appeal to US
Page 8 from 17th February 2005VOLVO BELIEVES its new VT880 tractor unithas the emotional appeal that its VN range lacks,and it's depending on the debutante to win it a......
GEC brings in heavies
Page 12 from 12th January 1989• Britain's first Faun heavy haulage tractors have gone to work for GEC Distribution Services. The three 8x8 West German tractors, which have cost......
Europe's biggest 'live' site demo
Page 44 from 30th April 1976A NUMBER of vehicles modified to serve as crane carriers and for other special applications were shown at Hatfield this week. The occasion was the......
GRASS IS GREENER IN BLETCHINGTON
Page 61 from 7th April 1988Hauling aggregates is notoriously hard on vehicles — but Smith & Sons manages to keep its distinctively-liveried fleet of tippers looking good, as......
Redesigned FD6 diesel in Foden dumper
Page 28 from 2nd April 1971• One of five Foden dump trucks demonstrated at an Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation quarry in Kent on Wednesday, an 8E6/24 eight-wheeled......
Driving the Yankee 41-tonner
Page 16 from 3rd September 1998From January 1999 UK artic operators will be able to run at 41 tonnes on six axles. But while the industry holds its breath on what the Treasury......
Mucking in!
Page 32 from 9th May 1996by Brian Weatherley • As fleet engineers head towards Telford next week, plant contractors and construction equipment transporters will be......
Tough operating conditions breed tough trucks — and...
Page 60 from 15th June 1989come much tougher than in the Finnish logging industry, where 60-tonne Sisu drawbar rigs survive in arctic weather on rough tracks. Brian......