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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......
Two Desert Giants on Trial
Page 46 from 13th June 1958T HE second and third prototypes of the Atkinson Omega have been undergoing acceptance trials by Aramco, to whose specifications they have been......
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......
Border line
Page 29 from 10th February 2011A touch of marketing genius gave a solid but staid slice of British engineering a much-needed boost in the early 1970s Words/images: Bob Tuck I......
THE BUM OF THE
Page 79 from 24th March 1972A SERIES by G - ibb Grace, CEng, DALIE, ERF is aware of its difficult position in having to compete with the giants of the European automotive......
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......
TNT un
Page 15 from 18th February 1988veils urban dray microchip trailer Crane Fruehauf's • Gilbraith Commercials of Chorley, Lancashire has unveiled the Leyland Daf Freighter 13-16......
AWD determined to catch a cab
Page 9 from 20th December 1990• AWD has abandoned its plan to introduce a 38-tonne premium tractor based on the old Bedford TM cab. Instead it is investigating joint ventures......
ECti in Tools of the Trade (CM 26 October-1 November
Page 24 from 9th August 20012000) the "Driver's Dream" headline may have surprised some of our readers. But no-one could argue with our assessment that when it comes to......