Aluminium tipper bodies offer weight savings compared to steel plate, but often require reinforcement to obtain the required durability. Steve Banner explores the available options
Tippers
Bashed, battered and bruised, light commercial steering and suspension systems often lead a hard life, reports Steve Banner
Light Commercial Vehicles
An all-electric concrete mixer built on a battery-electric chassis has joined Tarmac’s 2,500-strong fleet. Equipped with a 5.8m³ mixer drum by McPhee Mixers, it is the first of its kind in the UK,...
Concrete Mixers
Truck operators obliged to wait month after wearisome month for the new tractor units they have ordered have been faced with the challenge of keeping their existing vehicles running, reports Steve...
Truck Efficiency
With Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February 2022 resulting in gas prices skyrocketing in the following months, hauliers who had chosen trucks that could run on CNG or LNG might have been forgiven for...
Alternative Fuels
Steve Banner finds that truck manufacturers are offering extended diesel engine oil drain intervals in a bid to cut the total cost of ownership of their vehicles and reduce their environmental impact
Lubricants & Systems
Air curtains are an increasingly popular means of creating a permeable barrier between a refrigerated vehicle’s chilly cargo compartment and the outside world’s ambient temperature. They also protect...
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
Skip wagons based on 3.5-tonne chassis have a number of advantages. They are comparatively cheap to acquire, manoeuvrable in congested urban streets, less obtrusive than a truck, easy to park on a...
Light Commercial Vehicles
Although in a distant second place compared to fifth wheels, drawbar couplings are used in the UK and must be properly cared for to continue to serve in the long term, finds Steve Banner
Couplings
Tankers hold LPG under pressure and in thin skins, thanks to a European derogation. As Mediterranean temperatures reach these shores, Steve Banner asks whether this arrangement should be reconsidered
Tankers
On the face of it, the prospect of going battery-electric looks unlikely to be greeted with glee by tipper fleets. But as regulatory regimes shift, so might construction vehicle operators, reports...
Battery Technology
Under pressure to cut emissions and reduce their carbon footprints, fleets operating refrigerated vehicles are swinging away from diesel-fired fridge units in favour of engineless electric models. So...
Temperature Controlled Vehicles