TRL, UK's transport research laboratory, is asking fleet managers who are responsible for between five and 50 vehicles to get in touch to help with a new research project.
Driver / People Management
Figures released yesterday (7 January 2013) confirm that Vauxhall has retained its place at the top of the commercial vehicle sales stats for retail customers.
Car Derived Vans
Commercial vehicle hire company BRS has won a contract that sees Trans Haul Europe taking the first Renault trucks into its 30-strong mixed fleet of Scania, Iveco, Volvo and DAF tractor units.
Rigids
A 12-tonne DAF LF45 in the Pollock (Scotstran) vehicle fleet is proving to be as flexible as a 7.5 tonner, says the Scottish operator, but with the advantage of carrying more than twice the payload.
Rigids
Burton Upon Trent independent fleet company CBVC Vehicle Management has signed ATS Euromaster to support customers' tyre management.
Tyres & Retreads
South Gloucestershire Council has taken delivery of a new Volvo FMX 6x4 rigid, with a tipper body, and a three-axle lightweight drawbar, fitted with a beavertail (from Andover Trailers) to transport a Wirtgen W100F road planer.
Trailers
They might be offered with every product, but just how good are manufacturers' warranties?
Repair & Maintenance
When Iveco launched its award-winning Stralis Hi-Way tractor unit last year, it wasn't just the truck that was special. Keith Read looks at its diagnostics
Diagnostic Equipment
The procession of new models from Europe's heavy truck makers continues. Latest to set a match to its touch paper is DAF. Ian Norwell reports from Andalusia
Road Tests
Loopholes in the way Whole Vehicle Type Approval is administered is leaving some converters free to bypass safety checks and undermine those who play by the rules. Robin Dickeson reports
Bus & Coach
Couplings are hardly high-tech fitments, but, given their function, they qualify as safety-critical. Brian Tinham examines growing concerns about fifth wheel and drawbar maintenance and inspection
Drawbar / Drawbar Assemblies
The role of transport manager is pivotal and statutory for all operators in the UK and must on no account be underestimated, warns Andrew Woolfaff
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