An engineering apprentice employed at a North Yorkshire gritter manufacturer has described his job as ‘the best in the world’.
Apprenticeships
Northampton is home to a brand-new commercial vehicle accident repair centre, opened this week by C&C Vehicle Services to support a surge in demand for workshop capacity – fuelled by the booming home delivery market and increasing numbers of vans on UK roads.
Workshop
TyreWatch has installed a JOSAM Cam-aligner wheel alignment system to diagnose and correct misaligned vehicles.
Tyres & Retreads
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Driver CPC
Managing a 24/7 business where the work is continuous, I have to best utilise a finite team of technicians. It’s not like a dealership, where you book in at 8am, and the customer collects at 5:30pm. For me, productivity is paramount.
Diagnostic Equipment
Low height tractor units may be a niche market, but they most definitely have their place for those operators who need to extract the maximum possible volume out of vehicles going to mainland Europe, where they are restricted by the 4m maximum height limit for international transport. Lucy Radley examines the options
Suspensions
The independent third-party assessment scheme reassures heavy vehicle operators that workshop technicians are competent to fix their vehicles. But as licences only last for five years, operators need to make sure that technicians reaccredit in time, writes Will Dalrymple
IrtecOn affected vehicles the rear driveshaft bearing support bracket has not been fitted with the intended internal bushes. Remedy: fit a new driveshaft bearing support bracket. Manufacturer reference: 20S70. Number affected: two. Vehicle IDs: (not given).
RecallsAffected vehicles are not fully compliant to European regulation (165/2014 + EU 799/2016) covering the “Smart Tachograph” requirements. Remedy: replacing the tachograph gearbox and on certain vehicles the windscreen, depending on the specification of the vehicle. Manufacturer reference (Boxer): KAM. Number affected: 20. Vehicle IDs: VF3******12K72655-VF3******12L27721. Manufacturer reference (Relay): HFW. Number affected: 1. Vehicle ID: VF7******12L18230.
Recalls
All-in-one supply packages roll up fridge and trailer rental, maintenance and finance in a single monthly payment. Is this the start of a new trend, asks Steve Banner
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
A combination of mains power and kinetic energy recovered from trailer axles could power fridges in the future. Richard Simpson explains how
Alternative Fuels
In a sense, commercial vehicles ride not on tyres but on the fat fingers of roller bearings housed inside wheel hubs. Although the traditional designs are proven to be robust, that does not mean they never go wrong, writes Toby Clark
Axles