Following on from the January feature on fifth wheels, this video helps DCPC candidates to show the necessary procedures to correctly couple and uncouple a truck.
Couplings
Bus operator Stagecoach Inverness has been trialling a Metrocity EV over the festive period and has been “extremely impressed” with the vehicle’s range and performance.
Electric Vehicles
The shortage of drivers is the key challenge facing the road transport sector in 2018. That’s according to Paragon Software Systems, which polled its UK customers for an annual survey.
Fleet Management Systems
Allison Transmissions says two major European customers are reporting fuel savings of up to 17% and maintenance benefits by using natural gas-fuelled trucks equipped with its fully automatic transmissions.
Transmissions
Refrigerated vehicle converter CoolKit’s revenues grew by 21% in 2017, despite a contraction in the light commercial vehicle market at large.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
London-based Marigold Health Foods has expanded its fleet, adding a new DAF LF 18-tonne rigid truck specified with Carrier Transicold’s Iceland engineless refrigeration system.
Temperature Controlled Vehicles
The ease by which the Contraflow drivers can adjust the reversing speed of the Isuzu 7.5tonne Forward truck, matching the variable walking pace of operatives collecting traffic cones, was one of the principle considerations behind Scottish-based company Contraflow replacing an incumbent 7.5 tonne truck with an equivalent Isuzu in its 60-strong motorway traffic management fleet.
Drop Side
Bristol-based waste management, reprocessing and skip hire firm ETM Recycling has replaced around half of its 49-strong fleet with new Volvo trucks in the last three years.
Tippers
Waste haulage business Hoban Transport is reporting increased productivity, visibility and compliance confidence since adopting r2c Online’s fleet management platform last year.
Fleet Management Systems
Wabco has signed a deal with a major European truck and bus manufacturer to supply automated manual transmission (AMT) valve technology.
Engine/Transmission Management
In August 2017, DVSA started to include checks for emissions cheat devices in roadside checks of lorries at five locations across Great Britain.
Fixed Penalties
Builders and plumbers merchant Haldane Fisher has expanded its fleet with its first Volvo trucks, describing the manufacturer as “the clear winner” on product quality and dealer support.
Rigids