While contract repair and maintenance (R&M) is virtually a given for new vehicles in trucking, this is far from the case in the smaller and more diverse coach sector. Richard Simpson finds out why
Bus & Coach
Scottish haulage specialist Yuill & Dodds has acquired 10 Tiger Trailer curtainsiders from Asset Alliance Group to help improve the efficiency of its waste recycling operation.
Trailers
Ferns Group is using four IVECO Daily 3.5T dropsides capable of carrying piping and tools for 10–12-hour installations for new telecoms infrastructure.
Truck Efficiency
When are two identical gearboxes, fitted in two identical trucks, not actually the same at all? When those gearboxes are modern automated manual transmissions (AMTs), which means there’s a computer between the driver and the machine. Lucy Radley speaks to three OEMs about the electronic brains behind their boxes of cogs, to find out just how important the software really is
Gearboxes
Plant hire company Ridgway Rentals has replaced its older Renault Trucks with two 70-tonne Renault Trucks T520 6x2 tag axle tractors.
Truck Efficiency
Lincolnshire haulage firm Beelsby Contractors is using two Fruehauf tippers to improve the efficiency of its operations at Immingham Docks.
Tippers
Scania and Rio Tinto are developing autonomous haul trucks at a mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region in a bid to lower emissions.
Truck Efficiency
On-board digital sensors are playing an ever more important role in understanding commercial vehicles’ operational condition, finds Toby Clark
Sensors & Transducers
Automotive and energy developer First Hydrogen has announced its first zero emission light commercial vehicles have been certified legal on British roads by the Vehicle Certification Authority.
Green Vehicles
Owner operator David Boylan has received a Volvo FH tractor unit, which will deliver sand, pebbles and crushed stone while also offering site clearance services.
Truck Efficiency
Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK’s new Parts Logistics Centre opens for business on 3 January.
Vehicle Parts
FleetCheck software has enabled Wolseley UK’s new earned recognition accreditation from the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
Fleet Management Systems