Trentbarton former bodywork apprentice Oscar Jenkins distinguished himself last year by being named not only the company’s engineering apprentice of 2021 but also the winner of the Skills Challenge’s bodywork apprentice category
Apprenticeships
Essex County Fire and Rescue Services’s fleet services department has won the Society’s 2021 employer of the year award. It’s no surprise, then, that the 46-employee unit is the only part of the county’s fire emergency services to hold ISO 9001:2015 quality management system, or Investors In People
Irtec
Personal development is not easy. It often involves moving out of your comfort zone and doing something different. And because the activity is different, it is difficult. What’s worse, to be of any lasting value, it must be repeated until it becomes a strength. For 2022, my resolution is to listen to a webinar once a month, and, twice in the year, to involve myself in some training.
Driver / People Management
Scania's new drivetrain promises fuel savings of 8%, along with redesigned diesel internal combustion engine, transmission, emissions aftertreatment system and rear axles. Lucy Radley sorts through the heavy metal
Engine/Transmission Management
Will hydrogen power keep the internal combustion engine alive? Richard Simpson visits a British company that is betting the farm on hydrogen as a diesel replacement
Alternative FuelsThe third (high level) brake light may not function. Remedy: Update the software to activate the third brake light function. Number affected: 170. Manufacturer reference: 6360. Vehicle IDs: #########02S64392 to #########02T59518.
RecallsChanges to specific aspects of the engine control system calibration are required. Remedy: Depending on vehicle specification and options, software updates to multiple control units will be conducted. Number affected: 66177. Manufacturer reference: SRV2119. Vehicle IDs: WDB9061132N608438 to WDB9067331S907305.
RecallsThe fuel line could chafe against the air conditioning line due to an insufficient minimum distance. Remedy: Replace the existing fuel line with a fuel line reinforced with a protective sleeve on the affected vehicles. Number affected: 636. Manufacturer reference: SRV2110. Vehicle IDs: WDF4156032U236525 to WDF4157052U244953.
RecallsOn certain vehicles with a trailer coupling block with tow ball cracks could form in the connecting section of the trailer-coupling block/crossmember over the vehicle life. Remedy: replace the affected trailer-coupling block/crossmember with a reinforced variant. Number affected: 24. Manufacturer reference: SRV2125. Vehicle IDs: W1V9071332N98277 to WDB9072332N967.
RecallsOn certain vehicles the actual installation condition of the communication module and its correct commissioning cannot be traced due to an error in production. Remedy: check the installation condition of the communication module and depending on the actual condition of installation either retrofit it or if it is already available put it into correct operation. Number affected: 24. Manufacturer reference: SRV2127. Vehicle IDs: W1V9076312P359505 to W1V9106332P359171.
Recalls
Thanks to the British Army there is now a vehicle that can load and unload ISO containers, flat racks, skips, tanks and that can also tip. Peter Shakespeare reports
Loading/Unloading Equipment
There were reasons to be cheerful going into 2021, as operators looked forward to coming out the other side of the global pandemic. However, the world had other ideas. John Challen reviews operational data gathered by trade associations the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Logistics UK
Fleet Operating Costs