The agreement is an extension of a contract signed in 2015, and will involve the provision of tyres from Goodyear’s KMAX, RHT, TreadMax and Omnitrac ranges, for Suttons’ UK fleet of 380 tractor units.
Tyres & Retreads
DAF Trucks’ in-house finance division, PACCAR Financial, has reacted quickly to ease concerns of DAF operators with rental agreements with TOM Vehicle Rental after the Airdrie, Scotland-based, nationwide rental firm entered into administration at the end of March.
Finance & Leasing
England and Wales lorry loader crane distributor T H White has acquired Falkirk-based Outreach Truck, the Palfinger distributor for Scotland. The newly-combined company is now trading as Palfinger UK.
Bodies & Bodywork
A year after converting the world’s first bus depot from diesel to electric outside of China, Go-Ahead Group’s Waterloo Bus Garage racked up a million electric miles by February. Will Dalrymple visited
Alternative Fuels
In the aftermath of the VW diesel emissions scandal, DVSA tested petrol cars and diesel vans, trucks and buses in 2017. Its report has just been published.
Emissions Control
Controlling NOx emissions at low exhaust temperatures while avoiding choking the SCR system with AdBlue deposits is the latest challenge facing diesel engineers. Richard Simpson describes two possible solutions
Emissions Control
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Driver / People Management
As vans are used for a variety of duties, Toby Clark looks at the techniques and technologies that could be used to set variable (and optimal) service schedules
Fleet Operating Costs
Natural gas-fuelled trucks and buses are becoming a more common sight in operating fleets, and the workshop. But their service requirements, and the hazards that they pose to technicians, are very different to diesel engines’, finds Steve Banner
Personal Protective Equipment
The tipper and tanker show returns to Harrogate, 31 May–2 June, boasting more than 100 exhibitors in and around the Harrogate Convention Centre. That includes those featured in the co-located Drain-ex exhibition in nearby Hall G
Tankers
Hiab is offering a new container handling unit, which allows operators to load or unload containers in areas where no infrastructure or heavy forklifts are available.
Bodies & Bodywork