19th September 2013
BLADES OF GLORY
The long-awaited extension of Harestanes Windfarm is made easier with the strength and skill of West of Scotland Heavy Haulage By David PollockPHOTOGRAPHY DAVID POLLOCK Work has finally begun on the £160 million,…
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21st August 2013
DAF LF Vs SCANIA P-SERIES
It’s DAF vs Scania as 18-tonne rigids slug it out at Drummond DistributionBy Dougie RankinePHOTOGRAPHY STEVE McCANN The life of a rigid distribution truck is not an easy one. Few are afforded the care…
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25th July 2013
Better By Half
Designed from scratch, the Renault drawbar combination from RH & AJ Bateman Ltd proves more than a match for Dorset tipper workBy Martin PhippardPHOTOGRAPHY MARTIN PHIPPARD Although drawbar combinations or ‘wagons and drags’ have…
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27th June 2013
DODGING THE DRYER
JB Rawcliffe rose to the challenge when a record-breaking Chinese paper mill needed one more delivery By David WestonPHOTOGRAPHY DAVID WESTON Yankee and MG paper drying cylinders have been made in Bolton since 1884.…
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7th June 2013
Happy Birthday Hislop!
As James S Hislop celebrates 25 years in business, Trucking finds out more about its immaculate DAF fleet By Dougie RankinePHOTOGRAPHY STEVE McCANN Without doubt, James S Hislop runs one of the smartest fleets…
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2nd May 2013
1988 Volvo F16 Globetrotter
Trucking hitches a ride in a classic Volvo F16 – and it makes all the right noises By David HumphriesPHOTOGRAPHY David Humphries When Trucking received the invitation to come and have a ride…
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2nd April 2013
Scania Mining Specials: Arctic Beasts
Extraordinary heavy truck-trailer combinations from Sweden’s remote north are set to increase their numbers in style By Martin PhippardPHOTOGRAPHY Eksjö Maskin & Truck / Scania Trucks A new breed of big beast is…
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8th March 2013
Trucking’s Driver CPC: MPQC DRIVER SKILLS CARD
We show you how to get hold of the qualification you need to gain work in the UK aggregates/quarrying industry – though most of the skills provided by the course are applicable to any truck…
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19th December 2012
Pudding Club
We follow the progress of the latest monster ovens (and their police escort) through the streets of Yorkshire Such is the demand for the humble Yorkshire pudding, a West Yorkshire based convenience food specialist recently…
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26th October 2012
VOLVO FM GLOBETROTTER
With its Globetrotter cab, leather upholstery and 330 bhp diesel, the latest addition to the Brooking Hire fleet is no ordinary road sweeper By Scott Ireland • Photography Martin Phippard “Come on now, admit it!”…
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26th October 2012
WORLD-CLASS HEAVY HAULAGE
Take a trip around the world as we explore some of the biggest and best abnormal load transport tasks ever attempted By Martin Phippard ‘Challenging’ is the word most often heard in the world of…
