1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: DAF LF
7.5-tonners still have a role to play, even if fewer people can drive them on a car licence. The best-seller is DAF’s LF, and we took a high-powered LF210 out on the roads of Oxfordshire…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: IVECO S-WAY IN THE UK
Pandemics don’t help truck launches, and for Iveco it has suffered with delays to getting its new S-WAY to the UK. But it’s here now, and Trucking took it for an extended two-day road test,…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: VOLVO NEW FMX 8×4 RIGID
We take Volvo’s latest 32-tonne construction chassis up hill and down dale on a cross-country trek across North Dorset and Wiltshire Volvo’s launch of its new range of heavy trucks back in March last year…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: MAN RANGE DRIVEN
Trucking heads to Bavaria to test drive some of MAN’s new range of trucks aimed at construction and timber applications, as well as a couple of competent road-going general haulage machines. MAN’s new range was…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: DAF XF530 LOW-DECK 4×2
How low can you go? We head to Reddicth-based Fly By Nite to put DAF’s XF530 FT Low Deck chassis to the test Low Deck tractors have become synonymous with the entertainment industry over the…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: MAN TGM and TGX
Trucking scoops the first UK drive of MAN’s new-generation TGM – plus top-power TGX – for a spin around Exeter as part of the German manufacturer’s Great Britain Roadshow MAN launched its new TG range in…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: DAF XF480 FAW TRIDEM
DAF offers better traction, manoeuvrability and high payload for off-road operators with new double-drive XF480 FAW tridem. We put it to the test in the Forest of Dean… Despite offering some unarguable benefits for weight-conscious…
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1st April 2021
ROAD TEST: SCANIA WINTER DRIVING
Everyone likes a snow day. Here in Britain (and certainly down South, where we are), the times when we can go outside and muck about in the white stuff can be few and far between.…
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30th March 2021
ROAD TEST: VOLVO FM, FMX, FH and FH16
In March 2020, Volvo unveiled its new FM, FMX and revised FH models – but the official launch in Sweden was cancelled due to the pandemic. Then came lockdown. In the meantime, the first right-hand…
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22nd March 2021
ROAD TEST: MAN TGS 35.400
With the new D15 9-litre engine, the MAN TGS 35.400 is aimed at the off-road tipper market that demands a 20-tonne payload – and a sleeper cab. The market for eight-wheel chassis is definitely broadening.…
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22nd March 2021
Mercedes Benz Atego/Fuso Canter
Licence legislation changes has seen demand for 7.5-tonners dwindle, but for those wanting a vehicle in this weight category there are two distinct choices – a small ‘big’ truck or a big ‘small’ van chassis.…
