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While some all-wheei drive chassis have been fitted with lubrication fuelling bodywork, 6x4 is the favoured basis for this application. If the truck is a 6x6, there's always the temptation for the driver to take it into really rough terrain, and it must be borne in mind the truck will be grossing just over 30 tonnes. Most mine operators take care to maintain the haul roads to a high standard to preserve dump truck and loading shovel tyres, which are a major operational cost. There's little...
Maintenance Problems Result In 14day Licence Cuts For Three Kent Operators
Vehicle maintenance problems have resulted in the licences held by three associated Kent operators being cut from 110 vehicles and 90 trailers to a total of 86 vehicles and 90 trailers for a period of 14 days by South Eastern amp Metropolitan deputy traffic commissioner John Baker. MJD Containers Ltd, MJD Services UK Ud and MJD Logistics UK Ltd, of Whitecliff Park, Manor Way. Swanscombe, had been called before the deputy commissioner at an Eastbourne disciplinary inquiry. The licences, which...
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R440 is fitted with two 30Witre ally fuel tanks neglected on many trucks, and an operator taking on a used Renault might be buying all sorts of trouble. The electrics were also suspect on early models. Some of the wiring was routed through a large junction box on die chassis that contained certain fuses. If the box was damaged and or damp got to the wiring, it caused many problems. The best answer was to bypass it altogedier. In the '80s and early '90s, the range was still based on a mix of the...
Volvo Surprise
The company's 45th anniversary was marked in style by the purchase of the superb Volvo FH520 Globetrotter XL tractor unit. Plated at 80 tonnes for STGO Category 2 operations, the truck represents a milestone in Gillards' history. Specified with a tag axle for good manoeuvrability, the 13-litre Euro 5 flagship fleet number 153 Is piloted by long-serving driver Dave Ayres. Painting duties were undertaken by Tor Trucks of Charlton Adam, near Somerton, with the fantastic airbrushing by Matt of...
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ruins of Burrowbridge Mump or King Alfred's Fort look down over the King Alfred public house and Gillards Transport's headquarters. It sits peculiarly on red day soil, not naturally occurring on the Somerset levels suggesting the 'Mump' was manmade for the building of what is also known as the ruins of Michael's Church. With die arrival of Gillards Transport's 45 th anniversary a party was not unusually arranged to mark the occasion. What was unusual was the 'surprise' element in this...
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Renault Magnum eight-wheeled rigid with three rear axles tridem is a rarity, to say the least. Add a full-length sliding bed and the mix is even more unusual. This Maggie also has the quite rare B9 TBV semi-automatic gearbox fitted a fact celebrated by the personalised numberplate. So all in all, this Renault operated by the Ashbourne Accident Repair Centre is certainly a little different to the average recovery vehicle. Oh, and then there's the small matter of the truck carrying L-plates, as...
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John Miller Transport has carefully monitored the performance of its Actros tankers over the last 12 months, and it reports the results have been universally favourable. Indeed, the only slight downside noticed by auditors was a very slight reduction in the vehicles' fuel efficiency. The possibility of extending the use ot waste fat derived biodiesel is under consideration for other vehicles in the company's fleet, Including those used for timber and general haulage operations. In addition, a...
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Manufacturer Design gvw Design gcw Chassis Performance 44 tonnes Additional equipment Scania R440 l_A 6x2 4 MNA Euro 5 tractor unit Scania Great Britain Ltd, Tongwell, Milton Keynes 3975 mm wheel base, F950 9,5 mm pressed-steel chassis, riveted and bolted construction, 1000 mm chassis height unladen , 2x 300-litre ally fuel tanks, catwalk step and worklamp, three-piece rear wings, sliding fifth wheel Scania AM740 rigid-beam with parabolic springs, shock absorbers and anti-roll bar. Design...
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t's only when you get to pass a coal-fired power station and see the massive heaps of stored coal and the constant flow of tipper trucks scurrying in and out that you realise someone, somewhere in Britain is still mining the black stuff. Indeed, it's a reminder die UK coal industry didn't totally collapse following the National Union of Miners strike of 1984-5, leaving, as many people perhaps think, just the all-to-familiar merry-go-round freight trains to deliver the once-imported coal from...
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subject to a 2.3 m width limit and most were two-axle rigids, as lar ger vehicles experienced problems on the mountain passes that incorporated numerous hairpin bends. It was not until the 1960s that the company offered a range of stylish, modem cabs along with an assortment of more powerful engines. And in 1968, the first FBW automatic gearbox entered service, A total of 2190 FBW trucks were registered in Switzerland in 1970, including two- and three-axle rigids and some two-axle tractor...
Unauthorised Operating Centre Brings Revocations
he seriousness with which traffic commissioners view the use of unauthorised operating centres is illustrated by a case in the West Midlands Traffic Area resulting in the revocation of licences held by two associated Birmingham-based operators. Avtar Grewal, trading as Zaildar Transport with a licence for four vehicles, and Jagtar Grewal, trading as Zaildar Haulage with a licence for two vehicles, had been called before West Midlands deputy traffic commissioner Miles Dorrington at a Birmingham...
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British tipper manufacturer Weightlifter Bodies Ltd has acquired the assets of United Trailers Wisbech Ltd from administrators Harris Lipman. Trading as United Trailers Eastern Ltd, the company will add a complementary dimension to the Weightlifter group, which also includes PPG Fabrications and Weightlifter Scotland, Weightlifter's MD David Thomson said The acquisition of United chimes perfectly with our philosophy to offer tipper and bulk operators a range of products to suit every...