It may be pretty obvious to most how you transport a touring caravan, but you can have the job carried out by a courier. While a static caravan will have to be lifted and loaded onto a flatbed truck, a touring caravan can be transported by simply being towed. However, people can outsource the job […]
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Aerodynamic Trucks
May
17
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It’s surprising how much fuel is required to push a brick-like truck along a road. We’ve already seen improvements in trailer design, with a curved top to help the air flow over the length cleanly, but the cabs themselves have little in the way of aerodynamic structure in place to help facilitate that. Enter the […]
Driver habits changing due to soaring fuel costs
Oct
5
5
Couriers and hauliers are seeing less traffic on the roads as the increasing cost of petrol is forcing people to cut down on their car journeys. Figures from the AA show that petrol sales in the first six months of 2011 were 1.7bn litres less than in the same period three years ago. They believe […]
Truckers to get separate motorway stops
Jun
23
23
Roads minister Mike Penning has announced that the Government is to establish separate motorway stops for trucks. Mr Penning said the Government is introducing the change to the current policy, which doesn’t allow trucks to use the facility of service areas. The new proposal, which will be of huge benefit to many hauliers and pallet […]