• AES: check all axles for wheel alignment

    Published On: Monday 18 January 2021

    Commercial vehicle equipment provider AES UK Ltd has urged fleets to ensure that due attention is paid to the wheel alignment on rear axles, as well as on front-steered axles [...]

  • Falken’s tyre selection tips

    Published On: Monday 18 January 2021

    Falken Tyre has emphasised the importance of correct tyre selection as HGV options on the market increase, with patterns specifically developed for drive, steer and trailer applications. In addition, the [...]

  • Absolute Alignment explores ‘the ADAS effect’

    Published On: Monday 18 January 2021

    Wheel alignment specialist Absolute Alignment has explained the role its technology can play in the calibration of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), an increasingly prominent area of modern workshop operations. [...]

  • Dennis Eagle electrifies Nottingham refuse fleet

    Published On: Sunday 17 January 2021

    Dennis Eagle has put the first production examples of its eCollect electrically-powered refuse collection vehicles into service with Nottingham City Council. The eCollect is said to be the world’s first [...]

  • Scania’s biggest European order

    Published On: Saturday 16 January 2021

    Scania (Great Britain) Limited has won a major order for a minimum of 2,250 trucks from Consortium Purchasing, an operation led by William Stobart, Executive Chairman of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions (which [...]

  • Battery boost for Renault Trucks electrics

    Published On: Friday 15 January 2021

    Renault Trucks has extended the ranges of its battery-powered heavy trucks, and introduced a 3.5-tonne version of its electric van. In the heavy truck segment, a new 66 kW/h battery [...]

  • DVSA weighbridge win is Axtec anniversary

    Published On: Friday 15 January 2021

    Axle weighing specialist Axtec has announced it has again secured the contract to maintain and certify the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) national network of 46 roadside enforcement weighbridges [...]

  • Hartridge helps workshops move with the times

    Published On: Friday 15 January 2021

    Workshop technology provider Hartridge has outlined how an increased interest from fleets in preventative servicing to avoid future vehicle faults may present maintenance providers with fresh opportunities to offer diagnostics [...]

  • Dr Air Brake adds value with onboard trailer weighing

    Published On: Friday 15 January 2021

    Equipment provider Doctor Air Brake now offers a solution for onboard weighing in the form of its Trailer Weigh system, which it says can enable savings of almost 50 per [...]