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We hear all the time about the great UK Driver Shortage and how with an ageing workforce the problem will only get worse Hauliers of all sizes need to attract new blood, which isn’t easy given the cost of getting an HGV licence and the fact that a lot needs to be done to improve the image of the industry – one of the top phrases in the media this year is ‘nuisance lorry drivers’ Health & safety rules preventing drivers taking their children out in the lorry during holidays – perfect work experience – don’t help, either So, we went out and spoke to a variety of people; big hauliers, small hauliers, training companies and a mix of drivers From apprentices to people who’d simply always liked the look of driving and others who were born into the family business And you know what? There are a lot of positive stories out there, plenty of people who enjoy their work and believe passionately in what they I compiled pages and pages of notes, speaking to people both in person and on the phone, and a lot of good stuff is happening The trouble with apprenticeships and funding schemes is that they’re only dotted about here and there; they need to be nationally available and easily accessible The RHA has announced places for 250 new apprentices, but that’s a drop in the ocean The haulage sector has paid in £150 million to the Apprenticeship Levy but taken out only £10 million Although faced with a lot of adversity and negativity in the mainstream media, the transport industry is full of great people (yes you, you’re awesome) I really enjoyed putting this issue of T&D together and I hope you enjoy reading it @TrucknDriver www.facebook.com/ TruckandDriver TrucknDriver Dougie Rankine Editor, Truck & Driver TRUCK & DRIVER APRIL 2019 This month in Britain’s only magazine for trucks and drivers 28 40 Flavin of the Month 60 Livestock trucks are 10 a penny in Ireland – but Flavin’s Volvo FH16 750 Tridem rigid and drag is a rare beast 46 Brits Abroad How did six Brits fare in eight action-packed rounds of the FIA European Truck Racing Championship 2018? 52 Editor’s Choice ‘The Flying Scott’, just 20, drives a subtly customised Daf CF for his grandmother’s firm, Lynda’s Transport 40 FEATURES 20 Latin Love-in Two weeks spent working at the wheel of an Iveco Stralis 570XP is enough evidence for Bob Beech that the products from this Italian maker are underrated 60 Do the Maths Still a teenager, Jess Richardson has her rigid and artic licences and Transport Manager CPC under her belt 70 Bat Out of L Essential reading for newbies! Top tips on how to get your HGV licence and on getting your first driving job 28 Golden Wonder May issue on sale 26/3/19 DON’T MISS OUT This month’s Scania calendar V8 is Mike Ponsonby’s mouth-watering and magnificent R580 Golden Griffin Sandy Arthur’s novel approach to attracting punters to his training company is to offer some awesome trucks 34 Young Gun He’s worked his way up through the fleet and now, at the age of 23, Robbie Powell drives an amazing FH recovery vehicle worth £400,000 for Dynes Auto Services Newstrade enquiries: Tel Marketforce on 020 7633 3300 Back issues: Tel Katy Court on 020 8912 2148 Reprints: Tel Tim Noonan on 020 8912 2172 Subscriptions: Tel 0330 333 9544, email customercare@ dvvsubs.com or apply online at www.tanddsubs.com Credit card orders Tel 01444 475635 Address: Truck & Driver Subscriptions, Quadrant Subscription Services, APRIL 2019 TRUCK & DRIVER 76 Highway to L Rockwood House, 9-16 Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3DH, UK Please make cheques payable to Truck & Driver Subscription rates: UK: £45 (one year) Overseas (Airmail, Europe): £61 (one year) 82 Class Consciousness Paul Rowlands takes us back to 1970, when he was in the vanguard of those having to take their truck test Classified advertising prepress: Classified Central Media Printed by: William Gibbons, Willenhall, West Midlands Tel: 01902 730011 Distribution: Marketforce, The Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU Tel: 020 3148 3333 Truck & Driver April 2019 76 Cover story 34 REGULARS Your Place Spotted – the new T650, the most talked about truck of 2019; RIP Jim Gill and Middle East veteran Bob Carter; Great Danes on the beet; plus Shunter of the Month and Picture Post 52 82 50 Scenes from the Road 94 Classified Our regular series depicting terrific trucks carrying out everyday life on the blacktop Our ad listings include training, parts, return loads, accessories, services and insurance 58 Letters 98 The Blunt End Alex Saville’s fascinating and alternative view to that given in January T&D on the industrial action by drivers and the public sector in the late 1970s This month’s tale of driving, daring and disaster: a boss encounters a truly calamitous character 16 From the Sharp End For lowly paid truckers, the huge hike in property prices over the past two decades has hit hard 68 Food to Go 49 Next Month! 90 Compulsory Break A full-page rundown of what to look forward to Win prizes in our regular four pages of puzzles Three cab meals from a ready-cooked chicken Y0UR PLACE Welcome to our section devoted exclusively to your contributions This is the place if you have any pictures you want to share Anything from weddings to funerals, children to dogs, truck shows to road runs, amusing or serious, we would love to see them If it’s your favourite shunter or your child’s drawing, send them in The only rule is that they should be truck related Please email your contributions to dougie.rankine@roadtransport.com or post them to Your Place, Truck & Driver, DVV Media International, Sixth Floor, Chancery House, St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1JB New T650 spotted! Sent to us by Mark McCrory, these fantastic snaps are of probably the most talked about truck of 2019 – Mar-Train’s next-generation right-hand-drive T-cab, which has just hit the road Mark captured the Scania while it was sitting waiting at Belfast docks, en route to Immingham Mar-Train Heavy Haulage is based in the city of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, eight miles south-west of Belfast APRIL 2019 TRUCK& DRIVER In Your Place this month Shunter of the Month 10 Great Danes 12 Lockerbie love-in Connor’s quest We ran out of space to include these pics in the feature on page 70 This is Connor Caldwell, who at 18 years old is out driving trucks already for Augean, combining driving with work in the transport office The photograph right of the yellow MAN shows Connor as a boy out with his dad, who is also a lorry driver Obituary – Jim Gill Truck & Driver reader Jim Gill (1941-2018) was taken on his final journey to Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham by the 1950 Leyland Beaver of Vintage Lorry Funerals Jim had a lifelong passion for lorries and started on a coal round He worked for a number of companies in the area before putting his own fleet, J W H Gill Haulage, on the road, which worked for Pearce Waste Paper in Finway, Luton Jim was forced to give up driving owing to ill health Jim’s daughter Jacky requested that a folded sheet, secured with old rope, be positioned at the rear of the Beaver’s deck The cortege left Tring, travelling via Wendover and picking up the A413 Many vehicles were bunched behind the Leyland and at the start of the dual-carriageway a number of cars flashed past the vintage lorry at 70mph After that, nothing, as apparently a truck driver wanted to show his respect by straddling both lanes Jim’s family would like to thank this driver for his thoughtfulness Jim is deeply missed by his daughters Jacky and Kay and all his many friends Jim’s final wish was for his ashes to be scattered on the M1 For more details of the 1950 Leyland Beaver, call 01225 865346 or visit vintagelorryfunerals.co.uk First class seats for a first class journey 01892 515028 sales@tekseating.co.uk www.tekseating.co.uk TEK Seating is the UK’s biggest independent vehicle seat distributor for the OEM and aftermarket, supplying a wide variety of quality driver seats We offer: • Unbeatable prices • Top manufacturers • Quick, professional service • Parts, spares and trims Grammer’s Kingman (above) and (below) its MSG 90.3 See us at the CV show on Stand no: 4G106 Branches: Tunbridge Wells, Kent and Rearsby, Leics TRUCK & DRIVER APRIL 2019 Y0UR PLACE SHUNTER OF THE MONTH ERFs are popular as shunters as they’re simple and tough This one looks to be in pretty good nick too Gareth Reece sent us the picture and he writes: “While reading through the mag during my 45-minute break I thought I should nominate our V-registration EC11 for the ‘Shunter of the Month’ section in T&D It’s the last of the old wagons we have in the yard with a 16-speed ’box “As a C driver,” Gareth adds, “I’m always happy to jump in the old bus and get some C+E practice in the yard.” New fuel bunker for Holyhead Certas Energ has opened a new bunker refuelling site in Holyhead, North Wales The site is the only dedicated HGV-refuelling facility on the island of Anglesey Featuring a high-speed refuelling system, APRIL 2019 TRUCK& DRIVER which dispenses fuel at a speed of up to 120 litres per minute, it allows up to four HGVs to refuel simultaneously The refuelling bunker is located alongside the existing Roadking truckstop, which opened in May 2015 and provides high-quality amenities for hauliers, including affordable overnight accommodation, a 24-hour bar/restaurant, male and female shower facilities, a coinoperated launderette and on-site security ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗ ｘｆ ｐｕｒｅ ｅｘｃｅｌｌｅｎｃｅ ａｷ｡ｲ､Ｍｷｩｮｮｩｮｧ ｣ｯｮ｣･ｰｴＮ ｎ･ｷ ｢･ｮ｣ｨｭ｡ｲｫＡ ｄｲｩｶ･ｮ ｢ｹ ｯｵｲ ｄａｆ ｔｲ｡ｮｳｰｯｲｴ ｅｦｦｩ｣ｩ･ｮ｣ｹ ｰｨｩｬｯｳｯｰｨｹＬ ｷ･’ｶ･ ｣ｯｭｰｬ･ｴ･ｬｹ ｲ･､･ｶ･ｬｯｰ･､ ｴｨ･ ｘｆ ｴｯ ｡｣ｨｩ･ｶ･ ｐｵｲ･ ｅｸ｣･ｬｬ･ｮ｣･Ｎ ｔｨｩｳ ｮ･ｷ ｭｯ､･ｬ ｢ｵｩｬ､ｳ ｯｮ ｴｨ･ ｳｵｰ･ｲ｢ ｲ･ｰｵｴ｡ｴｩｯｮ ｯｦ ｯｵｲ ｰｲｯｶ･ｮ ｅｵｲｯ Ｖ ｴｲｵ｣ｫｳＮ ｉｮ｣ｲ･｡ｳ･､ ｦｵ･ｬ ･ｦｦｩ｣ｩ･ｮ｣ｹ ｯｦ ｵｰ ｴｯ ＷＥ ｳ･ｴｳ ｡ ｮ･ｷ ｳｴ｡ｮ､｡ｲ､ ｩｮ ｴｲ｡ｮｳｰｯｲｴ ･ｦｦｩ｣ｩ･ｮ｣ｹＮ ａｮ､ ｴｨ｡ｮｫｳ ｴｯ ｭ｡ｮｹ ｩｮｴ･ｲｩｯｲ ｩｮｮｯｶ｡ｴｩｯｮｳ ｔｨ･ ｎ･ｷ ｘｆ ｩｳ ｡ｬｳｯ ｴｨ･ ｢･ｮ｣ｨｭ｡ｲｫ ｦｯｲ ､ｲｩｶ･ｲ ｣ｯｭｦｯｲｴＮ ａｮ､ ｷｩｴｨ ｴｨ･ ｉｮｴ･ｲｮ｡ｴｩｯｮ｡ｬ ｔｲｵ｣ｫ ｯｦ ｴｨ･ ｙ･｡ｲ ｡ｷ｡ｲ､ ＲＰＱＸＬ ｩｴ’ｳ ｲ･｣ｯｧｮｩｳ･､ ｢ｹ ｩｮ､ｵｳｴｲｹ ･ｸｰ･ｲｴｳＮ A PACCAR COMPANY DRIVEN BY QUALITY Y0UR PLACE Great Danes on the beet International driver and author Mat Ireland sent us a selection of pictures from Denmark We’ll let him explain “The sugar beet campaign in the UK lasts from around October until March but in Denmark it doesn’t run as long With only two processing plants located in the south of the country, in Nykøbing Falster and Nakskov, the Danish campaign runs from the middle of September until January “However, by using a four-axle trailer they can run at weights of 56,000kg and, running a ‘link’ combination (truck, dolly and another trailer), they can carry 60,000kg Using a standard truck and trailer, they can hit weights 12 tonnes more than in the UK 10 APRIL 2019 TRUCK& DRIVER “On 26 September 2018, heading for Copenhagen, I happened to be having a 24-hour break on the small island of Bogø in the south of the country While parked there, something unusual happened “The police shut down the ferries from Germany as well as the road network while they hunted down a Swedish-registered car containing three suspects – so my parking area was filled with trucks, mostly working on sugar beet, the season for which had just started The closure went on for several hours while they tried to locate the suspects Alas, it turned out to be a false alarm I took the opportunity to snap a few of the trucks on their unexpected break!” DRIVERS’ LIVES Right: Although the chap with this Guy tanker has on a nice clean boiler suit, in the pre-mandatory hi-vis kit days drivers were free to get on with the job Below: An early Seddon Atki 400 Herbie and another instructor, Roy, paired off us students for the week’s instruction, two on four-wheelers, two on six-wheelers, two on the artic Each of the training vehicles had three seats, which, of course, allowed for two people to be taught simultaneously I was paired with a giant of a lad, John At 6ft 8in he could virtually walk into the cab without using the steps “Righto Paul,” said Herbie cheerfully “As you’ve had quite a bit of experience driving an articulated vehicle, maybe you can show us how it’s done.” He pointed out the route I Bloody hell, Paul, we’ve only the one artic at the moment and we wouldn’t mind using it for just a few more weeks before we are forced to buy a replacement! 86 APRIL 2019 TRUCK& DRIVER had to reverse along, in and out of the cone, before backing into a bay at the far end of the compound I could see the relief on John’s face as, sweaty-palmed, I clambered into the seat of the Leyland I’d driven artics, yes, but nothing like this beast This was a proper man’s lorry, with a five-speed-plus-crawler constantmesh gearbox and a range-change, a total of 10 gears Apparently it was one of Leyland’s experimental vehicles with, wow, 272hp! I was only just familiar with driving a 160hp Ford D1000 28-tonner with synchromesh gearbox and two-speed axle The relative peace of the lorry on tickover was broken by the screeching sound of metal against metal as the long gearlever refused to push the cogs into position and allow me to select reverse Herbie had his fingers in his ears and was shaking his head violently “No, no!” as I tried again, this time with two hands The noise was horrendous Herbie motioned me to stop and switch off “Bloody hell, Paul, we’ve only the one artic at the moment and we wouldn’t mind using it for just a few more weeks before we are forced to buy a replacement!” “But Herbie, I’ve got the clutch depressed,” I said “Aye, well With a constant-mesh gearbox, it’s not all about having the clutch depressed, there’s also ‘feel’ and ‘sound’ to add to the mix.” Best part of a week Bloody hell! It took me the best part of the week to understand feel and sound and even then I was far from perfect Mind you, Big John wasn’t much better, and he’d been driving a tractor on his old man’s farm “To be honest,” said John, “it’s a crash ’box on the old Ferguson as well, but the difference is that to change gear you virtually come HGV Class test, 1970 to a stop every time anyway I just use the clutch pedal as a footrest then let the torque the work!” Not only was there the gearbox to test me, there was no power steering either as I tried to muscle my way around the obstacles in reverse, before coming to a stop somewhere in the vicinity of the makeshift bay To say it wasn’t my finest hour, because I think that’s how long it took, isn’t too far from the truth The rest of the day was spent learning the accepted procedure for coupling and uncoupling a trailer Come next week’s test, one of the first questions the examiner was likely to ask was that – and you needed to know the answer off by heart Herbie Green was a decent old stick from an age of driving long since gone, who at the age of 15 had started off in the industry as a trailer boy Luckily he was endowed with endless patience as well as the need for constant cups of tea, a need satisfied by regular stops at every known café in east Suffolk How we learned anything I haven’t the faintest idea, but every day, after an hour in the classroom and repetition of the coupling/uncoupling mantra ad nauseam, we were out on the road changing drivers every hour or tea stop, whichever came first By Wednesday, Herb must have thought we were capable of tackling the narrow streets of Ipswich as we trundled down the Norwich Road into the town “At the traffic lights, take the turning to the left,” said Herbie “Then follow the signs for Felixstowe.” Mirror, signal, manoeuvre went through my mind as I changed down the ’box and came to a halt at the traffic lights Handbrake on, out of gear Think that was okay As the lights changed I engaged second, ‘clunk’, checked the mirrors and released the handbrake, manoeuvring round the sharp left-hand bend ready to begin the gentle climb up Colchester Road and hoping to miss the little pedestrian islands in the centre of the road Above: Ford D series, the D1000 of which arrived in 1967 Until his test, Paul had been driving the 28-tonne artic version Painful turn “Ow!”, I responded, as Herbie thwacked the back of my hand with a ruler “Just failed your Class 1, Paul At the first safe opportunity pull over to the left, handbrake on and switch off the engine “Right,” he said “Do you know TRUCK & DRIVER APRIL 2019 87 DRIVERS’ LIVES why I rapped your knuckles?” “No,” I responded, massaging my bruised ego “Do you know?” he asked, turning to John “Was it that the trailer bounced over the kerb?” “Exactly John, well done Mounting a kerb is an instant failure For a sharp left-hander like that, where bollards are located in the centre of the road you are entering, your road positioning was very poor If there’d been pedestrians standing on that corner you could have caused carnage.” And so we learned the lessons and, if necessary, good old Herbie was going to beat them into us! By the end of the week, swimming in tea, myself, John and, more importantly, our mentor were more than optimistic about our ability to pass the test The following Tuesday morning, feeling quietly confident, I was up at Mendlesham nice and early ready for our final lesson, which had been planned so it led directly into the test itself at 10am Back in the early ’70s all tests were completed from the car driving examination centre situated on a steep hill off the Woodbridge Road, Ipswich In the tiny makeshift compound you’d occasionally find stressed-out learnerdrivers wandering between the cones Not exactly the ideal scenario in which to commence an important exam, especially as the short exit down the steep incline onto Woodbridge Road required a block change before the junction… This cross-fertilisation of learner car drivers and lorry drivers was soon perceived as being an unworkable situation and before long a custom-built HGV test centre and MoT station was erected in a more accessible part of the town The hour’s lesson passed without any cause for concern, but for some reason my earlier quiet confidence seemed to be dissipating the closer we got to 10 o’clock My gearchanges weren’t quite as smooth Herbie, obviously noticing it, was trying his best to calm my nerves Holy presence After the 1962 Leyland takeover, rationalisation meant AEC’s use of the Ergomatic cab Above: Mammoth eight-wheel twinsteer; right, the four-wheel Mercury 88 APRIL 2019 TRUCK& DRIVER Parking up in the confined space of the test station, Herbie pointed out the examiner sitting in his car I could feel perspiration forming on my top lip and my palms were feeling damp I watched as in slow motion the car door opened and out stepped God “Nothing to worry about Paul, he’s not an ogre,” said Herbie as he shook my hand, wished me luck and climbed out of the cab “He is, he is,” my mind was telling me as I gripped the steering wheel with white knuckles as God climbed into the passenger seat HGV Class test, 1970 Managing to mumble a semicoherent response to his “Good morning”, we completed all the paperwork formalities before God looked at his watch “Okay, Mr Rowlands, it’s 10 o’clock, time to go.” I can only assume the manoeuvring test passed off without a hitch, and I can vaguely remember reeling off the coupling/uncoupling mantra As to the driving, other than the gearchange test, the rest of the morning passed in a haze, such was my level of concentration Herbie’s words hurried across my mind as I was instructed to turn right into Bell Lane, Kesgrave: “Whatever you do, however you it, make bloody sure you get every gear.” “Pull over when you consider it safe to so,” said the examiner This was it; the dreaded gearchange test Where was my Ford D1000 when I needed it? Corporal Jones’s “permission to panic” was all I could think about My knees were shaking and I was sweating profusely What most modern drivers wouldn’t understand is that constant- mesh gearboxes are a joy to drive when there is no pressure, but a certain level of skill and mechanical empathy is required to perfect a seamless change from one gear to the next – and a week’s training isn’t a lot when the pressure is on “I’d like you to start in the lowest gear and make your way through the ’box to the highest gear and then back down again, thank you.” Bloody hell – including crawler and the range-change, that’s 22 gears! How long is Bell Lane? Maybe half a mile? Herbie’s mantra again raced through my head: “Make bloody sure you get every gear.” The best I can offer is that it was less than smooth Some of the changes were horrendous as I crunched and graunched the lever through the ’box It was a masterclass in mechanical attrition; a baboon could have done it better A quarter of an hour later we were back at the test station and I was answering Highway Code questions “Congratulations, Mr Rowlands, it is my pleasure to inform you that you have passed the examination.” With that, the nice examiner handed me my pink pass certificate I had passed!! I know not how, but I had Were we actually in the same cab together? The Mercury prize Bedford TK was the definitive small lorry during the 1960s and 1970s – many a driver started out with one I noticed the examiner nod to Herbie as they crossed paths “Well done son, I had every confidence,” said Herbie, as he shoved me out of the way for the drive back to Mendlesham I don’t think I would have been capable of driving anyway, I had been shattered by the experience George was pleased and, should I pass, had instructed Keith to offer me the AEC Mercury to drive Much to my disappointment, however, as I was hoping to join the ‘big boys’ with their AEC Mandators A defining day in my short life thus far it certainly was, and was obviously meant to be Over the next 50 years I had enough adventure and excitement to satisfy even the most ardent of travellers, turning a wheel in more than 60 countries ● TRUCK & DRIVER APRIL 2019 89 Giant Crossword COMPULSORY BREAK 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 10 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 11 21 21 21 21 21 12 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 13 21 14 21 15 21 16 21 17 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 18 21 21 19 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 21 21 21 21 23 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 24 21 25 21 21 21 21 26 21 21 21 21 21 21 27 28 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 29 21 21 21 21 21 30 21 31 21 21 21 21 21 21 32 21 21 21 33 21 21 21 34 21 35 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 36 21 21 21 37 21 21 21 21 21 38 21 21 21 21 21 21 39 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 40 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 41 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 WIN £25 Address Postcode Email You could win £25 (in the form of a high street voucher that can be exchanged anywhere) Send the completed crossword, with your name, address and email address (if you have one) to: CROSSWORD April, T&D, DVV Media International, Sixth Floor, Chancery House, St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1JB Closing date: 29 March Note: The judge’s decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into ACROSS Hurry by truck to tunnel (8) Rob a neighbour outside Scottish resort (4) Crikey, short boy covered by overshoe (6) Isuzu truck (see photo) (4) Proton modified at once (6) 11 Somewhere in West Sussex with Bill? 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This month’s Word Search winner will receive one of these 1:50 scale limited-edition models courtesy of promotional model vehicle specialist Search Impex The Daf XF106 Super Space 6x4 tractor unit is in Graham Poole’s superb ‘Battle of Hastings’ livery Based in Rochdale, Graham Poole Road Transport Ltd operates a fleet of over 30 vehicles, including Daf, MAN and Scania units, with a mix of curtain and box trailers as well as a flatbed and a low-loader The latest truck to join Graham’s airbrushed trucks collection, the Battle of Hastings XF, reg TN66 DAF and driven exclusively by Graham, will serve as the flagship in a new division of the company for the transportation of heavy plant Plated as STGO CAT 2, the Daf is to be used with a Nooteboom four-axle extendable low-loader trailer, complete with a 5.5tonne winch, enabling it to be used for recovery work as well as moving heavy plant up to 80 tonnes Models cost £103 each (inc UK delivery & VAT) For details of availability of this and other models, visit search-impex.co.uk or call 01332 873555 To win this one, send the completed Word Search and coupon (don’t forget your name & address) to: Word Search April, T&D, DVV Media International, Chancery House,St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1JB The deadline is 29 March Congratulations John ‘Boy’ Gregory of Oswestry, who wins the Mackenzie Haulage Daf XF105 510 Super Space 6x2 plus three-axle livestock trailer as seen in the February Word Search competition E L N T N I O H G K R W E A H L L I L F T U D I N G C V P S D H A M A R N I L K N A H S E W K L H C K O O R B T Y N B R D E G H C H A B R A D I N G F All the words below are place names off the A3055 See if you can find the words hidden in the large grid above AFTON BLACKGANG BONCHURCH BRADING BRIGHSTONE BROOK CHALE ELMFIELD FRESHWATER Name Postcode LAKE NITON PYLE RYDE SANDOWN SHANKLIN TOTLAND VENTNOR WHITWELL H T S S O R C D N A L B L E Y Y A H A T H E R L E I G H T E February solution Shutterstock £25 A V T R P P A M Y D O R D A H N I A C O P L E E Y F R H G T O S K T L B L F R R O D U Y U T T M Y Y V O E H F T O Y L O R O E G E R N V D S R O O L M U C E R D N A Y F O I F N O Y O K T Y A T L M B B R U E F L S O H G R E N O F E N E H R P N O T G N I R R O T T A E R G Address Email TRUCK & DRIVER APRIL 2019 91 COMPULSORY BREAK Question Time Exercise the brain cells and secure some cash in our monthly general knowledge quiz The first correct Question Time solution out of the editor’s hat wins £25, in the form of a high street voucher, exchangeable anywhere Just fill in your answers on the form below and return it to us before 29 March 2019 WIN £25 l The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into What word can follow ‘clay’, ‘racing’ and ‘wood’? Which Paul was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1990? What word can go after ‘music’ and before ‘mark’? On which African river is the Aswan Dam? What word can go before ‘ache’, ‘ring’ and ‘wig’? Who makes the Mounty truck-mounted forklift? In which city is the University of Essex based? Maastricht airport is in which country? The Cape of Good Hope is at the tip of which continent? 10 What is the principal language of Bulgaria? 11 What is the administrative centre for the county of Cumbria? 12 What was the number plate on Postman Pat’s van? 13 Which company produced the Roadranger gearbox? 14 On children’s TV, what sort of animal was Skippy? 15 On which make of truck is a GigaSpace cab available? 16 Who is the current First Lady of the White House? 17 In which town was the Bass Brewery founded? 18 Which country does Paddington Bear come from? 19 What sort of creature is Basil Brush? 20 Who was the first presenter of the children’s news programme Newsround? 21 Which country did Ivor the Engine come from? 22 Kim Philby, one of the so-called ‘Cambridge Five’, mainly worked as a what? 23 In which show did Uncle Bulgaria, Tomsk and Tobermory appear? 24 As in Jake brake, what is ‘Jake’ an abbreviation for? 25 A rabbit called Dylan and Ermintrude the cow appeared in which children’s TV programme? 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school in 1970 and moving to I saw all the local fleets; Gibbs of Fraserburgh, Edinburgh to work as a police cadet, I was Alec Eyre Transport, Claben, Catto and Lorn later to meet and marry the daughter of a Freight Around the same time Christian Salvesen lorry driver, who regularly fascinated me with was engaged in a takeover frenzy, buying up all his tales of life on the road, such as the brutal transport and haulage companies winters of the 1960s stuck in blizzards on Shap As a very young foot beat policeman in the My wife’s brother also related stories of how he picturesque Old Town of Edinburgh I can only bribed border officials with sleeves of Marlboro on speak from limited involvement in the following his own six-week round-trips to Baghdad, delivering story; this was one for the grown-ups to sort out Scottish banknote paper to Saddam’s regime The Royal Mile is fairly straight and drops I had a keen eye for transport, having grown up in steeply from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Fraserburgh, which was then a thriving fishing port in Holyroodhouse It is crossed by a couple of other David Russell north-east Scotland Once working, I routinely saw major thoroughfares Late one evening, an vehicles from the big fishing fleets passing through Retired truck driver Aberdeen driver parked his artic fish wagon my patch, as the city bypass was still a few years in the future facing down the hill and left the vehicle in order to produce his documents at the nick across the road As he entered by the front door, two cops exited by the back Iconic fleets door, returning to their foot patrols after tea break One of them My late dad managed a ships’ chandlery, supplying everything noticed the vehicle was slowly, almost imperceptibly, starting to from a pin to an anchor, and took regular deliveries from iconic move forward Instinctively, they tried to stop it but found it locked carriers such as Sutherlands of Peterhead and Charles Alexander, and could only look on open-mouthed as it set off downhill which used iconic fleets of mainly Leylands and Albions Gathering speed on its descent, this not so smart missile struck The local carter in ‘The Broch’ [the local nickname for street furniture, parked cars and bus shelters before ploughing Fraserburgh, ‘broch’ being a variation of the word ‘burgh’ – Ed] through a major junction where it collected a black cab and a seemed to spend so much time drinking tea and smoking Triumph Spitfire, carrying them along for the ride Woodbines in front of dad’s warehouse stove, I’m unsure how he The truck finally came to rest after ploughing into John Knox’s ever made a living with his flatbed Thames Trader House, the (mostly) 16th century former home of that famous The company my father worked for was the famous George Protestant firebrand preacher The sports car was pinned beneath Walker and Sons (FR) Ltd and every old black and white film such the wreckage with the driver trapped within as The Fish Run seems to feature its iconic fish boxes A mobile crane was quickly summoned but could not gain sufficient traction on the wet granite cobbles and a lorry load of sand was required When it arrived, the driver refused to tip it until he established who was paying After a very short discussion with a towering Highlander from the local constabulary’s traffic department, who bluntly invited him to step into an alleyway to discuss the finer points of police brutality, he actually became quite helpful Not to be sniffed at The Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh: fish artic ploughed into John Knox House 98 APRIL 2019 TRUCK& DRIVER No one died in the accident but there were many near-misses At its final resting place, the truck had smashed into a Woollen Mill shop and deposited a lot of its diesel there Unknown to me at that time, my future wife was the shop’s keyholder and spent a long time clearing up all the mess Later, after meeting her, I was routinely presented with woollen jumpers that seemed to have 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