Truck & Driver UK – July 2019

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July 2019 Truck & Driver

Going for bronze

A striking sight: ‘Messenger’ sails through Plymouth

courtesy of an FH540 and new Nooteboom trailer

Thruxton British

Truck Racing

Championship tickets!

The fantastic fast-paced British Truck Racing Association truck

racing bandwagon rolls into Hampshire in June. Thruxton is the

fastest circuit in the UK, the racing promises to be every bit as

exciting as the explosive opening round at Brands Hatch and

there’s a full programme of support races too.

■ Saturday and Sunday 29/30 June 2019.

■ Visit truckanddriver.co.uk/WIN-FREE-TICKETS and

complete the form online.

■ Competition closes Monday 17 June 2019.

STORY

OF THE

MONTH

Truckscene

D

ave Lee was on hand to capture

these superb photos. Kings Heavy

Haulage of Bristol recently moved,

through Plymouth, the largest

bronze sculpture ever to be built in Britain.

Weighing 10 tonnes and measuring nine

metres wide by seven metres high,

‘Messenger’, as she was known, was

transported from Millbay docks a short

distance to the Theatre Royal in the city

centre. Kings utilised a Volvo FH540 8x

tractor and a brand-new Nooteboom

four-axle low-loader for the move.

In the return of a sporadic T&D series, say hello to

Tom Clark from Abermule, Powys and his wing-pup

Penny. Tom hauls timber products all over Wales and

the rest of the UK and Penny keeps him company.

Cab Mutt of the Month