Trucking Magazine – August 2019

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THE NEW IDEAS SHAPING AUGUST 2019 ISSUE NO: 432 £4.

BRITISH ROAD HAULAGE SHAPING

RAISING

STANDARDS

RAISING

OPERATING ADVICE

S-WAY

BETTER

CAN IVECO'S NEWLONGHAULERS

RAISE THE GAME?

BETTER TOGETHERP L AT O O N I N G

POTENTIALLatest real-world tests reveal "signi cant" savings

CHANGING FACESSCANIA

T C A B R 7 3 0Is J&G Riddell's  rst-class rebuild a genuine UK  rst?

CLASSIC TRUCKICONIC BRITS

Rare vintage greats lead the charge at the Kelsall Rally

VOLVO FH I-SAVE

LONG-HAUL SPECIALS DRIVEN

LOGGING LEGEND

YULE'S TRICKED-OUT AROCS

LAVANT'S GUARD

TESTON WHY BLEACH BACKS DAF

BRAND NEW CAB!BRAND NEW CAB!

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24 S-WAY Better
Can Iveco’s new long-haulers
raise the game? Find all the
details from the launch right here
6 Platooning Potential
Latest real-world tests reveal
“significant” savings
16 Raising Standards
The new ideas shaping the future
of British road haulage discussed
at the FTA Fleet Engineer seminar
36 Volvo FH I-Save
Long-haul package with all-new
turbo compound engines put
to the test
44 Logging Legend
Extra-tough and extra-smart
Mercedes-Benz Arocs logger
digs into the forest for JW Yule
52 Lavant’s Guard
How running DAFs helped
Bleach of Lavant rise to the top
of British horticultural hauliers
62 Scania T-Cab R
J&G Riddell reckons its
astonishing rebuild project is a
genuine UK first
78 Iconic Brits
Rare classics lead the charge at
record-breaking Kelsall Rally
L
eading the news this month is the long-awaited reveal of Iveco’s
new S-WAY long-haulers. Though the launch ceremony in Madrid
took place mere days before we went to press, we managed to
attend and squeeze a full report into this issue – so turn to
page 24 to find out the details. To sum it up briefly, Iveco has
paired a new cab with the existing drivetrains and engine options
found in the current Stralis, ditched the ‘Stralis’ name altogether for
the new models, and – to the surprise of those who had seen the leaked
pics of camouflaged test vehicles – the trucks did not launch with a
mirror-cam system.
Our first impressions are good and we like the styling, particularly as
it’s more than a little reminiscent of a certain Swedish cab. We also
managed to bag a test drive – but as it was restricted to a couple of laps of a test track, it’s by no
means conclusive. Whether S-WAY will be enough to convince more British operators to try an
Iveco remains to be seen, but the new truck is definitely a step in the right direction.
We’ve also been over to Sweden to try out Volvo’s new turbo compound engines. The D13TC
460 and 500 bhp lumps form the backbone of the manufacturer’s I-Save long-haul package, and
both manage to deliver a not-insignificant 300 Nm of extra torque to the wheels. The idea is the
extra grunt will smooth out distance cruising and require fewer gearshifts, which, coupled to a
tweaked I-See predictive cruise control system and other innovations, should amount to a seven
per cent fuel saving. To see how it fares, turn to page 36.
Elsewhere this issue, we have an in-depth report from the FTA’s Fleet Engineer conference
(page 16), Yule’s tough-nut Arocs logger in Big Deal (page 44), Bleach of Lavant’s delicious DAF
fleet (page 52), the UK’s first T-cab R730 rebuild (page 62) and loads more. Enjoy your read!
Andy Stewart, editor
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