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UP FRONT

14 Truckscene

All your truck community news.

Best story wins a model truck!

18 Contact

Letters to the T&D editor, plus the

best from Facebook and Twitter

20 Reviewed & rated

Including a mini Scania, tramping

kit, App and Podcast of the Month

22 Snapshot

Readers’ pictures – get £10 per pic

or £50 for the best image of all

FEATURES

6 Editor’s Choice

Star of M&M Greene’s pristine fleet

is a D38 MAN TGX with XLX cab

26 The long view

Reflecting on the new no-mirror

Actros – is this the trucking future?

30 Southbound

and down

An amazing Smokey & the Bandit

replica built on the South Coast

38 Convoy is back!

A full preview of an action-packed

Convoy in the Park, 10/11 August

44 Tread carefully

A gripping tale, thanks to Michelin,

of how to choose the right rubber

54 May oui

A report on the runners and riders

at May’s Truckfest Peterborough

60 It’s a long story...

What’s it like to drive a 23m-long

FH16 750 roadtrain in New Zealand?

68 Heart and Sol

A GS500 first; Solway Agriculture

is a big Scania Tridem enthusiast

76 Generation game

We put a New Generation Daf

CF450 to task with a variety of

loads and trailers over 10 days

86 Canter in

the Lakes

The go-anywhere Fuso Canter

7.5t tipper is perfect for builders’

merchant deliveries in the Lakes

92 The story so far

British Truck Racing Championship:

a report on the first two rounds

98 Chilling out

Now retired, this superb unrestored

Scania 92M has been a reliable

servant for Catley Chilled Foods

REGULARS

24 From the

Sharp End

A response to Alex Saville’s anti-

climate activist stance last month

29 Next month

Features to look forward to in T&D!

58 Scenes from

the road

Our regular pictorial reflection of

trucking life on the black-top

74 Food to go

This month Luke looks at healthy

eating and selects some salads

104 Team T&D

In Spain, Russell finds himself in

the middle of a truck show; plus

part 3 of Paul’s Aussie adventure

110 Classified ads

Our ad listings include training,

parts, return loads, accessories,

services and insurance

114 The Blunt End

Lucky ex-copper David knows

how to speak to the constabulary...

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