3021. Ice Road Truckers
April 25, 2016
Ice Road Truckers first aired in the UK in 2007. It’s named for the “ice roads” - the huge, frozen-over lakes and rivers that hauliers must traverse in Canada and Alaska during the coldest times of the year. Ice Road Truckers has drawn acclaim for its compelling depiction of the work of these driver...
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3022. Good Reads: Nick Baldwin
April 25, 2016
Many a haulage worker’s earliest memories are full of happy days spent watching lorries thunder by, and indeed plenty of drivers’ inspiration can be traced back to their love of the vehicle as a child. This affection for the HGV, on top of the fascination with the technical aspects, does not escape ...
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3023. Good Reads: Gary Mottram
April 25, 2016
Haulage work is a highly glamorised profession: the lure of the open road and the ‘cowboyish’ solitude of a weeks-long transcontinental journey - alone or with another trucker - make the idea of trucking an attractive prospect to many. As many drivers will attest, these are parts of the job that mak...
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3024. Good Reads: Dave Bowers
April 25, 2016
Hauliers travelling to the Middle East often have to deal with more challenging weather conditions and more poorly maintained roads than they’re used to in Europe. Throughout the seventies and eighties, a plethora of drivers were sent on contracts that took them well into the Middle East, having to ...
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3025. Good Reads: Chris Nicholls
April 25, 2016
One of the parts of being a haulier that interests prospective drivers and laypeople alike is the notion of adventure - the wealth of exciting situations and different people a trucker can expect to meet on the road. That’s what makes career autobiographies so compelling: a whole career’s worth of d...
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3026. Euro 6 Emissions Regulations and Haulage Work
April 25, 2016
For those involved in haulage work, few EU regulations may have quite the long term impact than that predicted to arise from a set of new standards called “Euro 6”.
Here’s why that’s likely to be the case.
Emissions
For professionals in the haulage work business, it’s not exa...
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3027. The ABC of Haulage: Did You Know That...
April 25, 2016
The world of haulage has its own distinct language that consists of hundreds of words and phrases relating to one or more aspects of the industry. Many of these phrases, words and abbreviations are well known throughout the industry but we thought that a brief recap on some of the more obscure terms...
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3028. Delivery Work Benefits of the National Infrastructure Plan
April 25, 2016
One of the least surprising things you can share with those involved in delivery work is that the UK’s transport infrastructure is at best described as being “tired” and at worst “totally inadequate for the 21st century”.
Decades of under-investment have resulted in some of the most crowded ...
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3029. The SRF Optimiser and Green Haulage Work
April 25, 2016
For many companies and individuals engaged in haulage work, the idea of reducing greenhouse gasses while cutting costs at the same time is something of a ‘Nirvana’ objective.
Roadblocks Getting To Nirvana
Unfortunately, the options involved in trying to get there are so complicated a...
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3030. Good Deliver Work Reads: David John Whitfield
April 25, 2016
David John Whitfield is a retired lorry driver, and his 2015 autobiographical work tells the story of the years he spent in delivery work beginning in the early sixties. Whitfield left school when he was 15, then worked in farming for over a year before going into haulage. He began working short-hau...
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Author: Laura Jeeves
