Great X-pectations

Trucks On Test

Truck maker Iveco put its new X-Way up for scrutiny by allowing seasoned professional lorry drivers like Stevie Walker loose in a quarry. The co-director of Lochmaben Transport and Transport News official truck tester didn’t […]

Peak Performer

Trucks On Test

It was a matter of time before Renault Trucks offered its own turbo compound engine, and Stevie Walker – resident roadtester and co-boss of Lochmaben Transport – has spent a week with a truck he […]

Tipping In Tuscan

Trucks On Test

With an established tipper fleet of his own, Lochmaben Transport’s Stevie Walker spent a week in a new DAF XDC eight-wheeler. JULY 2006 marked the end of an era for the tipper industry as Foden […]

XD In The City

Trucks On Test

DAF Trucks introduce its urban solution for operators facing mandatory changes to delivering in the urban environment, writes Stevie Walker. TIMES ARE challenging for urban transport operations, the list of stumbling blocks which must be […]

Going All The S-Way

Trucks On Test

Now an established product, the Iveco S-Way headed north to Scotland for the Transport News ‘road test’. Is it winning the hearts and minds of the operators? LAST YEAR, Transport News reported that the S-Way […]

New And Improved

Trucks On Test

Scania unveiled a new engine platform designed to save the operator money, and it underpins this month’s road test, the 460R. Transport News resident road tester, Lochmaben Transport’s Stevie Walker, has been out for a […]

Think You’re Tough?

Trucks On Test

Between coronavirus travel red lists, Iveco flew several journalists out to Italy to drive its new T-WAY around a quarry on the edge of Bologna. Gordon Roberts reports. BY AND large journalists, even practicing ‘lorry […]