Six years after it became one of the first customers in Britain for the range-topping 8.55-tonne FUSO Canter, UK Surfacings has commissioned a like-for-like replacement.
The Surrey-based firm has also purchased a new 7.5-tonne Canter, just as it did in…
THIS was the moment a HGV driver swerved his tanker at another road user in a moment of “rage”.Yesterday the Leader reported on the sentencing of Alan Crabtree, aged 53 and of The Parklands in Penrith, Carlisle, at Mold Crown Court.
He received a 12 mo…
A HGV driver ‘lost control of his senses’ when he swerved at another road user in an act of road rage, a court heard.Alan Crabtree, aged 53 and of The Parklands in Penrith, Carlisle, appeared before Mold Crown Court on Thursday for sentencing.
He had a…
“I’ve stayed 12 and a half stone since 18, I don’t drink and I don’t smoke.”Those were the words of wisdom from one of Cumbria’s oldest truckers, who offered his advice on the secret to working more than 50 hours a week at the age of 80.
Maurice Slesso…
POLICE stopped a van which was dangerously overloaded as part of an operation on the M6 northbound.Officers from Cumbria Constabulary’s Road Safety Team worked alongside partners from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to carry out check po…
The next stop of OOIDA’s tour trailer is scheduled for Carlisle, Pa. For some, it is the car capital of the state.
The Spirit of the American Trucker is scheduled to be at the Petro Stopping Center in Carlisle on Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 20-22. T…
Between the revving engines and bright orange shirts, a legend took his last ride at Carlisle Crematorium.A beloved friend and family man, ‘Dangerous’ Dean Anderson lived his life at 100mph and, from racing on two wheels to becoming a waterski champion…
In Mid Cheshire we have a significant collection of classic trucks and other heavy vehicles, and it’s all down to one man.
Manchester-born Kevin Casselden moved to Winsford at the age of seven; he spent his young days in the Meadow Bank area watching t…
Emergency services rushed to the scene of two separate HGV crashes on the M6 last night.
The collisions had happened on the motorway at South Lakeland, near junction 36, at around 10.47pm last night(October 6).
Cumbria Roads Police and fire crews atten…
Police say they are looking to prosecute a truck driver after he was filmed driving while dressed as an elephant.
The clip was filmed on the M6 near Carlisle in Cumbria, England last month and was subsequently posted to Tik Tok.
Since the…
A LORRY driver wearing an elephant mask while driving on the M6 near Carlisle could face prosecution says Cumbria Police.A TikTok video shows two lorry drivers having some fun while driving down the motorway as one films the other wearing a fancy dress…
Dumbo drivers! Trucker films his mate wearing a fancy dress ELEPHANT HEAD at the wheel as they both drive HGVs on motorway – as police say they face prosecution
Lorry drivers lark about on motorway in Cumbria as they film a …
© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logoThis is the moment two truckers messed around as they drove lorries along the M6 – with one filming the other wearing a huge fancy dress elephant head at the wheel.
The clip, uploaded to TikTok on August 6, is b…
A TRUCKER who crashed into a car as he checked his phone’s map app was spared jail — despite previously killing a motorist by careless driving.
Cary Gordon, 58, left a woman with a fractured spine after hitting her broken-down Mercedes at more than 50m…
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a premier provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services, announced the creation of its new remote truck driver orientation program – ensuring new drivers continue to receive high-…