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What’s an electric truck or electric lorry?

You might have grown up with electric milk floats delivering milk to your neighbourhood. The technology used then wasn’t advanced enough to be used in other delivery vehicles, but now it is. An electric truck or electric lorry uses batteries

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Types of drawbar trailer coupling damage and how to stop it happening

A drawbar trailer is a convenient way to extend the cargo capacity of a rigid truck when required, without having to constantly pull a half-empty semitrailer. Drawbar trailers have a specific method to couple them with the towing vehicle (this

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What is a drawbar trailer?

There are two main types of heavy trailers: a semitrailer and a drawbar trailer. A drawbar trailer is a self-supporting, unpowered trailer which has at least one axle at either end of the trailer. The front axle is connected to

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How do you safely load a pick-up truck?

When we learn to drive, we don’t learn much about load restraint, but as more and more pick-ups are sold to recreational users, this knowledge is becoming increasingly important to have. There are two basic types of pick-up. A flat-deck

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How to check your lorry’s interior in a pre-trip inspection

As the cab will be the place you’ll spend the majority of your time, it must be checked to make sure it’s safe and comfortable. Cab comfort is a big influence on driver fatigue. Getting in The two things to

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Will my car or motorbike run on E10 petrol?

Regular petrol’s switch to E10 from E5 may catch some motorists out. E5 contains 5% bioethanol while E10 contains 10% bioethanol, a renewable ethanol. During summer 2021, service stations are switching to E10, with E5 only being available as a

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What should you keep in your vehicle’s tool kit?

Your car or lorry should have a tool kit so you can deal with minor repairs on the road. You don’t need that many tools – in fact, a good multi-tool can take care of several of them. Every vehicle’s

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