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What happens if you let your car battery run flat?

Does a flat battery in your car damage the battery life? You should get between 4-6 years’ life from your car battery if you treat it right. Until fairly recently, batteries had to be maintained by topping them up with

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Why would you move a fifth wheel when towing a semitrailer?

You’ve hooked up your trailer and you’ve headed to a weighbridge and the bad news is that your front (steering) axle is overloaded. An overloaded axle is both illegal and dangerous. It can overheat your tyres, make your braking performance

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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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