Bonneted lorries, or ‘trucks’ as they are called in America and Australia have some advantages in some situations over the cab-over lorries that we have in the UK. In fact, you’ll rarely see bonneted ‘conventional’ trucks in the UK. Let’s…

Curtainside trailers are usually a flat deck trailer with a rigid rear door, a headboard, and canvas curtains down the side which are suspended from roof rails and fastened with buckles. The roof rails are held up by supports at…

A sideloader or sidelifter can refer to twin hydraulic cranes that self-load and unload containers on or off a lorry or trailer, it can be a type of forklift and occasionally it refers to a bin lorry. We’re going to…

PTO, or power take off, is a way in which power can be diverted from the engine to power hydraulic or mechanical equipment. It’s very common on agricultural machinery, and its use on tractors, through a rotating shaft, causes frequent…

An axle is the way in which weight is transferred from the lorry or trailer to the tyres. Different types of lorries have different numbers of axles. A small box van will have two axles, like a car, whereas an…