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How do you teach a teenager to drive?

This is the point at which you put the family’s 1st or 2nd most valuable possession in the hands of someone who’s brain has not finished developing. The situation is this: 2 tonnes of metal travelling at up to 30

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Tips on choosing the first car for your kid

No matter what age you get your first car at, it’s always a wonderful feeling. As a parent, it can be a tough decision to make as there are so many options to choose from and so many variables to

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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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