hello all hope you can help me out with this one currently looking at buying a recovery truck & just wanted some peoples opions on a couple of older merc trucks . the truck will be usued only for small cars like clios ,corsas fiestas etc as im only on a 3.5ton license at the moment my choices...
Consultation underway on plans to increase speed limit for HGV's.
So, what does the Team think? Good idea or not?
In a thoroughly predictable response, Brake claim it will cause carnage :rolleyes:
Something that has puzzled me about tyre loads and weight transfer.
I can see why large trucks/PSVs have multiple wheels/axles on the rear, to spread the weight but what happens to that weight when cornering/braking? Surely it transfers forward to the front wheels and these are shod with...
Seen this several times and is very irritating! driving along a dual carriage way came up to 3 trucks , first one driving at 55mph, presumably limited but going uphill. second truck decides to overtake but also limited to 56mph and empty so is going faster but only just. Takes half mile to get...
I was driving home from work in the city and i was behind a truck,
i noticed it's load was unsafe and sure enough a rock about the size
of a football fell off the back and i ran over it as i had no where else to go!!
remarkably my tire didn't burst but it ripped off some side paneling
and i'm...