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This photocopy of a magazine or newspaper advert for Bedford comes from the archive of Norfolk-based builders and contractors R G Carter. Now the company is trying to track down an original copy, and thought that Biglorryblog readers might be able to help. The advert is believed to date from the 1950s but there is no record of which transport …

Want to learn to drive a truck? At Convoy in the Park you can sample one of the hardest parts of the driving test: the reverse manoeuvre. Here’s how George Barrow got on with his C licence training, courtesy of Scania. You need to get the London out of you,” said my Scania driving instructor Eddie O’Brien. And therein lay …

We like to include the weird and wonderful from the world of trucks on BLB, and this one, from regular correspondent Tim Cotton, certainly fits the bill. It is made by Still, which primarily manufactures forklifts. “This is how they get goods around Dubrovnik in Croatia,” he writes. “I was lucky enough to visit this beautiful city for several hours …

Change drivers’ working conditions and then recruitment will become easier, says T&D’s editor-in-chief, Will Shiers. I’m getting bored with people saying that in order to attract fresh blood into this industry, all we need to do is shout about how fantastic it is. Well I’ve got news for you – it isn’t! At least not at the coal face anyway. …

Donington Park plays host to the fifth round of the 2017 British Truck Racing Championship on July 22-23, as well as Convoy in the Park. Ahead of the season T&D spoke to 10-time British Truck Tracing Champion Stuart Oliver about his hopes for the coming season Stuart Oliver might be in the autumn of his racing career, but as he …

Scania GB will attempt to set a world record at Convoy in the Park on 22-23 July, and it needs drivers to get involved to achieve it. Truck manufacturer Scania is planning to set a new record for the largest gathering of a single make of truck in one place, and has chosen the Donington Park infield during Convoy in …

Picture Post: An Eddie Stobart Mercedes, named ‘Dana’, parked up at Birch Services Westbound on April 18, taken by Chris Newton.

Shrewsbury-based haulier Chris Good is the lucky man to put the first new Scania S-series, an S500, on English roads. We go to Shropshire to see him and his new steed. Words: Pip Dunn / Images: Tom Cunningham There’s always interest when the first of a new truck model goes on the road. Not facelifted, or a model with a …

Our very own Rubber Duck puts the hammer down in a 2017 Peterbilt 389 and searches ’cross the U S of A for the film locations used in the popular 1978 movie. Words: Will Shiers Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June, in a Kenworth pullin’ logs. Well, actually, that’s not strictly accurate. Yes, it is …

Bands playing music from punkabilly to alt-country are among the first to be confirmed on the bill for Convoy in the Park at Donington Park. The inaugural Convoy in the Park festival, billed as the ultimate celebration of the truck and driver, will take place on the weekend on 22 and 23 July. It is expected that tens of thousands …