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cvdriver.com // Issue 27 // Summer 2013
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MEET THE
IVECO RACERS
Stralis helps out with Yamaha’s MotoGP team
RENAULT RACING SPECIAL
New season, new race truck for Renault
Trucks-MKR Technology
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP RIGHT
Are you getting a good night’s rest?
We provide you with some top tips
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REGULARS
4-5 News: what’s hot and happening in the truck world
6 Simpson Says: words of wisdom from our trucking guru
12 Letters: readers get problems off their chests
16 Ade’s Gallery: more top pix from our super snapper
26 Spot the difference: and win a model truck
28 Legal eagle: sound advice from our resident solicitor
FEATURES
8 Iveco racers: how Stralis is helping the Yamaha MotoGP team
18 Finance: how owner-drivers can boost their cashflow
20 Sleep tight: the importance of getting proper rest
21 Loading: get it right or risk disaster
22 Renault truck racing: new trucks for a new season
25 Company spotlight: meet the face behind Jennychem
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Volvo Trucks. Driving Progress
With the warm weather finally
arriving, we thought it might be
nice to have a bit of a ‘chillax’
issue and take a look at a
subject all big boys like, motor
sport, namely the fleet of new
Iveco Hi-Way Stralis that have
just gone into service with the
Yamaha MotoGP team.
We also feature the Renault
Trucks and MKR team who are
defending their constructors’
crown with brand new race
trucks for the 2013 race season.
Then we take a look at the
importance of getting a good
night’s kip and what to do to
ensure just that. Then, more
for owner-drivers and business
owners, we investigate what
you can do to ensure you
have enough cash in the bank
to trade. In association with
Skipton Business Finance, we
come up with a solution that
could help.
It would also appear that
truckers are about to face yet
another hurdle when operating
in London with yet another tax
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Have a look at p16. Our trusty
photographer Ade Portlock
has just launched his very own
Flickr site. It may allow you to
find a picture of your truck,
which he will let you have
for free.
So, until September, have a
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News
Directors get
suspended
sentences
By Richard Simpson
Ruth Waring, director of
Labyrinth Logistics Consulting,
urged the haulage industry to
develop a diverse workforce,
pointing out that the industry
faced a developing demographic
crisis.
“The problem is that we don’t
recognise the problem,” she
said, pointing out that only
one-third of LGV licence-holders
actually drove for a living. While
just 1% of employed drivers
were under 25, 16% were over
59, and the majority of drivers
were employed white men aged
over 50.
“This means that in 10 or 15
years time there may not be
enough drivers.”
London Mayor wants to spend
£30bn on the capital’s roads
Normanton, have been specified
with Volvo’s latest fuel saving
technology, including the I-Shift
gearbox with Long-Haul & Fuel
Economy+ software and I-See.
I-See uses GPS positioning to
memorise roads and gradients
and share this information, via
central data storage, with other
trucks, to enable I-Shift’s gear
changes to be optimised for fuel
economy. Volvo Trucks claims fuel
savings of up to 5% with I-See.
Real-Time
Vehicle Tracking
FATAL CRASH PROMPTS REMINDER
buses, taxis, pedestrians,
cyclists and powered twowheelers,” the report says.
Recognising that 90% of the
£200 billion worth of freight
moved in London each year is
by road, it says bold options
need to be considered including
allowing more deliveries at night
and new tunnels on strategic
routes.
“Changing the way good and
services are delivered, for
example by shifting freight
deliveries out of peak hours as
was achieved during the 2012
Olympic Games,” the report
reads.
Operators are being reminded of the importance of tyre
maintenance after a 20-year-old tyre was blamed for causing an
accident in which a bus driver and two passengers were killed.
The 52-seater crashed on the A3 after the tyre blew out,
concluded Surrey Coroner Richard Travers, who asked why it was
legal to have such old tyres fitted. Travers said he would write to
the Department for Transport to raise the point, while one of the
victim’s mothers has called for a change in the law. While there
are currently no laws governing the maximum age of tyres, and
irrespective of what changes to regulations may follow, every
operator should already know that old tyres may have become
compromised and should not be used. A tyre expert at the inquest
explained that the tyre had been delaminating from the insideout. Steve Howat, General Manager of Technical Services at
Continental Tyres, said: “It is important that operators are aware of
the need for regular checks of the condition of their tyres.”
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Night-time deliveries, new
tunnels, greater use of 20mph
speed limits and more toll
charges to pay for investment in
transport infrastructure are all
included in the London Mayor’s
Road Task Force report for the
capital.
The report looks at potential
ways in which more efficient
use could be made of the road
network in London by all types
of road users and estimates that
£30 billion needs to be spent
over the next 20 years to deliver
the improvements.
Congestion has increased by
10% over the past decade and
costs the capital’s economy £4
billion a year.
“The reality is that the quality
of streets and roads is vital for
all users, including emergency
vehicles, business, freight,
International logistics operator
Brian Yeardley Continental Ltd
is conducting fuel trials with two
new Globetrotter XL-cabbed,
Volvo FH-500 4x2, X-Low
chassis tractor units which have
been purchased for that reason.
Both trucks are equipped with
Volvo’s 13-litre D13C engine
rated at 500hp (368Kw) and are
Euro-5 compliant.
The new FHs, which were
supplied by Crossroads at
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More laws ahead for London truckers
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Corgi, owned by
Hornby Hobbies Ltd,
and Ye Olde Oak
have announced a
marketing campaign
promoting the iconic
die-cast toy brand.
This is the second
Hornby owned
brand to work with Ye Olde Oak after a successful Scalextric
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Oak and
Corgi’s
latest sales
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promotion in 2012. This campaign
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This latest campaign
is Ye Oldeto
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ever UK sales
promotion
offering
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promotion, offering
the chance
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a Corgi
Toys
playset
and
to win a Corgi Toys’
playset and a Corgi
Toys’ five
pack of die-cast
toy vehicles.
Prizes will be picked
a Corgi Toys five-pack
of die-cast
model
vehicles.
Prizes
will be
at random with winners receiving either; a military, emergency service, construction or agriculture
picked at random, winners receiving either a military, emergency
themed product. The promotions will appear on five different varieties of Ye Olde Oak hotdogs
service, construction or agricultural themed product.
(Standard 400g, Premium 400g, American 400g, Jumbo 560g and American 560g).
Look out for the competition on canned Ye Olde Oak hotdogs.
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The inception of the Driver CPC
in September 2014 is unlikely to
cause the once widely predicted
serious driver shortage,
according to Peter WeddellHall, the head of training
accreditation at the Driving
Standards Agency.
Speaking at a training
conference organised by the
Road Haulage Association
at Warwick University, Peter
pointed to a recent increase in
training hours delivered.
He said that 634,000 drivers out
of an estimated total of 750,000
were now actively engaged in
Driver CPC training and more
than half of those had already
completed three or more of the
five training days required.The
training sector had sufficient
capacity to train the rest: when
the Driver CPC was first set up
the DSA had anticipated some
500 training centres being set up
across the country. There were
now 1,400.
Liz Heaton, senior training
accreditation services manager
at the DSA, said capacity was
still growing, with 20 applications
for training centre approval being
received each month. However
just 48 of the 1,400 operational
centres had delivered half of
the of all the Driver CPC training
undertaken to date.
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Following a VOSA investigation, Ian John Trussler, a
partner and transport manager and Kenneth Trussler, a
partner of Goldline Taxis and
Coaches both received suspended prison sentences for
admitting to falsifying tachograph records as far back
as 2008, at Ipswich Crown
Court on 20 June 2013.
Ian Trussler, 40, of Killick
Crescent, Carlton Colville
received a three month
prison sentence, suspended
for two years and ordered
to pay £25,500 costs. While
Kenneth Trussler, 67, of
Yarmouth Road, Broome,
received a six week prison
sentence suspended for two
years and ordered to pay
£18,200 costs.
Goldline Taxis and Coaches
driver Kerr-Roe pleaded
guilty to false driving records
and was fined £1,500 with
£1,000 costs. In previous
hearings three other drivers
were charged with driving
offences, with fines ranging
from £240 to £2,000 and
with two of them also
receiving driving bans for six
and twelve months.
Alex Fiddes, VOSA’s
Operations Director said:
“This ruling sends out a clear
message to other operators
and drivers. If you choose
to operate illegally there will
be serious consequences.
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and resolutely in order to
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northern end of the M32.
This is madness, but sadly it’s not untypical.
We can expect more of the same elsewhere,
particularly in the English capital where
Transport for London, which is run by a
particularly well-remunerated former bus
company manager, has just published a
report that seeks to divide ‘surface transport’
into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ modes.
Motorway madness
– planned just for us!
You would think that any transport executives who took a
decision that led to a motorway being regularly blocked
would be ashamed of themselves, wouldn’t you?
Well, you’d be wrong....
T
he other week I read a report in
a bus and coach magazine on a
‘young bus company managers’
conference in Bristol, and I have
to say that the full implications of
it didn’t really sink in until a couple of weeks
later.
You see, there I was cutting down the M32
into Bristol for a mid-morning appointment
with the delightful folk at VOSA, when I found
the south-bound traffic queuing up to a point
just past junction one.
No big problem for me, I’ve long since
abandoned four wheels for two for timecritical journeys, so I just filtered carefully
between the stationary trucks and cars until I
got to my exit at junction two. Must have been
an accident further down the road, I thought,
and then having arrived bang on time at
VOSA, I thought no more of it.
Cruising home
Well, not until I was cruising home along a
particularly mind-numbing part of the M4,
when it came back to me. Part of the young
bus managers’ conference had been a tour
of Bristol’s bus priority measures, which
the various bus operators in the area have
had installed with the collusion of the local
authority. In the conference report they had
proudly stated that a consequence of these
had been to create long traffic queues on the
M32. This was what I had encountered in the
middle of the morning. God knows what it
must be like at 8.30 am.
As far as the young bus company managers
were concerned, this was a great outcome.
Making it more difficult for other vehicles to
get into the centre of Bristol meant there was
more room for buses, and more potential
passengers. Kerrching!
Oh, the folly of youth!
Even if we accept that effectively preventing
people from driving cars into the centre
of Bristol is a good thing (and Bristol
shopkeepers losing custom to the car-friendly
shopping complexes at Cribbs Causeway just
down the M5 might not agree), did these wellscrubbed young things at the conference have
no thought to the other consequences?
Delivery of goods and services by truck from
the north, east and west to the good citizens
of Bristol is now a lot more difficult. The
residents of Fishponds and other areas close
to the M32 now have to endure more noise
and pollution from the motorway because it
is in near permanent south-bound grid-lock.
And, worst of all, there is now the potential
for artificially-created traffic congestion
displaced from the centre of Bristol, to impact
on the main M4 and M5 motorways which
themselves cross at one of the country’s most
important road junctions just west of the
Good and bad
In case you couldn’t guess, ‘good’ means
buses and bicycles and ‘bad,’ cars. Trucks
are really only mentioned as being a hazard
to cyclists. The fact that the average truck
is probably carrying 10 tonnes of goods that
are vital to some London business, while the
cyclist is probably (to judge by their indignant
rantings on the internet) carrying nothing
more important than a very high opinion of
themselves, is barely discussed.
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if urban traffic
planners could be persuaded to consider
installing some truck priority measures?
Keeping trucks moving at the expense of
other traffic would reduce truck-related fuel
consumption and pollution, and banning
cyclists from truck lanes would stop the poor
dears from trying to pass on the inside when
trucks are turning left. Cleaner air, reduced
global warming and safer roads would be
three benefits for everyone, while businesses
would gain from more accurate delivery times
and reduced costs. Lorry drivers might get
home in time to see their children before
bed-time.
There’s even a political
justification for it.
Cyclists often gleefully point out that, while
they don’t pay road tax, nor do motorists,
because that disc in the windscreen is called
Vehicle Excise Duty and is calculated on the
basis of carbon emissions.
Well, trucks do pay road tax (tax bands
are based on axle and gross weights), and
the soon to be introduced Lorry Road User
Charge will make that clear, so they should,
where necessary, be given priority over all
other modes.
I think it’s a splendid idea…just so long as I
can still filter carefully through the traffic on
my motorbike.
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if
urban traffic planners could
be persuaded to consider
installing some truck
priority measures?
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CV Driver Magazine gets an exclusive visit to the HQ of
Yamaha Factory Racing, courtesy of Iveco. We meet the
team, the transporter drivers, get the inside track on their
all new fleet of Stralis Hi-Way tractor units as well as their
unique trailers. It’s the world’s most exciting event on two
wheels and we caught up with the MotoGP circus as they
readied themselves to depart for Mugello
O
n an industrial estate in Gerno
di Lesmo to the North West
of Milan, just a thousand
metres from the legendary
Monza circuit, lies the Yamaha
Factory Racing team’s HQ. Once through
the tight security we were greeted by a
wealth of priceless race bikes from Yamaha’s
rich racing heritage. Our host Marco Riva,
General Manager of Operations, invites us for
a traditional espresso coffee before taking a
look round the ultra-secret facility.
The race rigs
For the 2013 season and under the
sponsorship arrangement with Iveco, the
Yamaha race team have just taken delivery
of their new fleet of Stralis Hi-Ways, which
replace the older Stralis models which were
very popular with the team and drivers. The
new Stralis Hi-Ways are all powered by the
Cursor 13 EEV and are rated at 500hp and
are supplied with the Eurotronic automated
transmission.
According to lead driver Paolo Giannotta,
the Stralis Hi-Way is a marked improvement
in cab comfort especially seat adjustment
over the previous Stralis AS. The drivers also
like the adaptive cruise control.
Also for the first time Iveco’s Iveconnect
telematics will be used to monitor the fuel
and driving style.
The race team are very environmentally
aware and are looking to shave 5,000
euros from their 82,000 euro diesel bill.
The new Stralis Hi-Ways are already well
ahead of target to achieve this important
saving. Traditionally the team relied on a
basic screen mounted satnav setup but now
use the fully integrated Iveconnect system
which has only just gone into service with
commendable results from the drive down
from Le Mans back to the teams Monza HQ,
Eight transporters
On the European MotoGP race calendar, the
team is supported by eight race transporters,
of which seven are 2+2 combinations with
13.5 m trailers and an overall height of four
metres and are plated to run at 32 or 35
tonnes GVW.
Surprisingly, the trucks cover no more than
20,000kms a year and once they leave the
Yamaha Racing HQ, they can be away for 150
days per annum and don’t generally return
until the end of the European rounds. All
vital spares for the bikes will delivered via a
special courier service to replenish stocks.
If the races don’t follow on immediately, the
trucks will be parked securely.
On many occasions they will be used as
a static promotional display by one of the
main sponsors in return for the free secure
parking.
Tasks for each rig
Each ‘rig’ has a task, and they leave for the
race in a very specific order. On the Friday
afternoon of the week prior to the setup, the
hospitality vehicles leave.
This includes the catering unit, which at full
tilt, will prepare 1,000 restaurant quality
meals a day for riders, the team and VIPs.
Then follows the office, which houses the
team’s management suites.
Also departing are two support rigs, one of
which is the rigid that carries the mobile air
conditioning units.
The next four make a move 24 hours later
with the bikes and their spares, engines in
their mobile workshop (which are stored on
pull-out cassettes under the trailer floor),
the communications centre and offices, and
finally, the pit support vehicle bringing all
the pit equipment and the essential mode of
transport, the ‘pit bike’.
The combined weight of equipment and
spares is just 12 tonnes. A new F1 type
‘pop-up’ type trailer has been ordered for
the 2014 season and will replace some of the
older equipment.
The ‘flyaway’ events on other continents
present a whole different problem.
The entire logistics operation for all of
the race teams is undertaken by MotoGP
organisers Dorna.
Yamaha Factory Racing pack their bikes,
spares, tools and equipment into 52 flight
cases. This time, their airfreight totals 270
tonnes and is flown in two Jumbo jets –
600 flight cases including 50 tonnes of TV
broadcast equipment, 23 tonnes of advertising
material, seven tonnes of timing equipment
and 5.5 tonnes of BMW safety cars.
A place for everything
Like any well-organised race team, there is
a place for everything. The garage floor is
clearly marked for each vehicle’s function.
This kind of military precision means no
cock-ups.
As we wander around the garage, the first
trucks to leave for Mugello are checked and
Marco Riva, CV Driver magazine’s host for
the day
loaded. The PCs in the management trailer
are all booted up and double-checked. The
pit bikes are parked for loading, and boxes
full of team clothing and marketing material
also wait in line. The first stop after leaving
the Yamaha HQ is the supermarket in
Bergamo to pick food and drink for the trek
to Spain.
Leaving their HQ, they are in charge of
their own destiny. They prefer not to travel
in convoy and at most may travel in pairs,
trying to avoid any undue attention – but
they can’t disguise who they are.
The routes are not pre-planned and like
any operation that involves nights out
they sometimes struggle to get secure
overnight parking.
On-board tracking
All of the trucks are fitted with on-board
tracking, which is more of a security
benefit than an aid to the driver. On some
Lin Jarvis, Managing
Director Yamaha
Motor Racing
We even managed to catch up with team MD Lin
Jarvis (pictured right) and ask a few questions on
the return of race legend Valentino Rossi to the
Yamaha stable as well as how he saw the 2013
season shaping up for them.
On Jarvis’s own admission, they have seen a
marked upturn in the interest of the team since
the arrival of Valentio Rossi.
However, he is quick to point out that although
the return of Rossi can help toward securing the
essential sponsorship, the sport is very popular
in Spain and in Italy that at the moment are very
difficult economies.
We also speak about fellow team rider Jorge Lorenzo who at the moment in Jarvis’s opinion is
giving the stronger ride. (We must stress our chat was before Lorenzo’s accident at Assen in the
Netherlands).
We also ask Lin’s opinion on why the sport is growing in popularity and why is MotoGP is so
important to Yamaha. He said: “Racing is so important to motorcycle manufacturers as, unlike
F1, you can pretty much buy what you see on the track.”
occasions they have to resort to
parking on a well-lit diesel forecourts in
exchange for a few Yamaha team goodies.
The drivers are certainly not aloof, they
single-man the trucks and sleep in the
cabs en-route to the circuit.
When traveling through Southern
Europe they are often stopped by the
local police.
A strict souvenir protocol is followed.
Start with a poster, then a key ring. If
the cop still won’t let them proceed, go to
pens and if all else fails, a baseball cap!
The drivers know they have to be at
the circuit for four o’clock on Tuesday
afternoon prior to the weekend event for
the pit lane and garage access.
They always leave plenty of time for any
eventuality. Late arrival is very unpopular
as paddocks are tight for space and the
main support vehicles need squeezing in.
The organiser will arrange the trucks in
the correct order relative to their pit lane
garage position. If a vehicle turns
up late and behind a team that has a
lower position down the pit lane they
can’t park.
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Dear Matt,
The answer to T.P’s letter regarding the towers
on the A19 (CV Driver, June 2013) is they
are disused flour silos. They now have many
aerials fixed to the top and the revenue from
these pays for the upkeep of the towers. Hope
this allays TP’s fears. Phil of Hoyers
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The brick and concrete building is nothing sinister – it is a redundant grain silo one of I think
five dotted around the country. There was one near Oxford – can’t remember where the rest
were. They were all built to the same spec and the aerials are telecoms ie O2, Vodafone etc
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With reference to the letter from TP in the
last issue of CV Driver Magazine, apparently
rumour has it the building was built as a
flour storage depot, but formed part of an
emergency food supply network, so in the
advent of a nuclear war – and indeed the
aftermath – the flour would have been used
for bread etc. But it could be a bit of an urban
myth!!!!
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With a whole host of cleaning product available
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onto the washing we chose the Vehicle Shampoo
and Wax Special, this concentrate lathers well and
works great with a traditional bucket and sponge.
Once dried, it was time for the polish, Jennychem has a number of
products available, and this time we opted for the Pink All Purpose
Car Polish, and again back to traditional methods armed with a roll
of ‘mutton’ cloth we got stuck in. The results were very pleasing
bringing the vehicles paintwork back to life. After a good ‘vac’ round on
the inside, the dash was next on the list, the Pink Dashboard Cleaner is
silicone based and left the dash with a lovely new truck feel.
Verdict
All of the products we used performed well and left our ‘wagon’
looking spic and span, but what was really impressive is that all of
the products are available in handy small quantities of 5 litres and
suit any proud drivers’ requirements in both cost and quantity. It is
very easy to assume that Jennychem only deals in large quantities,
but absolutely not, you can order online and your ‘goodies’ will be
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It’s all in the pipes! Drivers can prove it
wasn’t
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Part 1
In late 2011 TruckMax Ltd was born, an associate company of Bailey Truck Parts Ltd
operating from the same location in Wisbech Cambridgeshire.
ruckmax are dedicated to
designing and manufacturing
exhaust systems including stack
systems, change-over valves and
side pipes.
The fitted systems for trucks are nothing
short of amazing and the sounds achieved
are guaranteed to scare the kids.
Operators can choose big bore stacks
with diverter valves as well as sleeklooking side pipes that fit perfectly under
the side skirts.
They also offer stainless storage boxes
‘that fit neatly between the twin stacks
exhaust as well as really well engineered
suzie panels.
The key to making all these type of
installations work is the engineering
expertise behind the scenes, so obviously
with their association with Bailey Truck
Parts expertise and advice can be taken
as a given.
‘Slamons’ are technically-arranged accidents by fraudsters against an innocent third
party, all to claim injury compensation from the driver who has been ‘stitched up’ in
the accident!
T
ruck drivers make the ideal target
for fraudsters as they are more
likely to be insured and the fact that
as trucks are heavy, they are more
likely to cause damage.
So, what is out there in the market to help you
prove your innocence? CV Driver Magazine
had a look at the accessory market and we’ve
come up with a sensible solution to help
protect drivers and to help prove in the event
of a slam-on that that the accident was a
set-up.
Available through Vision UK, the DVR 100
was developed in response to the increasing
demand from Health & Safety, Fleet
Management and Insurance companies for
a low-cost means of recording evidence of
vehicle accidents, incidents and assaults on
drivers.
DVR 100 is a small forward-facing camera
that is mounted on the inside of the vehicle’s
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windscreen by a heavy duty adjustable mount.
Power is taken either from either the 12v
power supply or using 24v adaptor for heavy
trucks and is hard-wired into the vehicle
wiring harness. And that is it.
When active, the camera captures all
eventualities in front of the vehicle and
commits them to 16GB memory card.
However it doesn’t end there. All recoded
images are date-stamped so there can be no
argument about when the accident occurred.
The DVR100 has also an adjustable ‘G’
sensor that detects harsh acceleration and
importantly harsh braking in line with a frontend impact and commit these incident images
to the hard drive of the system.
Prices start from £149
Within the kit you get the DVR100 Camera, power cable, set-up instructions.
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Super Truck Snapper Ade Portlock has just made available a large proportion of his
truck gallery available to all on image website Flickr under the guise of Harrys On
The Road Truck Photos.
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he site is simple enough to use –
simply go to the top right, put in the
fleet name and search on Harrys
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if by magic the trucks will start to
appear right before your eyes.
It’s very likely that either you or one of your
mates will be on there. You might also be able
to track down one of your old trucks. Ade is
also very happy to supply the image free of
charge if you email him your request.
In Ade’s words: “I’m all about both recording and promoting the industry and want all
drivers to have benefit of my site.”
All you need to do is log onto: www.flickr.com/
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Attention owner-drivers: how
can hauliers boost cashflow?
The UK logistics industry is very important to the UK economy, being worth more than
£75 billion, employing over two million people and is currently one of only a handful of
sectors actually growing at present. It is predicted that there will continue to be increasing
demand for effective and integrated freight solutions throughout 2013 and beyond...
D
espite this
positive
outlook,
many haulage
companies face
major cashflow problems
with the price of fuel now
reaching record levels and
customers taking longer
and longer to pay. Add to
this, drivers’ wages, HP
commitments and vehicle
repair bills and it can all
result in poor cashflow
and periods of worry for
hauliers.
In the current economic
environment, the old adage
‘Sales is vanity, profit is
sanity but cash is king’ is
probably more appropriate
now than at any other time.
Businesses don’t go bust
because they make losses
– they go bust because they run out of cash
and so it is more essential than ever that
owner-drivers keep their eyes firmly on their
cash position.
There are several ways to improve cashflow:
1) Ensure your customers pay on time
2) Offer early settlement discounts to main
customers for prompt payment
3) Ask suppliers for extended terms
4) Increase bank facilities
5) Use an invoice finance provider to fund
outstanding invoicing
1) Ensure customers pay on time
One major problem for haulage companies is
the requirement of having to pay wages, HP
and fuel suppliers, while in turn waiting for
cash from their own customers to come in.
In an ideal world, all customers would pay as
soon as the goods have been delivered and
cashflow would not be a problem.
Unfortunately, in today’s highly-competitive
logistics market, it’s not that easy, with most
customers demanding 30, 60 and even 90
day credit terms. It is therefore essential that
the hauliers’ customers pay them on time for
the service they have delivered.
Business owners should ensure they are on
•HP needs to be paid to
keep possession of vehicles
•Fuel must be paid to keep
the vehicles running
•Wages need to be paid or
there will be no drivers.
It can be difficult to
renegotiate HP repayments
but it is worth enquiring.
Fuel and wages are even
more difficult. However,
there are other suppliers
who may offer extended
terms to retain or gain
their business.
“Businesses don’t go bust
because they make losses
– they go bust because
they run out of cash”
top of administration with effective credit
control systems in place.
2) Offer an early settlement discount to
main customers for prompt payment
If the haulier needs some urgent cash to
pay bills, why not consider offering an early
payment discount?
Some large customers will be happy to take a
2.5% or 5% discount to pay the outstanding
invoices early. This can be a quick way of
getting in the cash. However, there is the risk
that the customer will take the discount by
knocking it off the value of the outstanding
invoice and then allow payment terms to
gradually drift out over time.
3) Ask suppliers for extended terms
The biggest costs in the cashflow often prove
inflexible:
4) Increase bank facilities
Many haulage companies
will have overdraft
facilities, so it is worth
speaking to your bank early
to see if this facility can be
increased if required.
Overdrafts can prove quite
restrictive, as they are based on historic
trading history and are not necessarily
reflective of the level of business at the
current time. A request for an increase may
be difficult and could require more personal
security. It is essential to be fully prepared
when meeting with your banker to give
yourself the best possible chance of getting
an increased limit.
5) Use an invoice finance provider to fund
outstanding invoicing
Cash can be released from outstanding
invoices via an invoice finance provider. These
alternative lenders will buy the outstanding
invoices and advance as much as 90% within
24 hours. Where invoice finance wins hands
down in comparison to a traditional banking
overdraft is that:
• It generates more cash than an overdraft –
usually twice as much.
• Less personal security is required so there’s
no need to give a charge over the family
home.
• It is based on the sales the business creates
and therefore grows with the business,
meaning the business doesn’t have to keep
going back to the bank with cap in hand.
If you are the owner-driver of a haulier and are looking at ways to increase cashflow,
why not give Skipton Business Finance a call on 0113 242 3237, drop us an email at
[email protected] or browse our website www.skiptonbusinessfinance.co.uk for more information
Good night, sleep right
If you’ve been a professional driver for any length of time
and you’ve never experienced that horrible moment when
you snap awake at the wheel, then you’re either very unusual
or you’re telling porkie-pies. Yes, it’s ‘the noddies’
G
etting a good night’s sleep
is more important for truck
drivers than most other folk,
for obvious reasons. Until
relatively recently, poor
sleeping was just regarded as an irritation
you had to live with. Today, sleep deprivation
is recognised as a debilitating and potentially
dangerous thing.
The number of traffic accidents that are
caused by falling asleep at the wheel can
only be guessed at, but it is under-reported
for sure. It’s important to understand that
there are two separate conditions here.
Firstly there is straightforward feeling
knackered from lack of sleep and too many
early starts, which can happen to anybody,
and secondly there is a specific medical
condition – sleep apnoea, no less.
Early starts
If you are suffering from the first with too
many early starts being a common cause,
try and modify your starting times. “I wish”
you’re probably thinking. Yes, this can be
difficult but persistently being up and on the
Avoid alcohol, sleeping pills, and sedatives,
especially before bedtime, because they
relax the muscles in the throat and interfere
with breathing. Avoid caffeine and heavy
meals within two hours of going to bed.
This sounds like a pretty good action plan
to stay healthy anyway.
road at 4am and not turning in until late will
creep up on you sooner or later. Better to
change the routine than wake up in a pile of
wreckage that’s your fault. We don’t need to
paint a picture do we?
Sleep apnoea is a different thing altogether.
Frequent, loud snoring may be a bit of a
comedy topic but it can be a sign of sleep
When it is bedtime, it’s vitally important you are comfortable. Your cab will never replace
your bedroom, but there are a number of products that can help you get a good night’s
sleep and companies which specialise in this (see advertisement below).
If possible, try make your bunk as homely as possible, use good quality bed linen and
good pillows and if the bunk is a bit hard and you need a bit more comfort, why not invest
in a memory foam topper – it will cost a few quid but it will be worth it.
Also make sure your bed linen fits the bed properly. If it’s too big or small and scrunched
up underneath you, you won’t get a good night’s sleep.
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nagged about it, but even a small amount
of weight loss can open up your airway and
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Quit smoking. Smoking is believed to
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apnoea, a disorder in which breathing
repeatedly stops and starts as you sleep.
In untreated sleep apnoea, breathing is
briefly interrupted or becomes very shallow
during sleep. These breathing pauses
typically last between 10 to 20 seconds and
can occur up to hundreds of times a night.
Untreated sleep apnoea stops you from
getting a good night’s sleep. When breathing
is paused, you’re jolted out of your natural
sleep rhythm. As a consequence, you spend
more time in light sleep and less time in
the deep, restorative sleep you need to be
energetic, mentally sharp, and productive the
next day.
This chronic sleep deprivation results in
daytime sleepiness, slow reflexes, poor
concentration, and an increased risk of
accidents. As air flow stops during a sleep
apnoea episode, the oxygen level in your
blood drops. Your brain responds by briefly
disturbing your sleep enough to kickstart
breathing—which often resumes with a gasp
or splutter. If you have obstructive sleep
apnoea, you probably won’t remember these
awakenings.
Are you at risk?
Being overweight, male, over the age of 65
and a smoker will put you at risk of sleep
apnoea. Other risk factors for obstructive
sleep apnoea include certain physical
attributes, such as having a thick neck or
enlarged tonsils or adenoids. Allergies or
other medical conditions that cause nasal
congestion and blockage can also be a factor.
While a diagnosis of sleep apnoea can be
scary, it is a treatable condition. In fact, there
are many things you can do on your own to
help, particularly for mild to moderate sleep
apnoea (see the panel above).
Sweet dreams!
Load securing - when
friction really counts
F
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to engine wear, is your best friend
when it comes to braking and,
surprisingly, keeping the load on
the back of your truck.
When two components move against each
other friction occurs. While oils and lubricants
are used to minimise the engine wear caused
by friction, there are other cases where there
is a need to generate as much friction as
possible.
All drivers will know that high levels of
resistance and heat are generated by the
braking system, caused by friction, as pedal
pressure is applied to bring the vehicle to a
stop. Braking is a graphic demonstration of
the value of “good” friction.
When friction is working to your advantage,
and is then suddenly lost, we generally
encounter difficulties. An example of this is
aquaplaning in very wet conditions. Anyone
who has had the misfortune to experience
this will know two things happen, braking is
ineffective and steering is useless. Both of
these result from a total loss of friction (grip)
between the tyre and the road surface. As
you can’t steer you will continue to travel in
a straight line in the direction in which you
were travelling - straight to the scene of the
accident if anything is in the way.
So how does friction have
an effect on load securing?
All materials have a friction coefficient. This
is the measurement of the amount of effort
(force) required to move them against each
other. For instance sheets of MDF have a low
friction coefficient, they slide easily, as does
smooth sawn wood when compared with
rough timber. Steel on steel also has a low
coefficient.
Concrete loaded on rough timber bearers
has a much higher friction coefficient. It is
this interaction between different types of
material that determines how many lashings
are needed when securing your load.
The lower the friction coefficient the greater
the number of lashings required. When
strapping down you increase the downward
pressure on the load and raise the amount of
‘g’ force required to overcome the friction the answer to good load securing.
Friction coefficient is measured against 1g
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New season, new
race truck for Renault
Trucks-MKR Technology
The new race truck for Renault Trucks-MKR Technology
was unveiled at the first race of the 2013 FIA European
Truck Racing Championship...
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L
aunched in Misano, Italy, the
design is in line with new range
which the manufacturer revealed
in Lyon on 11 June.
Bruno Blin, President of Renault
Trucks, attended the launch and this was
followed by Adam Lacko securing a second
place finish for the team.
The curtains on the Renault Trucks-MKR
Technology paddock remained closed until
after the press conference on 17 May. These
were only lifted once Bruno Blin and Mario
Kress, Director of MKR Technology, had
completed their duties.
Created by the Renault Trucks Hall of Design,
Hervé Bertrand, Design Director of Renault
Trucks, explained: “We wanted to emphasise
Renault Trucks visual distinctiveness with
this design by making these racing trucks
consistent with our future range.” He
continued: “It is only logical for the spirit and
visual language of the racing trucks to be
reflected in our future models.”
The Race Weekend
The first round of the European Truckracing
Championship series in the Italian town of
Misano was characterised by extremely equal
performances of all drivers.
The main race on day two of the Italian
weekend was ruled over by Albacete, who
pushed behind himself Kiss and Vršecký,
respectively. They were further followed by
Hahn and the MKR drivers Adam Lacko and
Markus Bösiger.
The afternoon handicap race showed more
of the racing spirit. Starting from row two,
Lacko and Bösiger pushed through to the
second and third positions.
Mäkinen from Finland gave them zero chance
to overtake, going for the win in a startto-finish manner. Getting penalized with a
drivethrough for knocking off the corner
markers, Bösiger dropped to the fourteenth
place. Lacko crossed the finishing line as
second and Vršecký recorded points for the
third position.
Business Focus
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Jenny to pursue her dream and start her
own business. After lots of research into
various options, she decided vehicle cleaning
chemicals was the way forward for her.
Her father formulated traffic film remover
to Jenny’s high requirements and always
kept ahead of the field in pressure washing
detergents.
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disappointments, Jenny found luck was on her
side when the old “Target Express” building
went up for sale in Snodland, Kent. Not being
one to let the grass grow under her feet, Jenny
jumped at the opportunity and managed to
secure a large bank loan to purchase the site
for her ever-expanding business.
Jennychem’s products the best ever. He keeps
ahead of the competitors by seeing all raw
material representatives and finding out all
that is new and improved for the chemists to
trial.
TFR ULTRA SUPER GREE
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and
With trucks
now needing Adblue, Jenny
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and decants
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Jenny still oversees the 19-strong workforce
outlet gravity-fed IBCs, which means all the
that she has – four delivery drivers, eight 210ltr
£249
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£1.18/lt 2
Adbluebarrel
can be extracted
from the
telesales/administration staff, two chemists
and five factory/warehouse staff. Many of
these have been with Jennychem over 10
years and a few over 20 years.
A four-metre Adblue gravity fed hose with an
Adblue nozzle is available from Jennychem at
£95.00 and the firm also supplies 1,000-litre
IBC containers free on loan, which most of the
competitors don’t do.
SNOWSTORM TFR MAXI-MO
Now with her father semi-retired, it is her
Super concentrated super foam
younger brother Nigel, the Quality Manager,
who has taken up the challenge to keep
What’s new?
4 times
more powerful than ou
The Angels are new! Jenny believes it is
importantcompetitor’s
to speak to competent, friendly
staff
closest
product!
who listen to what the customer has to say.
Jenny has invested in people and trained her
210ltr
barrel £269 = £1.28/lt 2
telesales girls personally.
She teaches them to listen first and to guide
the customer towards the products which
suit their requirements. She teaches them
to offer pallet fillers at reduced rates to save
them money and as they are a ‘one-stop shop’
teaches them to ask: ‘Is there anything else
that you are buying elsewhere that we can
quote you on to save you money?’
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What are Jenny’s dreams of the future?
To steer Jennychem through this recession
and into more prosperous times, to continue
to deliver quality cleaning solutions to the
industry and to spot more and more trucks
on the road that have just had a sparkling
bubble bath with one of Jennychem’s range
of quality TFRs.
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the compensation adviser
Steven Hinchliffe
Vision UK offer market leading on-vehicle video recording systems
for all vehicles and user requirements.
Continuing his series of articles, solicitor Steven Hinchliffe (owner of the specialist
Personal Injury firm HINCHLIFFES SOLICITORS) highlights another type of accident
suffered by professional drivers and their colleagues, where his firm has successfully
secured compensation for the injured victim.
The firm has years of experience in handling accident claims, particularly following accidents at
work and while on the road - and has recovered millions of pounds in compensation for clients.
CASE HISTORY
How the Accident Happened
In October 2004 a driver was collecting a
load from a company’s premises. Once
his trailer was loaded he needed to obtain
the delivery notes from the dispatch office.
When walking into the building he tripped
over a sill in the doorway and to prevent
him from falling grabbed onto a shelf, but in
doing so twisted his knee.
The Injuries
A facture to the knee was suspected, but
was later confirmed to be a soft tissue
injury. However, the knee was very swollen
and painful for around 3 weeks, requiring
the use of crutches and 4 weeks off work.
He could not play golf for several weeks
and the medical expert advised that the
injury was likely to take at least 18 months
to fully heal.
How the Claim Progressed
Unlike tripping accidents on the pavement
or in a shop, when this happens at a venue
connected with your work, you are owed
a higher duty of care and have a much
greater chance of succeeding with a claim.
A detailed letter was sent to the company
highlighting the accident circumstances
and how the sill had posed a danger to the
driver. This was passed to their insurers,
who commenced their investigations and
subsequently denied responsibility. We
challenged their position and pointed
out the breach of health and safety
Regulations, but their decision remained
unaltered. Steps were therefore taken
to enable Court proceedings to be
commenced, but at the 11th hour and
having considered further documents, the
insurers altered their position and accepted
that the company was at fault.
By this time arrangements were in hand for
the driver to be examined by an Accident &
Emergency Consultant, and once his report
was received and full details of the driver’s
financial losses calculated (the majority
of which represented lost wages) it was
possible to accurately value the claim.
Hard fought negotiations then took place,
resulting in a settlement figure that the
driver was happy to accept.
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Call 01684 580 900 // 0800 138 1348 or claim online
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The Compensation Recovered
The driver accepted total compensation
of just under £3,400.
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Free driver CPC training
available in Fulham
Transport for London (TfL) and the London Borough of Hammersmith
and Fulham (LBH&F) have developed an accredited Driver Certificate of
Professional Competence (DCPC) training course, available free of charge*
to any professional LGV driver who ever drives in either Hammersmith and
Fulham and/or our partner boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.
Our one-day Safer Urban Driving course, based in Fulham, focuses on driving
in London and vulnerable road users – pedestrians and cyclists. This is the
first accredited course in the UK to include practical on-road cycle training for
drivers and will count for 7 of the 35 hours DCPC that all professional lorry
drivers need to complete by September 2014.
> Years of experience - £Millions recovered for our clients
> Accredited by: The Law Society & Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
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For further information please phone Richard Evans
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