Up to the minute essential news about the movement of freight and goods and cargo straight from the bowels of the road haulage industry Top stories on the day transport went viral… Man Buys Truck A haulier desperate to collect and deliver freight has bought a lorry to collect and deliver freight. Iman Wichita-Lineman, the boss of the eponymously named haulage company, said the decision to buy a lorry to collect and deliver freight is a game-changer for the company. ‘Buying a lorry to collect and deliver freight is a game-changer for the company,’ he said, ‘because we’ll be able to use the lorry to collect and deliver freight.’ Wichita-Lineman said after looking at the range of trucks on offer he decided to get ‘a blue one’. M40 Moved The Department for Transport has announced plans to relocate the M40 motorway that links Birmingham and London so that it runs parallel with the A1(M) between Peterborough and Newark. Minister for transport [insert name here] said the relocation plan intends to make the M40 a relief road for when the A1(M) is busy. Water Powers Fleet With diesel prices continually rising a haulier in Wales has started to use water as a fuel to keep the running costs down. Hrys Allan Davies Jones said the move to H2o has reduced its fuel bill by 100%. ‘We intend to use more of the stuff,’ he added. Drive Too Educate The DfT, in conjunction with the Department of Education, is to renumber all motorway junctions using algebra in an effort to educate and inform drivers as they travel. A spokesperson for the DoE said numeracy is fewer than it was before among some drivers, ‘a situation that could not continue’. Junction 1 will become 3J – 2J, Junction 2 is to become 8J divided by 4J and Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham will have a unique signature; 8F (6A-3B) + 3F over 2D. The M74 will use grid references commonly used by itinerant fell runners. Birds Take Flight Police have apprehended a truck driver who stopped his lorry load of frozen chickens on the hard shoulder of the M6 and was releasing the birds into the wild. Police said Trevor Trevorson was throwing the flightless birds into the hedge from the back of his truck and giving some away to passing motorists for money. Product News products that make a change... Trailers: A new curtainsided trailer that does not need to be attached to a truck has been hailed as a success by Keith Bothams, an owner-driver who bought the first NoTrukNeeded trailer from manufacturer WeBuildAnyTrailers. He said: ‘It’s great, we put it in the corner of the yard, and use it for storage; I haven’t had to move it once.’ Tyres: Michentalyear has announced that it is to suspend the use of rubber for its tyres and start using ecologically friendly products. So far early tests of tyres made from compacted snow have proved inconclusive. However, environmental, depletion and creation executive Dirk Van Dirkvan is undeterred promising that an ‘alternative to rubber will be successfully produced before the company goes bankrupt’. Travel News Keeping You Ahead
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