Truck shows are popular with most truck devotees and the ‘Truckers’ Country Music Festival’ held each year in Interlaken, Switzerland is about as good as they get.
Tachoblog Tribe associates Martin Phippard and Pete Connock (who drives for the UK’s Peter Green Chilled) have produced a DVD that captures this massive festival. On the DVD you can see the most interesting vehicles from two recent shows in the spectacular mountain setting.
Click below for more and how you can order your copy…
Is your PC’s wallpaper a little boring? Then why not check out Tachoblog’s newest (blog) addition, our page of Wallpapers where you can get something far more interesting like this…
For those of you that love your classic trucks – and Tachoblog knows there’s lots of you out there – here’s a treat in the shape of a 1954 Kenworth.
Once again thanks to LongRoadPro, we have two clips of the 10-speed, 2-axle classic and here’s the first showing owner John Hickey from Silverthorne, Colorado.
Whilst Tachoblog makes no apologies for being patriotic, at least this is an Olympics 2012 story that is truck related!
Members of the national road, track, MTB, BMX and paracycling squads and support staff will be transported to training sessions and competitive events across Europe in eight new vehicles bearing the three-pointed star.
So here we are withe the first View From The Cab for March – the year’s already speeding behind us – and Tachoblog’s delighted to say that this week’s post is a cracking international one!
Before we get started, Tachoblog would like to thank the Tachoblog Tribe for sending in their Views. Now let’s get started and catch up with Heydriver and Goldie who have sent in a few Views from this week. The first is Erie Canal lock in Mohawk, New York where they were ‘a day behind’.
Click below for more from Heydriver and Goldie as well as the rest of this week’s Views…
For those of you that can’t wait for this week’s View From The Cab – and this week’s is going to be an especially good one – here’s a little something before the main feature.
This is a great road video shot in New Mexico by One Girl Trucking, enjoy.
For those of you that need to know, this was taken between Hatch and Deming on Highway 26.
If you live in, or visit Hong Kong you’ll soon see some of these on the streets.
What is it? It’s the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck and since February 27, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) have been taking orders for the environmentally friendly truck in Hong Kong through Universal Cars Limited (UCL), the Mitsubishi Fuso distributor in the Chinese special administrative region.
Here we are midway through the week, so it must be time for another classic cab video. On Monday we featured a ‘52 Kenworth Cabover so today we’ll stay in that year but change manufacturer.
Once again we have LongRoadPro to thank for these two excellent clips of Bruce Thomas and his 1952Sterling White.
This first video is an interview with Bruce.
If you want to see the Sterling in action you need to click below…
Thanks to the good folk at the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Tachoblog can bring you a roundup of Commercial Vehicle news for this week…
SDC first for trailer brake approval
SDC Trailers says it has got the first braking type approval under new UN-ECE braking regulations, covering all its semi-trailers fitted with the firm’s roll stability system option. This means customers can now add the approved braking system to their trailers. The system is designed to act and cut the risk if it detects the chance of roll-over. It offers SDC’s customers better trailer safety features by monitoring the trailer’s movements through an on-board accelerometer and wheel speed sensors. The firm has approvals for braking systems from Haldex, Knorr Bremse and Wabco, meaning it can offer a type approved braking system with the customer’s preferred EBS maker. Braking type approval will be mandatory from 2012.
More from Briege Armour on +44 (0)2 879 651 167 or briegearmour@sdctrailers.com
