Tachoblog

Rizzo101 from the Tachoblog Tribe has just showed Tachoblog this, as he described it, ‘weird lookin van’.

Those of you from the UK will, we’re sure, be well aware that this month sees the return of Sport Relief, the ’sporting spin off’ from Comic Relief. This year it’s from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st March and, as always, all the money raised by the public is spent by Comic Relief to help transform the lives of poor and vulnerable people, both in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries.

Karen says, “If your company has vehicles on the road – either cars, trucks, vans, tractors, or trailers – and you do not have a vehicle tracking system installed, it is highly likely that a significant amount of money is being spent on wasted fuel, wasted time, and unnecessary vehicle repairs and maintenance. If you wish to lower these expenses and improve the company bottom line, vehicle tracking is the solution your business has been waiting for.”

In our last post, Truck Pimping Ideas, we looked at a few ideas that Will had for how to pimp his truck and he now seems to have decided on exactly what he wants to do with it. What’s it going to be?

Take two trucks that are 45 years apart and let a 22 year old drive both. Join us as Malin Aspman test-drives the 1965 Volvo F88 and the 2009 Volvo FH16 700 to see how technology and the drivers job have changed over the past four decades.

Imagine the scene…You’re a driver that’s covered over 1000km in 18 hours without a break, the police stop you and want to see your tachograph charts. What do you do?

After yesterday’s post on the axle lifiting Sisu trucks -Leg Lifting Super Sisu Timber Truck – Tachoblog received an email from Danish journalist Finn Bjerremand Andersen.

In the UK at least we’re used to the sight of a tractor unit with one axle lifted, but what about this nifty little trick that the Sisu C600 Timber Truck can perform…

In Australia, the Leader of of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, was attending an event calling for the dualling of the Princes Highway in Winchelsea. Naturally enough there were TV film crews waiting to film his arrival but both they and Tony Abbott got a lot more than they bargained for.

As charitable organizations helping rebuild war-torn Liberia embark on another year of projects in the country, they will once again have the opportunity to turn to Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC (FSNR) as a partner in their efforts.