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HOT
TRUCK
COLD
trip
Ascroft Scania helps Antarctic explorers
2013 – THE YEAR
OF TRAINING
Truck journo Richard Simpson
explains why drivers will be trained
– whether they like it or not!
SHAPES OF THINGS
TO COME?
What will the trucks of tomorrow look
like? Students at the Royal College
of Arts point the way
BUSH TRUCKERS ON
WINTER ROADS
Follow Russell Fowler, head honcho at
FuelDefend, on an amazing trip across
the frozen wastes of Canada
TRIBUTE TO A
SUPER Spotter
Following the recent death
of truck spotter Graham Topp, we
feature his work in a picture special
February 2013
Information
Editorial
Managing Editor: Matthew Eisenegger
Editorial Address: Commercial Vehicle
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contents
regulars
4-6 News: what’s new in the world of the CV driver
10 Letters: our readers have their say
16 Simpson says: words of wisdom from top truck journo
18 Ade’s Gallery: a tribute to Graham Topp
26 Operator profile: Simon Gibson Transport
29 The compensation adviser: another true case
features
8 Volvo applies science for compliance
14 Hot truck for a cold journey
20-21 New designs: trucks of the future?
22-25 Trucking in the cold: Russell Fowler reports from
the frozen wastes of Canada
The new volvo fh
With more space, new instrumentation, redesigned mirrors, the industry leading I-shift and the
most advanced safety systems the new Volvo FH is a pleasure to drive and a dream to sleep in.
And with up to 10% improved fuel performance you will even spend less time refuelling.
Check out the benefits of the new Volvo FH for your business, or visit www.volvotrucks.co.uk/fh.
what a start t the year!
Well, what a start to the
new year! Mid January saw
the UK been the victim of
Arctic blasts and both car
and truck drivers alike were
stranded over night on the
M6 in Lancashire – and
guess what? Within 24 hours
all the snow had virtually
gone. I don’t think we are
done with it though, as we
go to press more snow is
forecast.
In this issue, we have a new
feature from well-respected
‘truck journo’ Richard
Simpson (p16) who gives a
valuable insight into what’s
going on in our industry.
Also check out Richard’s
website www.truckingtopics.
co.uk for all kind of truck and
industry info. In the letters
page (p10) this month we
hear of the sad loss of keen
lorry spotter Graham Topp
(Big Gra), so we pay tribute
to Graham in Ade’s Gallery
(p18 +19) with some of his
favorite fleets. We also take
a look at some radical new
vehicle designs of the future
(p20 +21) – are these the
types of vehicle that could
end up on urban delivery?
In a series of features (p2225) CV Driver Magazine’s
special correspondent
Russell Fowler heads of to
the frozen wastes of northern
Canada to find out what its
like to work on ‘the ice’.
Keep the feed back coming
and as usual, read on, enjoy
and please stay safe.
Matt
Editor
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News
Hobnobs are
workers’
favourite
Analysis by specialist
transport and logistics
recruiter, Driver Hire, has
revealed that the industry’s
favourite tea break treat is the
McVitie’s Milk Choc Hobnob.
In fact it won by several
packetfuls – attracting 38% of
the vote. The second favourite
is McVitie’s Chocolate
Digestive, which got the
thumbs-up from 19% of those
responding. Indeed, chocolate
biscuits generally got the vote,
with 70% opting for biscuits
that include chocolate – either
on top or inside.
The research was carried
out as part of a nationwide
marketing campaign which
invited road transport and
logistics staff to nominate
their favourite biscuity
accompaniment to a nice hot
cuppa. Respondents’ names
were entered into a free prize
draw to win a year’s supply of
their most meritorious munch.
Commenting on the results,
Nick Wizard from United
Biscuits, the creator of the
McVitie’s Hobnob, said:
“Clearly we’re delighted
that the McVitie’s Milk Choc
Hobnob has come out on top
in Driver Hire’s research. We
can certainly understand why.
The Milk Choc Hobnob’s mix
of oaty crunchiness and a
layer of smooth milk chocolate
have been pleasing the
nation’s palate for the past 27
years.”
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T
ruck drivers are used
to noting down the time
they spend driving. Now,
Renault Trucks invites them to
replace their notebook by using
their iPhone, with the new Time
Book app. The app enables
drivers to record how long they
have been at the wheel and how
long they have rested. Warnings
are issued when maximum time
limits draw near. At the end of
each set period, a report file is
generated.
Many truck drivers keep a
notebook within easy reach of
their dashboard in which they
note down the time they spend
driving and resting. In the era of
modern technology, notebooks
can no longer keep up. Renault
Trucks is meeting drivers’
demands with an innovative
solution to replace notebooks
with a free iPhone application
- Time Book. Although driving
activity is tracked by the
tachograph, providing the
only legal reference for these
measurements, the data
recorded by the Time Book app
enables drivers to anticipate
their situation and not exceed
their daily driving hours or the
permitted 56 hours maximum
allowed in a single week.
It’s simple
Using Time Book is simple, the
driver only has to press one of
four icons: driving, available,
short break or long break. This
will start the stopwatch. At the
end of each activity, they press
the same button again to stop
the time and touch another to
indicate that a new activity is
February 2013
TIME BOOK: A LOGBOOK
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
underway. The
data recorded is
then transferred to
a virtual notebook
which lists the
activity, stating
the started time,
ended time and
how long it lasted.
At the end of the
day or assignment,
drivers can make
corrections if any
errors were made.
This information
can then be
e-mailed to fleet
managers.
This app was
designed to
make everyday
assignments
simpler for drivers
and can be set
up according
to individual
requirements. For example,
when the authorised driving
time is due to expire, drivers
can choose to be warned in
specific timed intervals before
this occurs.
The special HGV GPS app,
NavTruck, also available for
iPhone, can combine with Time
Book to prove to be a valuable
and highly complementary
tool. NavTruck displays how
much time remains before the
destination is reached. When
“the data recorded by the Time Book app enables drivers to
anticipate their situation and not exceed their daily driving hours or
the permitted 56 hours maximum allowed in a single week”
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the alarm sounds, drivers can
therefore easily see if they
have enough time to get to the
destination, or if they should ask
NavTruck to find a place to rest
in its database.
recording too
All warnings can also be muted
and the app used just for
recording purposes.
Easy to understand and use,
Time Book has been designed
to serve drivers, so they can
concentrate on driving or
resting with total peace of mind.
Download Time Book and
NavTruck at www.renault-trucks.
co.uk/trucker-apps
veco has won a major deal
with container transport
specialist SEA Transport.
Under the new deal, Iveco
has supplied eight identical
brand new Stralis Active Space
Super3 tractor units – the first
Iveco vehicles ever to join SEA
Transport’s heavy truck fleet,
supplied by Ipswich-based
Guests Truck & Van.
The new Stralis 6x2 twinsteer
tractors are also the first trucks
to feature the company’s
new corporate livery and
represent an equal mix of
vehicle replacements and fleet
additions.
They were selected over models
from rival manufacturers
based on their competitive fuel
economy, which was proven
following a fortnight’s loan of a
dealer demonstrator. The rapid
availability of eight identical
vehicles was also important,
enabling the customer to meet
fleet growth objectives without
delay.
The new trucks have been
supplied by Guests Truck & Van
on a five-year full service repair
and maintenance agreement.
They will operate with tri-axle
skeletal trailers, transporting
inbound sea containers
from Felixstowe to their final
destinations throughout the
UK – and bringing departing
containers back to the port for
onward shipping.
SEA Transport specified each
of its Stralis AS440S45TX/
Ps with Iveco’s ‘comfort seat’
set-up, which replaces the fixed
passenger seat with a foldout chair from the passenger
side bunk. Power for the new
44 tonners is provided by FPT
Industrial Cursor 10 engines
capable of producing up to 450
hp between 1,550 and 2,100
rev/min and up to 2,100 Nm of
torque between 1,050 and 1,550
rev/min.
These engines meet the
Enhanced Environmentally
friendly Vehicle (EEV) emissions
target – originally developed as
the appropriate standard for a
CNG-powered vehicle – and
now regarded as a stepping
stone between Euro 5 and
Euro 6. Each of the trucks is
expected to cover up to 80,000
miles a year.
CV Show 2013: Heavy Metal
DAF, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo have all confirmed
their attendance at this year’s CV Show at the NEC 9-11 April.
The show will see the first UK showing of the new DAF XF and
significant range renewal of both the CF and LF ranges, while
Iveco will be keen to show off its award-winning International
Truck of the Year the Stralis Hi-Way. MAN is seizing the
opportunity to showcase the ‘all new’ Euro VI engine line-up.
Another very busy year for Mercedes-Benz will see the UK debut
of its all-new distribution range the Antos as well as the Arocs
which is designed specifically for the construction sector. At the
lighter end of the scale, M-B will also have its new small van the
Citan on display. Making a return to the show since 2008, Volvo
Trucks will have its new FH range in varying guises as well as the
first UK viewing of the Euro VI D16 engine.
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News
February 2013
Truck Accidents are
Blamed on Human Error
N
ine out of ten accidents
involving trucks are a
result of the human
factor. This was revealed in a
fresh report on traffic safety
and road accidents in Europe
produced by Volvo Trucks.
The report was produced by
the Accident Research Team
at Volvo Trucks and is based
on its own investigations of
accidents as well as data
obtained from various national
and European authorities. It
describes why accidents with
trucks occur, their sequence
and what can be done to
reduce the risk of accidents
and their consequences.
“90 per cent of all truck
accidents stem entirely or
partly from the human factor,
for instance when one or more
of the drivers of the involved
vehicles are distracted or
misjudge their speed,” says
Carl Johan Almqvist, Traffic
and Product Safety Director at
Volvo Trucks.
drink & drive
The report also reveals that
drinking and driving is not
one of the major causes of
road accidents involving truck
drivers. Only 0.5 per cent
of truck drivers involved in
serious accidents were under
the influence of alcohol. The
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corresponding figure
for accidents involving
passenger cars varies
between 15 and 20 per
cent.
Heavy trucks are
involved in 17 per cent
of all fatal accidents
and seven per cent of
accidents resulting in
personal injuries.
injuries
The majority of
accidents resulting in
truck driver injuries are
single-vehicle incidents
in which the truck
drives off the road.
More than half of all
serious accidents with trucks
consist of collisions between
cars and trucks.
“Access to facts about
accidents is immensely
valuable for our ongoing safety
work, helping us make the
right priorities in our product
development. For instance,
we have further enhanced
safety levels in our latest
truck models with a range of
support systems that improve
visibility, alert the driver or
focus the driver’s attention
if something is not right,”
explains Carl.
Thanks to safer vehicles,
improved infrastructure and
safer behaviour on the road,
the number of fatal accidents
on European roads has
dropped continuously since
the early 1990s. But far more
lives would be able to be
saved if more people used
their seat belts, something
that not even half of the truck
drivers on European roads
do. Ninety-five per cent of the
truck drivers who died in road
accidents were not wearing
seat belts.
“As long as people are injured
in road accidents, we will
continue to pursue higher
safety levels. Firstly by making
our trucks safer for drivers and
other road users, and secondly
by spreading knowhow and
by impacting patterns of
behaviour and persuading
more people to use the seat
belt.”
improve safety
This coincides with a
statement published in 2008,
which indicated the longterm vision to improve safety:
“By 2020, nobody shall be
seriously injured or killed in a
new Volvo”.
The company is hoping
to achieve this target by
reviewing how people drive
in traffic situations and
integrating preventative safety
systems in vehicles.
Driver News
New rules on
medicals and trailers
The DVLA has introduced
new driver licence rules
with effect from 19 January.
Changes are:
Minibus, bus and lorry
drivers passing their test in
categories C, CE, C1, C1E,
D, DE, D1 or D1E will get a
licence valid for five years.
Every five years up to age
45, drivers will have to sign a
declaration to show they still
meet the required medical
standards. Drivers will have to
submit medical examination
reports.
Current drivers under 45 will
receive a licence for five years
based on medical reports
until they reach 45 when they
have to submit a medical
report five yearly.
Drivers who want to tow a
trailer weighing more than
750kg will have to pass a
further test and get B+E
entitlement on their licence.
in association with
Tanker Driver Standards Raise
n By Richard Simpson of
Trucking Topics
Petroleum tanker drivers are
going to require extra training,
with a new ‘safety passport’
being introduced after
discussions between trade
bodies, energy and distribution
companies, hauliers, unions
Unite and URTU and the HSE
and government departments
in the UK Downstream Oil
Distribution Forum (DODF).
DODF was formed in the wake
of threatened industrial action
by tanker drivers concerned
about a ‘race to the bottom’ in
the increasingly competitive
petroleum distribution sector.
Its first priority has been to
establish a common training
standard against which all
the drivers of petroleum fuel
product in the UK will be trained
and assessed.
This training standard will be in
Tanker drivers – extra training ahead
addition to ADR and specific
to the industry sector and the
five sub-sectors of home heat,
commercial, aviation, retail and
marine.
Training will be delivered
through a combination of
accredited in-house or thirdparty training providers and will
result in the issue of a safety
passport for the driver. The
passport will be valid for a fiveyear period, but will be subject
to an annual refresher day and
Drunken truck driver detained at docks
A drunken Belgian truck driver
was arrested at Felixstowe
port after asking workers for
directions because she could
not find her way off the docks.
Carina Thibaut, of Belgium,
was more than two-and-a-half
times the drink-drive limit when
she was detained in her truck
by port police.
However, despite being
disqualified from driving for
24 months after pleading
guilty to driving with excess
alcohol, Thibaut will still be
able to drive on the continent.
Thibaut arrived at the docks on
December 22 in a DAF truck.
After she disembarked, she
lost her way to the port exit
while driving along the quay.
She stopped to ask directions
from one of the port workers.
However, they could smell
alcohol on Thibaut’s breath
and alerted the Port of
Felixstowe police. Thibaut
was remanded in custody
until her court appearance on
Christmas Eve. In addition to
the ban, she was also fined
£500 and ordered to pay a £50
victim surcharge.
importantly includes a written
and practical assessment.
The DODF is now looking to
appoint a scheme manager and
working with terminal operators
and owners of petroleum
products to ensure that this
scheme has maximum take up
across the industry.
John Bowman, head of skills
at Skills for Logistics, said
drivers would not be expected
to fund this additional training
themselves. “Because this is
a scheme that the industry
very much wants to create, the
employer will meet the costs as
part of their training budgets.
It will be a common training
standard that will be applied
and recognised through this
scheme.”
While it was too early to quantify
costs, he said: “At this stage we
know what we want in terms of
the process and we are mindful
of not imposing undue cost, so
we want to ensure that we have
the most cost effective scheme
possible.”
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Hottest Trucks
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The company profile of long time Scania
operator Ascroft Transport describes the firm
as a specialist in the movement of abnormal
loads, a statement which has been borne
out in a unique manner with the Prestonbased operator playing a key role in helping
renowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes get
his latest adventure underway.
Two R 560 V8 six-wheel heavy haulage
tractor units from the Ascroft Transport
fleet of six Scania STGO trucks have been
engaged in delivering a variety of equipment
from the expedition’s UK logistics base in
Cannock to London’s West India Dock.
This equipment included two purposedesigned cabooses which will provide living
accommodation and scientific laboratories
for the expedition, plus two specially-adapted
Caterpillar D6N track-type tractor units which
will haul them.
At the dock the kit was loaded aboard the
expedition’s ice-strengthened polar research
and supply ship, the SA Agulhas, for onward
transport to the Antarctic via South Africa.
“Last week’s delivery was the culmination of
a project which has involved us for the past
18 months or so,” says Ascroft Transport
Managing Director, Phil Ascroft.
“During that time we have provided the
team with transport in the UK and were also
responsible for taking the D6Ns to Sweden
and back for cold weather trials. Now the SA
Agulhas has set sail, the job for us is over for
until we bring the equipment home again, all
being well, in 18 months or so.”
The expedition will see Sir Ranulph lead a
team of six in an attempt to become the first
to cross the Antarctic in winter. The journey
will provide a unique opportunity for scientific
research as well as forming the basis of an
education programme which will reach up to
100,000 schools across the Commonwealth.
In parallel to this, the expedition is aiming
to raise $10 million for Seeing is Believing, a
collaboration between Standard Chartered
Bank and the International Agency for
Prevention of Blindness.
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simpson says...
February 2013
with richard simpson, editor of www.truckingtopics.co.uk
Whether you like it or not, 2013 is
going to be the year of training
T
he Department for
Transport is now
confident that enough
drivers have engaged in the
Driver CPC programme to
keep the country going come
September 10, 2014, and
I suspect that this number
includes many of those drivers
still to be found railing against
the whole thing on obscure
corners of the internet.
While some aspects of the
way the Driver CPC were
introduced were obviously
meant well (ample lead-in time,
no examination for drivers who
already hold an LGV or PCV
licence and plenty of flexibility in
the choice of course material),
these same concessions meant
that to many it seemed that the
legislation was not being taken
seriously by those who drew
it up.
of training a year and get their
first 35 hours under their belts:
no arguments and no messing.
But the rather wishy-washy way
in which the legislation was
drafted here in the UK should
not lead anyone into thinking
that it won’t be enforced.
Some people have suggested
that because the penalty for
getting caught driving without a
card is only £30, the authorities
are not going to bother to
enforce the legislation, or
indeed that the level of penalty
is a trifling amount compared to
the cost of 35 hours of training.
They’re wrong! The £30 fine
“the rather wishy-washy way in which
the legislation was drafted here in
the UK should not lead anyone into
thinking that it won’t be enforced”
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is what you get if you’ve
undertaken the training but
don’t have the card with you
when you get pulled up.
Get caught driving a truck
without having undergone
the 35 hours of training after
September 9, 2014 and you
are looking at a trip to the
magistrates’ court and a fine of
up to £1,000.
employer liable too
And the trouble doesn’t end
there. Your employer will also be
done for ‘causing or permitting’
the offence, and face a similar
penalty. Then you both get
hauled before the Traffic
Commissioner.
It’s likely that your vocational
licence will be suspended
until you have completed the
35 hours of training, and your
employer’s O licence will be
suspended until he can show
that all his drivers are Driver
CPC compliant. If you think that
that sounds like a one-way trip
to the Job Centre, then you are
probably right.
So, if you haven’t started Driver
CPC training yet, ask your boss
what his plans for it are. If he
doesn’t have any, then it could
be time to get a new boss!
You can find out more about the
Driver CPC and the way that it
will be implemented at http://
www.truckingtopics.co.uk/
vosaclarifiesdri.html
You’ve still (just) got time to do
something about it, but there’s
no more time left to do nothing
about it!
n A former editor of Trucking
International and Trucking
magazines, Richard Simpson
is now one of the country’s
leading independent road
transport journalists and
publisher of the website www.
trucingtopics.co.uk
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clearer in ireland
In contrast, the legislation that
introduced the Driver CPC in
the Republic of Ireland was far
clearer: there were five years
to get everybody trained, so
everyone had to do seven hours
You’ve still (just) got time to
do something about driver
cpc training, but there’s no
more time left to do nothing
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shapes of things to come?
CV DRIVER
February 2013
wander with us through the minds of the students who, in the future, will be designing the trucks that you drive. weird? maybe. but then
again who would have thought 50 years ago that we’d be skyping each other and having sex via the internet!!!! john threadgold reports
ONE student suggested a van which had
a gantry at the back in which different
rear ends could be slid in
Winner Alex Ibett had the novel idea of creating upright cargo compartments much like filing cabinets on wheels which could be clipped together and added to the rear of a pod
R
emember when you
were a kid and the
newspapers used to
draw fantastical cartoons
depicting what life would be
like when you grew up? People
flying through the air with little
jet packs? Spacemen landing
on Mars? Cars that parked
themselves?
Most of them are laughable
of course, in these days of
continuing starvation in Africa
and Islamic jihadists trying to
drag us all back to the 12th
century. But hang on – cars that
park themselves? That one at
least is nearing reality!
So exactly just what will our
trucks look like in years to
come? This was the question
posed to design students
at the Royal College of Art
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in a competition organised
by Citroen to find the urban
delivery vehicle of the future.
Some of the entries were
bizarre in the extreme and none
of the students seemed to have
thought of where the engine
was going, but some good
ideas came out of the contest
and Citroen designers were
closely looking at the entries to
spot future design talent.
As we were invited to the
judging at the college in
Kensignton and as some of
Citroen’s top designers were
on hand to give out the prizes,
it gave us the chance to collar
them over lunch and ask them
exactly what Britain’s truck
drivers can expect in the next
10 years or so.
Andy Cowell is the man who
designed both the
Citroen Nemo and the
DS5 car. He told us:
“Truck drivers quite
rightly want the same
comforts as car drivers
and we are seeing this
more and more so
the extras on cars at
present will be available
on commercial vehicles
soon.
“For example the latest
Dispatch van has been
built to feel just like a large car.
“We are also seeing new
technology which allows the
floor of vehicles to be dropped
right down to help loading.
But the biggest advance is in
connectivity. Telematics is a
fast-moving industry and this
will continue.”
Richard Meyer, PSA’s light
commercial vehicle director,
had travelled from Paris to
attend the event and told
us how he saw the future of
powertrains. With Citroen about
to launch an electric version
of the Berlingo in the summer,
he was surprisingly downbeat
about the future of electric
power. Richard said: “We do
not see pure electric power as
anything but a niche product.
The right technology for fleet
users must be a versatile and
cost-effective solution and
electric power just doesn’t do
that.”
So what is the long-term future
of van powertrains?
Hybrids and fuel-cells,
according to Richard. He said:
“The ultimate goal is the fuelcell. These vehicles are already
being made but at present
they are too expensive. But we
believe that in 10 years time,
fuel-cells running on hydrogen
will overtake the internal
combustion engine as the main
choice in light trucks.”
In the meantime, Citroen is
working hard to produce new
hybrid options. At present,
the Berlingo is available as a
micro-hybrid – a diesel engine
with stop-start and power
regeneration through braking
– that cranks the fuel economy
figure up to 62.8mpg and drops
CO2 emissions to 118g/km.
A full electric/diesel hybrid
version of the DS5 car is already
in production and Richard
predicts that van and light truck
models won’t be too far behind.
He said: “Hybrids could well be
the norm before fuel-cells arrive
in a way that electric power
could never be.”
Richard also predicts that
speed limiters will eventually
be a legal requirement on all
light commercial vehicles – as
they are now with trucks over
3.5-tonnes gross vehicle weight
– and he had some interesting
news on this front.
He said: “If every van had a
speed limiter fitted by law as
it came off our production
lines it would not only mean
fuel savings for the fleet
operator but the price of the
van would be lower. This
would be because we could fit
smaller brakes, we could take
a gear out of the gearbox and
make the gearchanges more
optimised and we could also fit
smaller radiators. Such a move
would prove a financial winner.”
everything stops for tea: this light truck drops to the floor and opens out as a cafe
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February 2013
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February
AN amazing adventure in the frozen wastes of Canada - PART 1
Russell Fowler, chief executive officer of FuelDefend Global Ltd, recently took part
in a trek across the wastelands of Canada with a group of other truckers.
Here is the first of his reports...
The Background
Chance bumping into each
other on LinkedIn and still
think each other contacted
first – Vlad Pleskot, owner, VP
Express, Winnipeg, Canada –
exchanged info and realised
Vlad was one of TV’s Ice Road
Truckers.
In January, after a few
communications Vlad
suggested I join them for a
trek across the frozen lakes in
March.
Agreed immediately for an
adventure, not knowing what
an adventure it would be. With
little more info than “it gets
very cold” from Vlad, the trip
was planned. To play safe Vlad
advised getting there before
mid-March, which was ideal
as MATS followed soon after.
I shipped some anti-siphons
and posters to Vlad and a few
weeks later headed into Covent
Garden to get kitted out for
some extreme temperatures
and the wet.
The Challenge
Arrived late at night in Winnipeg
via Chicago. Met Vlad, Hugh
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muskeg and the frozen lakes,
essential to accessing the area,
were melting very fast.
Vlad apologised profusely,
not that he could control the
weather, but had an idea.
After lunch we headed for
Winnipeg’s main area for an
afternoon of Monster Trucks
– not quite what I’d come to
Canada for, but why not?
The evening was spent
with Vlad and IRT team and
another Welsh driver doing
his first season, successfully
consuming a bellyful of beers
and spirits; the teams were
mentally wrapping up at the
end of a very short ice roads
Henry Latkolik
Age 47 with a lifetime in truc king as driv er
and disp atch er and
first season doin g the ice roads, work ing for Pola
r Indu stries.
Lives in Otta wa and looki ng to move north.
H remi nded me of
Mike Farrell from his MASH days. Like so man
y of the driv ers
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bum ped into each
othe r agai n seve ral years ago and H and I foun
d that we had a
close bond – both bein g Coron ation Stree t husb
ands in househol ds
whe n all stops for the folk from Man chester.
Spen t my nigh ts in
the uppe r bunk abov e Henry, so we got to know
each othe r well
over ten days.
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with $30 and now run nin g a
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l fea ture more promin ently.
ope rator, bee n on IRT and wil
drove
– and not just sup er host but
RDF cha nce to join – on a wh im
n.
’t acc ept a pen ny for costs eve
1,100kms to resc ue and wou ldn
season – financially not good for
anyone.
Gradually, it was dawning on
me that I’d put myself in the
hands of Vlad with total trust,
yet knew very little of the trip to
come. We wouldn’t be trucking
to any mines or pipelines, but
delivering supplies to one of
many Native Indian Reserves
Rick Yem m
One of Hugh Row land’s emp loyees, this brash
, tattooed truc ker,
also from Kelowna, was in his secon d year as
an Ice Road truc ker
duri ng Season 1. In 2006, Rick was one of the
first truc kers onto
the Ice Road after it open ed whe n, accordin
g to him, the soun d
of crac king ice was loud est. This stressful expe
rienc e almost
caused him to quit driv ing the Ice Road right
then and there. He
deci ded to continue, howe ver, rema rkin g: “I
was too stup id and
too stubborn to quit.”
A vete ran of the Cana dian ice roads, Rick isn’t
short on
confidenc e, and he’ll need it every minu te
of every day on the
Indi an roads. Sporting his brigh t blue Moh awk
, he’s not afra id
to announce he’s out of his elem ent, but that
won’t stop him from
sayin g or doin g wha t he wan ts, all with the
goal of becoming king
of the road.
scattered around mid and
northern Manitoba.
The Trucks & Driving
Henry – 1.7 million miles 1998
Freightliner.
Steve – 2.0 million miles 1994
Peterbilt.
Trucks have to be old and basic.
Basic to be able to enact bush
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Steve Moorehea d
, owne r operator with
Age 43, lifetime truc king, lives in Thom pson
a wife Sand ra.
and with an
Look ing facia lly like Robe rt Shaw the actor
h nut but a
toug
a
is
Steve
occa siona l Irish twan g to match.
y from hom e,
awa
truly lova ble characte r, spen ding muc h time
g Nati ve Indi an
but devoting himself to looki ng after two youn
FAS, a cond ition all
child ren with seve re hand icap s arisi ng from
too fami liar in the Nati ve comm unities.
rs had his
Steve talk ed at length abou t them. If only othe
seriously ill, but he
kind ness. Steve’s moth er was in hosp ital and
d as to her cond ition.
was unable to get word from the outsi de worl
t some big subje cts,
S is a deep ly religious man, so we chat ted abou
The King in
with
some of his stori es from the bush, his contacts
that he wan ted to
Lynn Lake, his ambitions for his busin ess and
years back .
give up smok ing, havi ng give n up booze some
“Polar Bear” Rowlands and
Rick Yemm from Ice Road
Truckers for late breakfast at
The Fairmont Hotel.
Disaster. Extraordinary heat
wave hit southern Manitoba,
swinging from -20C to +15C
within a few days, with seasonal
records being broken by 7C.
Hugh, Rick and the film crews
were ready to return, having got
some great footage already and
knowing that there was little
chance of anything more.
The southern winter roads in
the area to the north east of
Winnipeg and south east
of Thompson had already
turned to soft swampy
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bush truckers on winter roads
repairs with limited means.
Old in case of getting stuck in
the bogs or broken down and
irretrievable, knowing that in the
ten months between freezes
the truck would either become
submerged or cannibalised.
No satellite communications
(only CB radios with a
surprisingly limited range), no
winches nor ladders familiar
to me from my days in Africa
to escape deep sands and
mud, limited tyre chains (some
borrowed by Steve from Lynn
Lake). Bits falling off – Henry’s
Hu gh Row lan d
Hu gh’s tru cks all hav e the em
ble m R&R Hoe Servic e on the
doors - the com pan y Hu gh own
s in Wi nfi eld, BC. Ric k runs as
a
tru cke r for the 10 month s out
sid e the IRT sea son. Both are
we
ll
inv olv ed in the Dea dli est Roa
ds spi n off. Hu gh “Th e Pol ar Bea
r”
Row lan d has bee n on eve ry sea
son of Ice Roa d Tru cke rs thu s
far. A very rou gh-aroun d-theedges 20-yea r vetera n of ice -roa
d
tru cki ng, Hu gh (born 1957) is
based in Kelown a in sou the rn
Bri tish Col um bia. He cla ims to
be known by the Ice Roa d tru cki
ng
com mu nity as “Th e Pol ar Bea
r,” wh ich he says is a refe ren ce
to his
strong person ali ty, bea rish att
itu de, sta min a and consistent
ly
high nu mber of loa ds del ive red
per season. Hu gh owns fou r
tru cks and dri ves one wh ile the
oth er three are ma nne d by ice
roa d rookies Dre w She rwood and
Tod d Wh ite, as we ll as frie nd
and yea r-roun d em ployee Ric
k Yem m
window winder – spent trip
with mole grips clamped to
spindle for super slow action;
a worsening crack across the
windscreen.
Trucks take a massive
pounding, spending 14hrs a day
bouncing and regularly hitting
snow covered rocks on the run
up to hills. Sometimes hitting
rocks so hard that, despite
bracing with arms and legs,
was lifted off the seat into a
standing position. Damage to
mudguards and skirts, wheel
rims.
Driven with great skills – often
with tall loads making cornering
precarious; uphill around a bend
on an angles road, keeping
momentum, but also avoiding
braking, taking carefully judged
lines. Driving through driving
snow, sometimes in darkness.
Always judging the length and
amplitude of hardened waves
and ripples of snow and ice
comprising the road, judging
the effect on a fifty foot trailer
behind, sometimes having
to brake hard, but mindful of
avoiding jack-knifing.
Henry being new chained up
at start of the winter roads,
while Steve being a veteran
and with own truck being
concerned about tyre wear and
avoiding chains until absolutely
necessary.
Truck engines kept running
for a week to avoid freezing at
night and to heat the cabin as
temperatures plummet. 4x4
FLT from Ryder at Thompson
on flatbed also kept ticking over
for immediate use at Tadoule in
expectation of little help or use
of equipment from the villagers.
Parking up at night on the flat
without applying brakes to avoid
overnight freezing, but even
then Steve having problems on
first morning in bush.
Moving trucks back and forth
while holed up through the
blizzard to avoid being snowed
in. Judging line and speed
to take driving over softening
roads with muskeg showing
when streams enter and leave
the frozen lakes, and same
across iced sections with no
snow on top to provide grip.
All this hard enough in a 4x4, let
alone a full length trailer.
More, when approaching a
deep snow drift, reversing
a 100m, judging a line and
taking at full speed, grinding
to a halt as the undercarriage
gradually becomes bogged in
the deep snow, only to have to
be pulled out (by the second
truck with a long loaded
trailer, itself struggling to get
a grip in reverse ordinarily),
to take another run, to be
pulled out again and to take
a third and finally successful
run only to have to face hour
after hour of careful driving
through deepened snow along
a tortuous track, snowdrifts
pulling the steering left then
right, drivers being careful not to
overcompensate.
Learnt plenty about the trips
on frozen lakes; keeping to
a maximum of 15kms/hr to
avoid the subsurface wave
overtaking the truck and
bursting through weaknesses
in the ice ahead of the vehicle;
listening carefully to the
cracking and crunching of
the ice below; taking the long
sweeping curves as leaving the
lakes to avoid forming a wave
breaking on the shore.
Yuri the blue Volvo, Paul the
black Kenworth, Daniel the
white Volvo.
nes
Joe y “Th e Kin g of Obsole te” Bar
ng dau ghter. Au thor of two
you
his
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wit
Liv es in Lyn n Lak e
ina l CAT-tra ins ; the Sigfusson
books and authority on the orig
frei ght
roa d network for fish ing and
Com pan y sta rte d the win ter
peg
d 650 miles north from Wi nni
ini tia lly. Th ere wa s a rai lroa
ay to
Flon wh ich acted as the gatew
to a min ing tow n cal led Fli n
ghs
slei
and
s
cat
ins consisting of
the north. Th ey tra nsp orted tra
and
rs
cto
ed: 2 cats, variou s tra
ove r ice. Th e equ ipm ent inc lud
ed
4 tons eac h. Th e 2 cats had forg
Intern ati ona l TD6s we igh ing
ice.
cie ntl y through the snow and
ice grouse rs to move more effi
. “Ca t
ugh
plo
peg
) had a Lak e Wi nni
Th e lea d tra ctor (plough cat
2-3
led
pul
s and swi ngs. Eac h cat
tra ins” consisted of tra ctors, cat
en
farm wa gons on run ners. Wh
cargo slei ghs, wh ich rese mbled
tered cra cks in the ice, the y
the roa d bre aki ng cre w enc oun
l
ice with wooden we dges. Sev era
wou ld brid ge the cra cks in the
wn ed through the ice.
ma chi nes and me n san k; dro
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LGV 1 DRIVERS REQUIRED FOR
CONTRACTS IN WELLINGBOROUGH,
CRICK, NORTHAMPTON,
Dangerous
Substances
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Training Centres
MILTON KEYNES AND FENSTANTON
at Warrington
and Wakefield
Training Centres
at
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ADR, DCPC,
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• Minimum 18 months experience
Warrington
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Various consultancies inc DGSA
Excellent rates of pay up to £13 days and up to £17 weekends
ADR,07915
DCPC, Forklift,
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can be tailored
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3581400
Driver CPC Training Available
Various
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Approved Jaupt Training Centre
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LGV & PCV Drivers Welcome
www.transchemtraining.com
Tel: 07915 610232
Fax: 0844 358 1400
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Transport Company Training Options
Training available across the East Midlands
Contact John or Karl on: 01604 491224
or email: john@bradmoore.co.uk
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There’s more to us than meets the eye
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@ Anderson Road, Goole.
• Diner • Bar • Toilets • Male/Female Showers
• Container storage/Hire • Short term car storage
• Long/Short term HGV parking • Truck Washing
• Coaches & Caravan washing
Do you require a large venue on weekends to stage
events i.e. Car shows • Rallies vintage events etc
Contact us on
T - 01405 766349 M - 07730792140 E - stutan@talktalk.net
Website address dlsgoole.co.uk
Official supplier
In a time where image is everything !!!
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Suppliers of Quality Clothing to professional companies who take image & safety serious.
Ultimate ID are proud to supply garments to a standard not just a price, We believe in value
for money that’s why we only supply clothing that performs & are sure won’t let you down.
We are official suppliers of Tranemo Workwear & Lyngsoe Rainwear within these ranges you’ll
find superior garments that perform to highest level in the of hardest Industries.
Our in-house Embroidery & Print service ensures quality results every time,
We are a family run company, no middle-man you’re dealing direct.
Owner drivers to national companies, one driver pack to 5000 garments.
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5 x Premium Polo’s
2 x Heavy Sweatshirts
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2 x Driver HI-VIZ vests
1 x 45 L Holdall (Black)
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I use Jennychem’s Vehicle Shampoo and Wax Special on my new roadtrain and it’s brilliant!
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