Classic Trucks, Wagons

[Richard A Thackeray]

I know the 'jct 30/M62' area very well, & yes, the trucks do park for their stops there
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8yx4xv2l7o.amp

However, as is usual around the country, there's not really the facilities for trucks to park
There is Whitwood Truck Stop, at jct31, but they could be going over-hours to get there (plus the risk of not getting a place, as there's no pre-booking!) https://exelbyservices.co.uk/truck_parking/whitwood/

Jct 30 now has a large Amazon warehouse/hub there, & a 'Newcold Distribution' centre there too, with more units to be constructed (on the old NewMarket Colliery site)
As usual, once they've unloaded, they want them off the site ASAP, out of hours, or not

The two companies mentioned could easily have set aside some land there, for parking, even if at a minimal cost

I think the situation now, is that local Councils that veto'ed new truck parking can be over-ruled, by central Government, as part of a 'national infrastructure??
(unless, perhaps a local MPs seat is shaking???, or that me being cynical?)

 

[DRM]

Similar complaints about the Amazon Warehouse at Bowburn County Durham, they won't let drivers on site if they're early, & won't let them stay if their hours are up, so they park outside the village, leaving bottles of pee, human faeces & rubbish on a grassed area

 

[gbb]

I remember getting a passenger ride in a Daf 95. One of the HGV fitters said he'd smoked a car off in them lights in it, and I didn't believe him. Jesus, that thing could shift. They also had a Sudden Accident 401 with a Rolls motor that sounded phenomenal and accelerated like a scalded cat.

We used to have Mercedes tractor units, can't remember the model but I was told they had 10 litre engines. Without a trailer, they certainly were 'lively'

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

We used to have Mercedes tractor units, can't remember the model but I was told they had 10 litre engines. Without a trailer, they certainly were 'lively'

Mercedes offered a V10, in certain models

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 18th
Yorkshire was at the forefront of cutting-edge technology

As seen in…

 

[Jameshow]

Mercedes offered a V10, in certain models

Ng80

There was also a new 18.3 L (18,275 cc; 1,115 cu in) V10 diesel engine; the available turbo version produced 500 PS (368 kW).

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I know the 'jct 30/M62' area very well, & yes, the trucks do park for their stops there
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8yx4xv2l7o.amp

However, as is usual around the country, there's not really the facilities for trucks to park
There is Whitwood Truck Stop, at jct31, but they could be going over-hours to get there (plus the risk of not getting a place, as there's no pre-booking!) https://exelbyservices.co.uk/truck_parking/whitwood/

Jct 30 now has a large Amazon warehouse/hub there, & a 'Newcold Distribution' centre there too, with more units to be constructed (on the old NewMarket Colliery site)
As usual, once they've unloaded, they want them off the site ASAP, out of hours, or not

The two companies mentioned could easily have set aside some land there, for parking, even if at a minimal cost

I think the situation now, is that local Councils that veto'ed new truck parking can be over-ruled, by central Government, as part of a 'national infrastructure??
(unless, perhaps a local MPs seat is shaking???, or that me being cynical?)

l know the 'local resident', as his daughter & mine went to prep school together