Yesterday morning from 07:00 until 08:00 saw freak weather conditions in Devon with showers of rain falling onto the road and freezing instantly.The [ more... ]

Bideford quay is a fantastic place for action shots of bulk tippers unloading clay from the local quarries. M Way and Evans Transport are seen here [ more... ]

Winter has arrived and the first flurry of snow brings chaos to our roads. For many years I worked on a regular basis in Southern Germany at [ more... ]

D & F Super Cranes from Crediton have another T cab Scania in their fleet in the form of this wonderful T144G 530 6x4 tractor unit with the cherished [ more... ]

The very last ERF (Edwin Richard Foden) came off the production line in Germany in 2008 and the vehicle went into the fleet of Barry Dancer from [ more... ]

Trucks from yesteryear are always a favourite of mine and this old Morris from Bevan and Barker from Mansfield certainly fits the bill.

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Photos of wide and abnormal loads are always welcome and this one taken on the A74 at Carlisle is a very good example of what these heavy hauliers do. [ more... ]

H J Van Bentum have to be one of my all time favourite fleets so you can imagine my delight at taking this photo of not one but two on the A38 Devon [ more... ]

Gruber Logistics are an Italian haulier whose vehicles have a very distinctive turquoise and red livery. Pictured here on Townwall St in Dover is one [ more... ]

Teasdale are from Harworth near Doncaster and are a dedicated heavy haul fleet with a distinctive blue and white livery. I am really grateful to [ more... ]

Robert Wiseman dairies have just taken delivery of 15 brand new DAF FTCF85 360 4x2 tractor units which will be based at various UK locations on [ more... ]

The Stobart Group have 4 vehicles in the livery of Coke Zero two Volvos and two DAFs which were inherited when they acquired James Irlam & Sons. [ more... ]

R Taylor & Son have always been one of my favourite fleets so you can imagine my delight at receiving this photo in my inbox.

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Croome are frequent visitors to the South West with their familiar Volvo drawbar units with large fleet numbers. This photo was taken on the M5 on [ more... ]

D J B Haulage from Bath have had a recent new addition to their fleet in the form of an MAN TG-X 26.440 6x2 (XLX) tractor unit which was until [ more... ]

Tudefrigo are a Spanish company who operate a fleet of really well turned out vehicles in a British Racing Green livery and all vehicles having fleet [ more... ]

W H Malcolm have just started their latest restoration project in the form of this Volvo F86 4x2 tractor unit in the livery of B Swindell from [ more... ]

Fly By Nite are specialist haulage company in the concert and exhibition sector whose fleet mainly have FBN registration suffixes. Seen here recently [ more... ]

M J Griffiths are from Burscough in Lancashire and a very welcome addition to the site they are with their stylish blue,white and orange livery and [ more... ]

I have just started the Herculean task of cataloguing some 20,000 lorry photos taken over the last 4 years. This photo was taken in March 2006 on the [ more... ]

T Barry are from South Cerney, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire and have recently taken delivery of several brand new Renault Premium 450 DXi 6x2 [ more... ]

The fleet details of R M Hadfield from Cheshire have been added to the online database for the benefit of members. I am most grateful to Jim Lennox [ more... ]

IAE was established in 1969 by Frank Klucznik who came to England from his home in Poland as part of the armed forces during the Second World War, [ more... ]

Birds Groupage from Oldbury in Birmingham are due to receive several new Scania R400 6x2 (HL) tractor units into their fleet.This picture was taken at [ more... ]

Felbermayr the Austrian heavy haulier will shortly be added to the LS online database. Pictured here is an Actros 8x4 tractor unit at Thurrock [ more... ]

ERF at one stage were the most common truck on K roads and they were a totally British product.Pictured here is a B series 4x2 day cab tractor unit [ more... ]

Eggbeers Transport were a long established bulk haulier from Newton Abbot who specialized in bulk transport, primarily that of local clay.The company [ more... ]

There are quite a few fleets out there that catch my eye and I will make an effort to get them onto the site in the near future. One of those is [ more... ]

Over the last 18 months Morrisons supermarket have changed their livery from a striking black livery to their new corporate yellow.Each to their own [ more... ]

There have been several reports over the years of instances of unusual tractor unit and trailer combinations. I would like to submit this one which I [ more... ]

The Associated Equipment Company manufactured trucks from 1912 until 1979 and they were the makers of the famous London Routemaster buses.Pictured [ more... ]

The Stobart group have taken delivery of two brand new MAN TG-X 26.440 6x2 (L) tractor units which will be used to transport fuel tankers. Pictured [ more... ]

The fleet of R McDowell were recently added to the online LS database and their vehicles can be seen all over the UK.This photo was taken recently on [ more... ]

Boon Transport will be added to the European section later on today and a most welcome addition they are. The company are based in Rotterdam and [ more... ]

Our main advertiser has received an accolade from the Road Haulage Association who have tested their connected navigation and telematics system in [ more... ]

One of our members was recently asked if he could pop across to Prestwick airport to take a photo of a rather unusual load. The load in question was a [ more... ]

Speedbird Promotions Ltd, one of the UK's leading suppliers of promotional model vehicles, has teamed up with the leading name in UK transport, Eddie [ more... ]

This photo of an Ainscough MAN TG-X 26.480 6x4 (XLX) tractor unit was taken at Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. In the background is Healabhal Bheag [ more... ]

Whilst driving through Barnstaple recently I passed a lorry that really caught my eye with its two tone cream and green livery. The company are from [ more... ]

When the site first started all those many years ago there was one fleet that was always high on my list of hauliers I wanted on the database and [ more... ]

I have always been quite taken with Dutch flower lorries that are seen on the UK motorway network. They always seem to be really well turned out top [ more... ]

During the month of November any haulier who signs up for the Tom Tom Work connected navigation or vehicle tracking with iTracking will receive a free [ more... ]

Tayrol Limited is a well established UK manufacturer of paper rolls, based at Elvington, on the outskirts of York. The company was formed in [ more... ]

The big one has arrived and with a fleet of some 8,000 vehicles DHL are by far the largest fleet added to the LS online database. This huge fleet have [ more... ]

Hutchinson Engineering have taken delivery of two brand new Scania R620 8x4 (Top) tractor units for use on their heavy haul operations. One of the [ more... ]

Willi Betz are a German haulier who seemingly have vehicles based in every European country. Their blue Mercedes vehicles with very large fleet [ more... ]

Whilst taking photos on the M5 for the last couple of years there has been one haulier who seems to have every type of trailer in their fleet. I have [ more... ]

The Stobart Group in conjunction with DB Schenker have started to run a weekly rail service from Valencia in Spain through the channel tunnel. The [ more... ]

The Kilmarnock based haulier Billy Bowie Tankers have a brand new Iveco Trakker 360 8W (AD) Tanker which is pictured here at their Kilmarnock [ more... ]

Well known South Lincolnshire hauliers Dawson Bros of Bicker are shortly to be added to the database. As well as general haulage the company are, at [ more... ]

McLaughlan Transport from Perth in Scotland have just put on the road a brand new Volvo FH 460 6x2 (GXL) tractor unit which is pictured here recently [ more... ]

We recently added the fleet of Norbert Dentressangle to our European section which has proved very popular indeed. In December 2007 Dentressangle [ more... ]

R S Cockerill from York have two brand new Mercedes Actros 2546 6x2 (MSC) tractor units which have joined their fleet in recent weeks.

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How about this full chrome Mercedes Actros that used to be operated by DTS Logistics, it must have taken a fair while to polish.

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Iggy Madden are from Galway in the Republic of Ireland and their fantastic yellow and black livery is really eye catching to say the least.Further [ more... ]

I was delighted to be invited by Plantspeed to take photos of their FH16 6 X 4 removing a Terex dump truck from Stanscombe quarry near Bristol. The [ more... ]

The Cornish haulier L P Stephens from Truro have a brand new Renault Magnum DXi 500 6x2 which I was lucky enough to photograph just outside Holsworthy [ more... ]

Now I have seen these sleeper cab arrangements on removal lorries for a number of years but an Iveco flatbed with a container is slightly out of the [ more... ]

Nedexco are an international haulier from The Netherlands whose vehicles are very frequent visitors to the UK.We now have 82 European hauliers listed [ more... ]

I am reliably informed that this company are from the Ipswich area and that they are in the bulk tipping sector. Bulk tipping with tractor units is [ more... ]

I have seen some different looking trailers in my time but this one from the fleet of Argos caught my eye the other day on the M5.At a guess I would [ more... ]

One of the most frequent requests I receive from members and non members alike is to include the fleet of Thompsons of Devon with their fleet of red [ more... ]

Taking photos at night of trucks is an art in itself and this superb example of a Downton DAF was taken on the seafront at Blackpool [ more... ]

Stennetts have a new trailer that is helping to raise money for St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds.One of their long term employees sadly died [ more... ]

John Rome are from Kilmarnock in Scotland and their fleet of specialist tankers travel all over the UK working at garage forecourts. I have seen their [ more... ]

Euorpean fleets are always welcome to the site and Jan De Rijk are a fleet that more than fits the bill. Pictured here at Townwall St in Dover is a [ more... ]

It has taken nearly four years but we finally managed to get the necessary permission to add the fleet of GroContinental from Whitchurch in [ more... ]

I am always open to receiving strange photos of lorries and this one of a wrecker towing a trailer is somewhat out of the ordinary.This photo was [ more... ]

Eddie Stobart have recently taken delivery of several chilled curtainsider trailers which have white curtains as opposed to their more usual green. [ more... ]

Evans Transport are from Barnstaple in North Devon and they travel all over the UK on general and bulk haulage. Pictured yesterday on Euston Road is [ more... ]

North Devon is a popular tourist destination and as a consequence during the winter months a lot of the caravan parks replace their stock. Ascot [ more... ]

Coles Plant are from Langtreee in North Devon and their fleet of earthmoving rigid tippers in their familiar yellow livery can be seen all over the [ more... ]

Benton Brothers are very rarely seen in the South West so I was chuffed to get this shot in May last year, taken from a pedestrian bridge over the M5 [ more... ]

The Volvo FL10 was once a very common site on the motorway network of the UK. They used to be referred to as "Wendy Houses" by drivers due to their [ more... ]

H C Wilson are a Heavy Haulage company from Elmswell and their ex vehicle W100 HCW has since been registered as W184 JPV and is now operated by John [ more... ]

Really delighted to add the Ashford haulier Kent Link to the site with their very familiar red livery.I am most grateful to Jim Lennox for securing [ more... ]

Armoric Freight International are from Plymouth and operate a superbly turned out fleet of lorries involved in chilled and frozen distribution with [ more... ]

Really pleased to announce that we have received the requisite permissions and fleet list from the Kent based haulier S & S Distribution and they will [ more... ]

Thomson of Sauchen have a brand new Scania R620 6x2 (Top) tractor unit which has a tag axle configuration.The vehicle is pictured recently at Castle [ more... ]

John Weir have a brand new DAF that has been fitted with a whole host of additional safety equipment that arguably make it the safest DAF on the road. [ more... ]

Dean Auld from Penrith in Cumbria have recently been added to the online searchable LS database. The company have the saying "Hauled by Auld" on their [ more... ]

Jack Richards from Fakenham used to be an all ERF fleet until that manufacturer ceased production some years back. Pictured here are two of their [ more... ]

You get to see numerous personalised registration plates but this one caught my eye and how apt is it for a recovery truck

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We do have a heritage vehicle section on the site but it currently only caters for UK registered vehicles. This German registered MAN rigid appears to [ more... ]

It is always a pleasure to publish photos from the haulage companies that are listed on the site. Pictured here are two Volvo FH12 tractor units from [ more... ]

In the middle of deepest Derbyshire a tractor unit from the Scottish haulier James Hislop developed brake problems. They dispatched two other vehicles [ more... ]

Welsh haulier John Raymond had a 13.6m long by 4.7m High tri-axle red curtainsider trailer (Rockwool livery) stolen during the night of 28th to 29th [ more... ]

Quayside Distribution are one of the hauliers that I would like to see included on the site and I will be making representations to them with a view [ more... ]

SMW Haulage are from Tiverton in God's own county of Devon and I have numerous photos of them working locally in Devon over the years. This photo was [ more... ]

Lunar Freezing, Cold Storage and Transport will be added to the database in the very near future and what a simply stunning but simple blue and white [ more... ]

We welcome a challenge at Lorryspotting and the addition of the French haulier Norbert Dentressangle will keep us occupied for a fair while to come [ more... ]

You can't beat a bit of nostalgia and when it comes to distinctive engine sounds the Magirus Deutz took gold medal all the time brings memories [ more... ]

The Burnley based haulier Fagan & Whalley have taken delivery of two brand new Scania R420 6x2 tractor units which went on the road over the weekend. [ more... ]

Gregory Distribution have taken delivery of three new Scania R420 6x4 tractor units in Gregory environmental livery. Two of the units will be based in [ more... ]

Every now and again we receive a photo submission that shows superb picture composition and use of lighting available. Photography at night is never [ more... ]

I did read somewhere that the colour combination that most readily catches the human eye is yellow and black so Alford Traffic services must be one of [ more... ]

I am always grateful for suggestions of hauliers that could possibly be added to the database and Gammond's of Hereford to me really fit the bill. [ more... ]

At first glance you might believe that the Stobart Group have branched out into car transportation but in reality they are using a low loader trailer [ more... ]

For hundreds of years Bideford quay has served as a working port with the transportation of local goods. The local clay pit at Peters Marland uses the [ more... ]

Alfred Hymas have taken delivery of a brand new Renault Premium 450 DXi 6x2 (Priv) tractor unit which has been named Blue Sapphire.

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