The Hamilton based haulier Yuill & Dodds are taking delivery of new Volvo FM 6 X 2 (G) tractor units in the livery of SWT Hire Solutions.

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Always a pleasure to receive photos of trucks that are a bit unusual and this foreign registered left hand drive Mack certainly qualifies. Anyone have [ more... ]

Mention has been made on the forum recently regarding how the new drivers hours regulations have made it difficult for haulage companies to [ more... ]

Earlier on in the year we had a competition for a photo of a vehicle furthest from its home base in the UK. This photo shows a vehicle from the fleet [ 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... ]

W H Malcolm have taken delivery of their first ever Hino tractor units for use on their construction division. The vehicles will be registered as 57 [ more... ]

Car Transporters really float my boat and the fleet of Ansa are one of my favourites with their large fleet numbers . Does anyone have any [ more... ]

The North Devon haulier M Way & Son have the last few of their 1:50 scale models available on a first come first served basis. The model is [ more... ]

The South West company BWOC Ltd run a very tidy fleet of vehicles in their distinctive green and white livery and they are a very common site on the [ more... ]

What a beast of a recovery truck we have here in the livery of Wessex Recovery. Photograph was removed at an ex members request. [ more... ]

Several hauliers on the database visited the UK Truck Show at Santa Pod and Brett's Transport used the occasion to put their latest vehicle on the [ more... ]

A frequent visitor to the West Country are the fleet of Maidens of Telford whose vehicles mailny have AJM as a registration suffix.The photo is [ more... ]

Health and Safety is quite rightly a major issue now especially whilst at container terminals around the UK where it is obligatory to wear a hi viz [ more... ]

Pollock Scotrans are taking delivery of numerous new vehicles some of which are Scania R480 6 X 2 (Top) tractor units. This vehicle is fleet number 85 [ more... ]

Hands up if you can remember Williams Distribution who used to have vehicles in the most god damn awful colour. They were taken over by TDG at some [ more... ]

The inaugural Welsh Truck show is on Sunday 15th July 2007 10am to 4pm at the Carmarthen Showground. All vehicles assemble Saturday afternoon and at [ more... ]

Nice photo here of two Sparks Transport vehicles with the Renault just about to overtake the Scania .The photo taken on the A303 this afternoon is [ more... ]

The tractor unit is an ex Gregory Distribution Ltd vehicle and the trailer used to belong to Amesbury Transport prior to them being acquired by [ more... ]

The Scottish haulier Sandy Kydd have just taken delivery of a brand new Scania R580 6 X 2 (Top) tractor unit in the familiar Sandy Kydd livery.The [ more... ]

I received this photo the other day and as I have never heard of this company I just wondered if anyone could let me know where they are from. [ more... ]

The database contains the details of numerous Heritage Vehicles that are designated with the prefix HV. Pictured here are three from the Wimblington [ more... ]

Quite a number of members attended the recent vintage truck show at Gaydon. I received numerous photos but was most taken with this 8 wheel Foden [ more... ]

A number of heavy hauliers on the database attended the recent Hillhead 2007 exhibition for the quarry industry. The show is held every two years and [ more... ]

Just wondered if this photo could start a bit of a trend, two LS hauliers vehicles pictured at the same time, on this occasion on the A1 near [ more... ]

Elddis Transport from Consett in County Durham have celebrated the purchase of their 250th Actros by launching a project to raise funds for our local [ more... ]

This weekend sees the annual Truckfest South West at Shepton Mallet and although the weather was not too favourable there was a very good turn out of [ more... ]

I do receive photos of some quite odd vehicles but I have to say I have never seen a Scania R124L 420 8W Flatbed in my life before and probably will [ more... ]

I receive numerous photos from various truck shows around the UK so it was a breath of fresh air to receive photos from the Dutch Truckstar 2005. [ more... ]

I had an email the other day from a young lad asking if the site had a section for heavy recovery vehicles, which is certainly worth thinking about as [ more... ]

Truswell have taken delivery of several new vehicles over the last couple of days one of which is this Volvo FH 6 X 2 (G) tractor unit.

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The Scottish haulier Sandy McCracken have a new vehicle to their fleet with a silver liveried Mercedes Axor 6 X 2 which has been named Douglas Valley [ more... ]

Benton Brothers have some brand new DAF FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor units which have all been given BBT cherished registration marks. Seen here [ more... ]

Gregory Distribution have recently taken delivery of several new DAF FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor units, one of which has the registration mark [ more... ]

This vehicle used to be part of the Aberdeen based fleet of ARR Craib but is now being subsequently operated by A & L Robson of Keith.

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As and additional facility for members we are now putting together a database of 07 registered vehicles that are from fleets not listed on the main [ more... ]

One of the heavy hauliers on the site Chris Bennett of Wilmslow is pictured here with an abnormal load. The photo is courtesy of and copyrighted to [ more... ]

Whilst on the M5 southbound recently I was in two minds whether to pull into Michaelwood services to take some photos. I was glad I did as two [ more... ]

Yesterday evening saw a police escorted convoy of a “score” of 20 Eddie Stobart trucks from Carlisle Airport to Whitehaven Harbour. This was in [ more... ]

D Steven from Wick have a brand new DAF FTGXF105 510 6 X 2 (SSC) which has fleet number 28 and has been named Highland Chieftain III.
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Gregory Distribution are having yet more new vehicles delivered this time in the form of 27 Scania P340 8W Tankers for use on their Milklink contract. [ 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... ]

Vehicles change hands quite frequently these days so it was good to see this MAN formerly owned by Stoford is now operated by A J Ford & Son from Bow [ more... ]

Dextra Lighting recently had a photo shoot of all of their vehicles lined up on a Saturday morning at their Gilllingham HQ, to which members of [ more... ]

Members can now access a seperate database on the site that lists 07 registration vehicles of companies that are not on the main database. This will [ more... ]

Scania are keeping up with their schedule to deliver 500 new tractor units to Carlisle based Eddie Stobart Ltd over the next 11 months.

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Owens Road Services from Llanelli have taken delivery of 7 new Volvo FH 440 6 X 2 (G) tractor units in their famliar blue livery. They will be based [ more... ]

Goldstar are taking delivery of several new DAF FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor units as additions to the fleet. The lorries will be based at various [ more... ]

Devon based haulier Gregory Distribution have just taken delivery of 6 DAF FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor units which will be based at various [ more... ]

Although there was supposed to be a moratorium on the addition of extra fleets I had previously promised two hauliers that they could be included and [ more... ]

M Way and Son from South Molton have just acquired a Scania R470 6 X 2 (Top) tractor unit which has been named Princess Kyrie.This vehicle joins the [ more... ]

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... ]

Craigs of Denny have gone green with their latest vehicle, it is powered by two 12v batteries and comes complete with a tipper body.

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In the world of heavy haulage 8 x 4 tractor units are quite common but it got me thinking when I received this photo of a 10 x 4 unit, just how rare [ more... ]

Class 56 loco 56063 is seen here at Woodall services enroute from Brush Loughbrough to Rotherham for scrapping. It is being transported by the DAF of [ more... ]

Castle cement are taking delivery of numerous new Volvo FM tractor units to be based at various locations across the UK.

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Cocal Cola have a brand new trailer in conjunction with i Tunes which will be making a 9 week tour of the UK visiting schools and other [ more... ]

H Frost have recently been added to the database and I was pleased to receive some photos of their fleet from years gone by. This Renault Major is [ more... ]

There is an 8 week respite in the addition of new fleets to the site with one and only one exception. The fleet of Bywater Transport from Dover will [ more... ]

I made mention in our most recent newsletter that car transporters were one of my favourite lorries so I was glad to receive this photo of a pair of J [ more... ]

The Gloucestershire based haulier Downton have taken delivery of several new Renault Premium 450 DXi 6 X 2 (Priv) tractor units in the livery of their [ more... ]

V G Mathers from Aberdeen have recently joined the LS database and as it is my intention to make the site a historical record of the haulage industry [ more... ]

We are going to take a breather from adding new fleets for at least 8 weeks in order to give us time to do a bit of housekeeping and maintain the [ more... ]

Goldstar have taken delivery of their first Scania for a long while with EU07 NDV an R480 6 X 2 (Top) tractor unit pictured here on the A34 at Oxford. [ more... ]

I am really pleased to announce that this Friday will see the inclusion of the Abedeen based haulier V G Mathers who run a simply cracking fleet of [ more... ]

W H Malcolm are having yet more Hino 8W Tippers delivered for use in their construction division.

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From the site at www.lorrysightings.com we have the following and I swear to you this is true no giggling or laughing please but this statement [ more... ]

Star Transport from Thetford have their first ever DAF FTGXF105 410 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor unit which was delivered on Saturday morning.

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The Shropshire Truck show at Oswestry was the setting for the arrival of the very latest vehicle for Heanor Heavy Haulage. The Volvo FH16 660 8 X 4 [ more... ]

Always happy to put pictures of 'My Dad's' lorry on the web even more so when they happen to be from local North Devon hauliers. The driver of this [ more... ]

Yet another bumper crop of hauliers being added to the database today and in alphabetical order we now have the full fleet detials of McLaughlan [ more... ]

The very popular weekly newsletter will now be published on a Thursday rather than Wednesday, as this will allow the editor to get back to the [ more... ]

Truckfest at Peterborough is always well attended and numerous LS members have made the trip this year. George Green Transport have always been one of [ more... ]

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... ]

Grampian Maclennans have two new Scania R420 6 X 2 (HL) tractor units which have been recently been delivered. Details of their registration numbers [ more... ]

Gregory Distribution are in the process of taking delivery of 20 new MAN TG-A 26.440 6 X 2 (LX) tractor units to service their milk collection and [ more... ]

Alan Lodge have just taken delivery of several new FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 (SC) tractor units in their new white base livery.

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This photo of Armoric's DAF WA56 CAE was taken this morning on the A303 Mere bypass.The company are based at Plympton on the outskirts of [ more... ]

This fantastic ERF A series 8W Flatbed has been lovingly restored by an employee of the company who has worked with them for 32 years.

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D Steven & Son from Wick will shortly be taking delivery of two brand new DAF FTGXF105 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor units, which have yet to be [ more... ]

The three hauliers to be added to the database today are H Frost from Stanton in Suffolk who run a very tidy fleet of mainly Scanias in a very [ more... ]

Following yesterday's news article regarding my dad's lorry I was pleased to receive another photo from another proud youngster. This was submitted by [ more... ]

On talking to numerous lorry drivers over the years it became apparent that a lot of them had followed their Father's footsteps in becoming a driver. [ more... ]

Lorryspotting are at today's CV show at the NEC and we are the first to publish photos on the web. Here are a selction of photos taken this [ more... ]

The Bale Group from Honiton have a new Volvo FM9 380 6W (G) Tanker with their striking silver livery and their hallmark ALE registration [ more... ]

Craig of Denny are the proud new owners of a Scania R420 6 X 2 (HL) tractor unit named Broomhill Drifter with the fleet number 7. The photo was taken [ more... ]

Eddie Stobart have 15 new Volvo FM12 420 4 X 2 (G) tractor units which are currently at Crick depot working on the Tescos contract. We are currently [ more... ]

The three hauliers to be added to the database today are Coldmove who are from Shropshire and run a very tidy fleet of Scanias on chilled and frozen [ more... ]

Always grateful for recent photos and you can't get much more recent than 12:30 today on the M5 northbound at Nicholashaynes. The Scania is part of [ more... ]

Evans Transport from Barnstaple have recently taken delivery of two MAN TG-M 18.240 4W rigids for use on their work with Palletforce. The have also [ more... ]

The Chelford based haulier James Irlam & Sons are taking delivery of yet further DAF FTGXF105 410 6 X 2 (SC) tractor units to be based at various of [ more... ]

The Eddie Stobart Belgian Volvo FH12 420 6 X 2 (GXL) LHD Low Height tractor units are in the process of being replaced. These vehicles have served the [ more... ]

Evans Transport from Barnstaple in North Devon are very local to me, so I was very happy to receive this picture of two of their vehicles taken on [ more... ]

The Bristol based heavy haulier Plantspeed are the proud owners of 5 brand new DAF FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 (SSC) tractor units as additions to the [ more... ]

Yet more cracking fleets have been added to the LS database today. In no particular order we have added the Scottish haulier R A Howie from Aberdeen, [ more... ]

Fakenham based haulier Jack Richards are taking delivery of yet further new vehicles this time it is the turn of DAF with four new FTGXF105 460 6 X 2 [ more... ]

This photo depicts three of my all time favourite hauliers, Parsons of Aylsbeare bought the Scania from Gibbs of Fraserburgh when they decided to [ more... ]

M S Wayman from Sutton Bridge are the proud new owners of an Iveco Stralis 440 6 X 2 (AS) tractor unit which has been named "Nene [ more... ]

Eddie Stobart are in the process of taking delivery of further Scania R420 6 X 2 tractor units, part of an overall order for 500. Pictured here is [ more... ]

The Fakenham based haulier Jack Richards are the owners of several new Volvo FH 480 6 X 2 (GXL) Euro V tractor units.

Photo courtesy of and [ more... ]

Yet more cracking fleets have been added to the LS database today. Firstly Peter Carter haulage from Shouldham Thorpe on the main A134, eight miles [ more... ]