Our top five advice articles for 2020

Our Advice stories are perennial favourites. Whether it’s advice on how to drive your truck better, how to set up your truck, or great things to buy, our Advice section is always popular.

So here, with some old favourites on the top, are our top-five most-read Advice articles of 2020.

How to reverse B-double

For the inexperienced, reversing a B-double or even a single trailer can be a daunting task, but we have a few tips that can make your day a whole lot easier.

If you have absolutely no idea how to reverse a semi-trailer or B-double, relax. Reversing a heavy vehicle combination is actually a fairly straightforward task. Here’s some top tips on backing up a biggie…

How to use an 18-speed Road Ranger

Driving heavy-duty trucks with an 18-speed Roadranger gearbox used to be a fundamental part of the job, but with the modern auto and automated manual boxes it's no longer a prerequisite. However, many believe it's still a skill worth mastering.

Here are some really good tips on finding ’em without grinding ’em.

Cylinder deactivation explained

Cylinder deactivation – shutting down multiple cylinders during light-load conditions – is becoming increasingly popular as a means of reducing fuel consumption and emissions.

Here we explain how it works...

How to couple and uncouple a semi trailer

Getting it right isn't difficult, but getting it wrong can be disastrous.

Coupling and uncoupling a prime mover and a semi-trailer is a skill that should be mastered before any driver gets their Heavy Combination licence. Yet there are an increasing number of photos posted on social media of trailers being dropped. Here’s how to couple and uncouple properly, and safely.

Load restraint essentials

Freight falling off a truck or trailer, or heavy stuff moving in transit and making a truck or trailer unstable, are very serious situations likely to caused damage, disruption or even death.

In this article we explain how to correctly load a vehicle so that doesn’t happen.