Trucks

More complex and imposing than any other vehicle in the British emergency services, the fire engine has a long and interesting history. The earliest water pumps had been developed by the eighteenth century - basic manual pumps that had to be hauled...

The first forty-five years of the twentieth century saw the most formative period in the history of commercial vehicles: in 1900 the mechanically powered lorry was a novelty, yet by 1945 the ancestors of today's 38-ton juggernauts were clearly...

The definitive, fully illustrated celebration of an auto manufacturer that paved its own way by going off-road is now updated to celebrate Jeep's 80th anniversary. Few American vehicles, or vehicles made anywhere else in the world for that matter, are as...

The book that inspired the major film Ferrari directed by Michael Mann, starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz.Ferrari means red. It means racing. Excellence, luxury, and performance.Less well-known is the man behind the brand.For nearly seventy years,...

The definitive visual history of the tractor The complete history of farm machinery, from steam and vintage tractors to the latest combine harvesters is showcased in this lavishly illustrated volume. Packed with images and tractor data on more than 200...

A Study Guide for the Operator Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) in Road Freight 2020 is a vital study guide that offers the thorough preparation needed to pass the tough CPC exams in the UK. It covers the examination method used by the...

ERF Limited was formed in 1933 when Edwin Richard Foden founded the company with his son Dennis. Under the guidance of design engineer Ernest Sherratt, the best components available at the time were assembled to create vehicles that soon earned a...

More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he's covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people's belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts...

The days of the fairground operating with steam traction engines have long since gone – the next vehicles to enter the tobers were the internal combustion engine, lorries with both petrol and diesel engines being used. As time went on these old vehicles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563924101Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 570gDimensions(mm)...

The Ford Transit is one of the most successful commercial light vans of all time and it has been the best selling light van in the UK and other parts of the world for over fifty-two years. In this invaluable book, Peter Lee discusses the entire...

In the 1980s Great Britain had steadily seen an influx of foreign manufacturers, a trend that was to eventually see the demise of all the major UK makes. However, it was still possible to see lots of interesting vehicles - some companies and individuals...

Classic trucks are an important part of our heritage and are supported by many enthusiasts in the preservation world and the general public. Events nationwide throughout the year command lots of vehicle entries from the many clubs and preservation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563926815Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 524gDimensions(mm)...

The 1990s were a time of change as British manufacturers struggled to keep pace with the times and the invasion of imported vehicles. However, what a lot of enthusiasts consider to be classics of their time were still to be seen dutifully earning their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911092957Author Harry JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint SwordworksPublisher SwordworksWeight(grams) 878g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563922428Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 517gDimensions(mm)...

Many would argue that the 1980s were a better time for truck drivers than nowadays: there were no cell phones, there was less traffic on the road, CB radio was all the rage, and stickers were the simple heart of truck customizing. However, the transport...

Get Ford's complete story in Ford Tough: 100 Years of Ford Trucks and see why they've dominated the truck market, selling 1.5 million trucks every year in the US alone. In July 1917 Ford Motor Company introduced a one-ton chassis for commercial trucks,...

It is not possible to save and restore all lorries that have come to the end of their working life. In operators' yards there is often an assortment of old vehicles, with some used for spares to keep others running. Scrapyards also often have a motley...

If you have a hankering for the sand and mud, this thoroughly updated edition of The Four-Wheeler's Bible is your ultimate resource for overland adventures, both close to home and farther afield. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a four-wheeling...

Steam power led the transport revolution in England throughout the nineteenth century, but was crippled on the road network by punitive legislation. As the century turned, the laws were altered in such a way that the development of the English Steam...

Tipper lorries have been part and parcel of road transport since the beginnings of the age of motor vehicles. In fact their roots are in horse-drawn carts, which were built to tip by balance and gravity. For many years, and probably still today, the...

Road tankers come in many forms, with certain goods very often dictating the type and shape. The transport industry has adapted many innovations over the years and a wide variety of examples have travelled on our roads over the years - powder tanks,...

From lumbering house-shakers on solid tyres to smooth turbo-power in the 1970s, the lorry has come a very long way in a remarkably short time. In the early competition between steam, petrol and electricity, the internal combustion engine had more or less...

AEC Lorries explores the story of lorry use in the last fifty years, showing the diverse use of the vehicles and their configurations for many different types of work, with a focus on one of the great British manufacturers - AEC. AEC lorries have always...

'You see them everywhere' was the slogan adopted by Bedford when advertising its commercial vehicles in the 1930s and it held true for many decades. The company set out to produce reliable vehicles at an economic price. Catering to the small trader with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977824519Author Mike Byrnes and AssociatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Mike Byrnes & AssociatesPublisher Mike Byrnes & AssociatesWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959265108Author Editors of OffGrid MagazineFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint OffgridPublisher OffgridDimensions(mm) 276mm * 210mm * 13mm

Patrick Dyer's eighth book in the 'at work' series takes the reader on a journey with ERF, England's last independent truck manufacturer, between the years 1975 and 1993 with the B, C, CP and E-series trucks that the Sandbach based company produced in...

A commemorative history of fifty years of the iconic Ford Transit van, from the launch of the first-generation Transit in 1965, right up to the present day. Covering the full range of Transit models and with over three hundred photographs (including...

Wit, wisdom, adventure, and revelations from sixty years on the road.They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the winding mountainsides at sunrise, the first frosts of winter descending on apple orchards,...

Transport Operator Licensing takes operators through the whole process of licensing, looking at when licences are required, giving advice on applying for such licences, describing the undertakings that form part of the application, the systems that...

The transport industry has an important role to play in addressing climate change and the environmental challenges facing governments, businesses and individuals. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require this sector, which is a large...

The 2000s saw the end of a good many haulage and vehicle manufacturing companies and also a series of company takeovers. The British lorry manufacturers had all but disappeared and foreign vehicles became more and more prominent on the roads in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780785837473Author Larry EdsallFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Crestline BooksPublisher Crestline Books

Although truck efficiency and performance are priorities for operators and drivers, their pride in their vehicles shows itself in the way that so many are customised and decorated. Ferdy De Martin & Xavier Stefaniak have selected 29 examples of currently...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781466941311Author Mark RoehrigFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613257005Author Matt StoneFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908347046Author Peter HenshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Nostalgia Road Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing