A growing range of books and DVDs covering trucking in the UK, Middle East and North America from the heat of Doha to the cold of Canada’s ice roads.
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AEC Mammoth Major Mk III (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 642B
The Mammoth Major Mk III was announced in 1948 and remained in production for some twelve years until 1960 when it was superseded by the Mk V. Mammoth Majors are best known for their eight-wheelers which in the golden age of British lorries could claim to be kings of the road.
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AEC Mammoth Major Mk V and Ergomatic Cab Ranges (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 645B
The Mk V was announced in 1958 as a successor to the popular, but dated, Mk III. The new machine was not just a development of its predecessor – it was a completely new design from the chassis up.
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AEC Mandator (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 643B
This book deals with the history and development of the AEC Mandator range from inception to demise. From its earliest days AEC was an engineering-led concern that maintained close relationships with its customers.
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AEC Mercury (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 644B
In twenty-three years of production after it first entered service in 1954 some 40,000 Mercurys were produced, a tribute to the popularity of this medium-weight vehicle. The early Mercury weighed about 4 tons unladen, giving it a legal payload of 8 tons.
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AEC Mustang and Marshal (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 646B
The AEC Mustang was announced in 1956 to be built at the former Maudslay works near Alcester. This twin-steering six wheeler ‘Chinese Six’ model was rated for 18 tons gross weight, placing it in the medium-weight range.
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Alaska Highway (DVD) - Truckstar
Ref: 821D
There are three strands to this exciting video filmed in 1998 in the Canadian North-west. Firstly, the highway itself...
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Australian Heavy Metal (DVD) - Pete Connock and Martin Phippard (CP Productions)
Ref: 319D
Here you will see some superb examples of the haulage needed to support the continuing expansion of the iron-ore business on Australia’s north-west coast. Pete Connock has filmed some of the most exciting trucks in the world, operating between Perth and the Pilbara to supply the mining communities with their essential goods and to move iron ore.
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Cola Cowboys (Paperback) - Franklyn Wood
Ref: 595B
This vivid account tells the story of the truckers who were driving from the UK to the Middle East in the early 1980s. The journey was rough, tough, exhausting, dirty, uncomfortable and dangerous. Journalist Franklyn Wood reports that 'in the course of the one trip we are following, seven Britons died in accidents.'
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DAF at Work: 2800, 3300 and 3600 (Hardback) - Patrick W Dyer
Ref: 597B
Truck enthusiasts who have read Patrick Dyer's book Scania at Work: LB 110, 111, 140 & 141 will know what to expect - a wealth of photographs, some from the manufacturer, some from enthusiastic amateurs, supported by interesting and informative captions as well as longer introductions which set the scene for each model.
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Destination Doha (DVD) - Tony Salmon
Ref: 213D
Doha, capital of Qatar on the Arabian Gulf – five thousand miles from London with 11 countries to travel through and 23 Customs posts on the way. Blizzards in Austria, sandstorms in Syria; broken-down trucks to repair and bogged-down trucks to dig out of the sand.
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Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 1 (4-DVDs) - Princess Productions
Ref: 294D
The distinctive Eddie Stobart trucking brand has transferred well to television. The first series from Channel Five had seven episodes, including a Christmas Special. The series is complete here.
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Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 2 (4-DVDs) - Princess Productions
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In the second television series the boys and girls in black and green continue their high-pressure days getting the goods in on time. More nightmares: a crash on the M1; a runaway bull; country lanes in Ireland; a hunt for a liquid natural gas station; and will driver Fiona keep her nails perfectly manicured?
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Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 3 (4-DVDs) - Princess Productions
Ref: 313D
The popular observational documentary series featuring iconic haulage firm Eddie Stobart returns with more action packed adventures featuring their fans’ favourite truckers.
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Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 4 (4-DVDs) - Princess Productions
Ref: 323D
In the complete Series Four of Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers the team continues to mix glamorous assignments with the day-to-day work of trucking.
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Eddie Stobart Series 1 -4 (DVD set) - Princess Productions
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The complete series 1 - 4 DVD set, Ref 953S £69.95 including VAT
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Ford Transcontinental at Work (Hardback) - Patrick W Dyer
Ref: 667B
The Transcontinental was an audacious attempt by Ford to challenge the best heavy truck producers in Europe. Developed by a dedicated team of designers, based in Essex, England, the truck was a masterpiece of proprietary component engineering.
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From Moorlands to Highlands (Paperback) - John Corah
Ref: 650B
This book follows the history and development of Brian Harris Transport Limited, the original red, green and yellow liveried lorries that made the trek between Devon and Scotland at regular intervals for over fifty years.
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Heavy Lifting and Hauling (DVD) - Truckstar
Ref: 825D
Transport enthusiasts will be enthralled by the extraordinary items included in this new DVD by Dutch trucking specialists, Videoprofessionals...
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Heavy Transport (DVD) - Truckstar
Ref: 823D
Seven abnormal loads are featured on this absorbing 55-minute DVD filmed in Europe and the United States by trucking specialists Videoprofessionals...
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Hell Drivers (DVD) - Director: Geoffrey Unsworth
Ref: 876D
Ex-con Tom, played by Stanley Baker, has no licence and no option but haul ballast for Hawletts in this 1950s feature film. ‘Twelve runs a day or you’re sacked’, is the threat that hangs over the drivers as they speed their Dodge trucks along narrow lanes.
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High, Wide and Handsome: four exciting abnormal loads (DVD) - Pete Connock and Martin Phippard (CP Productions)
Ref: 272D
Pete Connock and Martin Phippard of CP Productions have recorded the movement of four exceptional loads by Friderici, Diamond Heavy Haul, Plant Speed and Brame P. The filming is detailed and the narration full of good information.
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Ice Roads (DVD) - Gertjan Houtman
Ref: 870D
This programme shows the road from Yellowknife to isolated diamond mines in the far reaches of the Canadian Northwest Territories. It is only open for two to three months a year during which some twelve thousand loads of fuel, cement and other bulk supplies are trucked across one of the most inhospitable regions on earth.
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Ice Road Truckers (DVD) - The History Channel
Ref: 890D
This immensely popular television series follows the lives of men working at the top of the world in a job that only a few would dare. The mission: to haul critical supplies across 350 miles of frozen lakes to Canada's remote billion-dollar diamond mines.
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Ice Road Truckers Season Two (DVD) - The History Channel
Ref: 204D
Ice Road Truckers has returned to our screens for a second high-tension season, but this time the job takes them even farther north, 100 miles inside the Arctic Circle. They are here for a new mission: to haul the heavy metal of natural gas drilling rigs not only on frozen rivers but also over the Arctic Ocean!
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Ice Road Truckers Season Three (DVD) - The History Channel
Ref: 229D
Season Three of the Ice Road Truckers saga has been given a new dimension with the appearance of Lisa Kelly. This former school bus driver and state freestyle motocross champion makes light work of handling her Kenworth W900 tractor trailer.
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Ice Road Truckers: the Complete Season Four (DVD) - The History Channel
Ref: 271D
Melting ice, whiteouts, punctures, avalanches, fatigue ... and that’s on a good day! Join Jack Jesse, Lisa Kelly, Alex Debogorski and the rest of the ice road truckers as they return in the fourth series of this hit programme.
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Ice Road Truckers: the Complete Season 6 (DVD) - The History Channel
Ref: 305D
Alaska, Manitoba, the Yukon and Canada’s North-West Territories have in common that the winter brings a frantic dash to supply remote outposts by way of the ice roads.
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Ice Road Truckers: the Complete Season 6 (DVD) - The History Channel
Ref: 305D
Alaska, Manitoba, the Yukon and Canada’s North-West Territories have in common that the winter brings a frantic dash to supply remote outposts by way of the ice roads.
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Ice Road Truckers Seasons 1-6 DVDs
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Ice Road Truckers 22-disks, complete Seasons 1-6 DVDs £99.95
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In the Driving Seat (Paperback) - Alex Heymer
Ref: 581B
Forty-four years driving for a living have given Alex Heymer a wealth of stories ...
Alex always wanted to be a driver, like his father, and learned at a very young age. During his national service he drove for the RAF, and then went on to trolleybuses for London Transport. He returned to London Transport later to drive RTs and Routemasters. He has lots of tales about driver shenanigans on the trolleybuses and buses.
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IRT Deadliest Roads Season One (3-DVD set) - The History Channel
Ref: 278D
Lisa Kelly overcame exhaustion, fear and unwanted attention when she became ‘the first lady in India to drive a big truck’. She and her Ice Road Trucker colleagues were up in the Himalayas hauling across the 13,000 ft Rohtang Pass.
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IRT Deadliest Roads : Season Two the Andes (4-DVD set) - The History Channel
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In South America there are only two kinds of truckers - the good ... and the dead. Lisa Kelly claimed that she ‘lost count of how many times we almost died’.
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IRT Deadliest Roads : Seasons 1 & 2 (7-DVD set)
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IRT Deadliest Roads Seasons 1 & 2, 7 DVDs in total £34.95 incl VAT Order 948S
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Juggernaut Drivers (Paperback) - Leslie Purdon
Ref: 554B
It's the 1970's. Trucker Dennis Richardson (Rich) revels in the laughter and camaraderie of his life on the road. He sets up a transport company, North Kent, with two pals. Benny is the one with the short fuse; Rich tries to calm him down - when he's not winding him up . . .
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Know Your Buses (Paperback) - James Race
Ref: 599B
Every day in all corners of Great Britain, buses can be found transporting the public for local and long distance journeys as well as sightseeing and school transport.
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Know Your Trucks (Paperback) - Patrick W Dyer
Ref: 582B
The Know Your ... series of books is ideal for novice enthusiasts of all ages. For this book, Patrick Dyer has selected 44 examples to show the wide range of truck types that you are likely to see on British roads.
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Leyland Beaver (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 647B
The Leyland Beaver name survived for over forty years from the first appearance of this distinguished model in 1928. Within ten years of its inception there was an almost confusing assortment of Beavers suitable for just about every task a lorry could perform.
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Leyland Octopus (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 648B
Rigid eight-wheelers with internal combustion engines were developed as a response to requirements and opportunities embedded in the 1933 Road and Rail Traffic Act. Although AEC was first in the field, in late 1934 or early 1935 Leyland was able to announce its Octopus.
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Long Haul Pioneers, The (Hardback) - Ashley Coghill
Ref: 596B
In 1964 Asian Transport, later to become Astran, pioneered overland transport from the UK to the Middle East, the 10,000 mile round trip that was to become a phenomenon in the haulage industry.
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Looking at Logging Part 1 (DVD) - Pete Connock & Martin Phippard (CP Productions)
Ref: 273D
Logging transport has a special place in the world of trucking. Vehicles are large, powerful and have to withstand heavy work day in, day out. Operating in demanding terrain on steep and treacherous mountain roads, log drivers are a special breed who develop a close bond with the vehicles in which they spend their lives.
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Milled from Golden Fields (Hardback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 649B
Graham Edge worked in the flour-milling industry for twenty years with experience in Rank Hovis McDougall and Spillers. He is also acknowledged as one of Britain’s pre-eminent writers on historical transport matters.
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Not All Sunshine & Sand: the tales of a UK - Middle East truck driver (Paperback) - Paul Rowlands
Ref: 605B
Paul Rowlands takes us into his world as a truck driver, initially around rural Suffolk and the rest of the UK, before embarking on the Middle East run. Here he recalls his hair-raising experiences - some of them humorous, some alarming - and the many friends he made.
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On Wings of Diesel: trucks, identity and culture in Pakistan (Paperback) - Jamal J. Elias
Ref: 665B
A colourful book full of information and superb photographs about what are perhaps the most outstandingly decorated vehicles in the world. Among other topics the book deals thoroughly with the trucking industry in Pakistan and the craft and meaning of truck design there.
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Power of the Past (DVD) - Brian Bell
Ref: 856D
Bill Kemball's 'Power of the Past' event has quickly established itself as one of the most remarkable field demonstrations of vintage agricultural and allied machinery in Britain...
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Roadscapes II : Landscapes of the Road (Hardback) - Alan Spillett
Ref: 662B
Artist Alan Spillett’s paintings of lorries have mostly been commissions from people who wanted a particular vehicle depicted for a personal connection. His scenes range from the days of the horse-drawn carriage to the trucks that thunder up and down our roads today.
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Scania at Work: LB110, 111, 140 & 141 (Hardback) - Patrick W Dyer
Ref: 577B
In the 1970s nearly every driver acknowledged the Scania 141 as the King of the Road. It was the most powerful truck of its day, the favourite for long-haul work throughout Europe. It set a standard for other manufacturers to match and it created a premium image for Scania that still persists.
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Special Transport (DVD) - Gertjan Houtman
Ref: 283D
Dutch transport companies have a world-wide reputation for moving heavy and outsized loads. This programme features the work of three specialists - Sarens, Mammoet and Saan
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Super Trucks (DVD) - Truckstar
Ref: 824D
For breathtaking truck decoration it would be hard to beat the contestants at the annual Shell Super Rigs competition...
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Transporting and Lifting Wind Turbines (DVD) - Videoprofessionals
Ref: 845D
Featuring Nooteboom’s specialised transport equipment including the ‘mega windmill transporter’, this film shows how the outsize components of wind turbines are transported by road. With footage from Denmark, Portugal, Holland and Germany ...
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Transporting Exceptional Loads (DVD) - Truckstar
Ref: 822D
Each of the exceptional loads shown in this programme was a project requiring individual attention and equipment...
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Trucking and Living in Canada (DVD) - Videoprofessionals
Ref: 820D
Truckers are among the skills in short supply in Canada. This programme is aimed at Dutch drivers thinking of working in Canada and it includes much to interest British drivers as well ...
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Truckers North Truckers South (Paperback) - Leslie Purdon
Ref: 560B
This is a story of a young man starting his career in road transport.
In 1945 17-year-old Shay becomes a trailer-boy on an Atkinson lorry that is noisy, cold and limited in speed. Driver Fred is one of the old school and knows the best cafés, pubs and all the tricks of the trade...
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Volvo F10 and F12 at Work 1977-83 (Hardback) - Patrick W Dyer
Ref: 608B
Volvo F10 & F12 1977 - 83 at Work follows the development of the highly successful F10 and F12 trucks, beginning with the N-series and ending with the legendary Globetrotters. The book is full of evocative photographs supplied by enthusiasts and drawn from the Volvo archive.
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Volvo F88 & F89 at Work Second Edition (Hardback) - Patrick W Dyer
Ref: 651B
This second edition of Patrick Dyer's book includes virtually all the photographs that were in the original publication and also contains 50 additional shots, many from the Volvo company archive.
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W Clifford Watts (Paperback) - Gary K Russell
Ref: 652B
The story of Wyndham Clifford Watts is one of humble beginnings and exceptional ingenuity; originally from Gwent in Wales, W Clifford Watts moved to South Cave in Yorkshire and, in 1937, bought a Model T Ford and began delivering farm produce.
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Where Do You Want This Lot? (Paperback) - Bob Rust
Ref: 653B
With a Dad as a lorry driver, Bob Rust’s memories of haulage go back to the 1930s. He became an apprentice motor mechanic when he left school in 1949 and by 1952 was driving for REME during national service.
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World of Custom Trucks, The (Hardback) - Ferdy De Martin & Xavier Stéfaniak
Ref: 604B
In this, your guide to outstanding truck decoration in Western Europe and the United States, you will see a wide range of approaches and styles. Eighteen of the twenty-nine trucks featured are from Europe, eight are from North America and three are from the UK.
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