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Haulier awaits news of 60t HGV trial

Freight

19 February 2021
Denby’s Eco-Link: 25.25 metres long and up to 60 tonnes when laden
Denby’s Eco-Link: 25.25 metres long and up to 60 tonnes when laden

 

A road haulier is waiting to hear if the Government will authorise trials of a 60-tonne, 25.25 metre long lorry.

Dick Denby, non-executive chairman of Lincoln-based Denby Transport Ltd, has lobbied successive governments to permit trials of his eight-axle lorry, dubbed the Eco-Link (LTT 26 May 17).

The vehicle is known as a B-Double and features a tractor unit pulling two semi-trailers. 

The UK’s current maximum permitted gross lorry weight is 44 tonnes and the maximum length is...

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