First big Truckfest of the summer season

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Over 3,000 trucks were on show at Peterborough, the UK's largest Truckfest of the year 

 

 

One of the UK's top recovery operators    CMG  and long time friend Mark Cowan at the controls of one of his Rotators  and a small selection of his fleet on UK and European Recovery and repatriation work 

 

 

Part of the Crouch Recovery fleet ... Dave Crouch has the largest private collection of historic and military tow trucks and heavy haul units in the country 

 

 

 

A pair of N R C s  from the Statham Group

 

A beautiful Scania  fitted with a knuckle boom crane    a very popular application in Europe 

All the paintwork and graphics are  airbrushed

 

 

 

Another fine airbrushed Scania 

 

 

A couple of rotators  from the Neil Yates  group,  a large operation located just south of  London 

 

 

A selection of trucks from Lantern Recovery....located just north of London  serving one of the busiest motorway networks in the country 

 

One of Neil Yates  newest tractors  fitted with a mighty 75 tonne/ metre  knuckle boom crane and 3 inch pin   5th wheel  used  with a 5 axle trailer for heavy haul work 

 

 

A 4 axle rigid  with slide off body  and knuckleboom crane 

 

 

 

More knuckle boom cranes....

 

A customised van  travelled to the show  from Austria  over 1000 miles    a fabulous airbrushed paint job 

 

 

 

 

 

A truck and trailer  travelled from Poland    the airbrush theme is to commemorate the polish pilots that fought and lost their lives in the Battle of Britain ...

 

 

My dear friend.... Dave Bland  a prominent tow truck builder in the UK  joining us for the show  weekend with his latest creation,  a stunning custom v rod ...

 

Another pic of Dave infront of my Pete and trailer

 

 

The Lantern Recovery  truck racing team.....