What if the lorry would replace three other lorries and reduce carbon emissions? Denby Transport have been working on the lorry for some years now and have managed to make the centre wheels steerable.

A “superlorry” that is nearly 30ft (nearly 9m) longer than normal could be coming to Britain’s roads.

The longer, heavier vehicle is 25.25m (83ft) long. In comparison, a normal articulated lorry is 16.5m (54ft) long and a “bendy-bus” is 18m (59ft).

The owner, Denby Transport, wants to bring it to Britain’s roads because it says that for lightweight goods such as cereals and aluminium cans, conventional lorries run out of space before they run out of weight.

This new lorry would be able to take more of these goods, even though it would still have to respect the UK weight limit of 44 tonnes.

Denby says two of these new lorries could replace three existing trucks.

It argues that fewer lorries on the roads would mean fewer accidents and less CO2 emissions Source: BBC News

It appears that Denby have invested considerable time and money in producing a rig that can  steer and haul two trailers instead of one. The Uk Government are saying it’s illegal, and their concerns centre around the vehicle breaking down and towing two trailers, but surely each trailer could be towed individually?

This would make a superb trunking vehicle for a lot of parcel carriers and I would have thought that they would be throwing their weight behind Denby Transport.

Good luck Dick Denby and team, the prototype looks good and that’s been improved since you filmed the clip 3 years ago, just stick to the motorways…

What do you think? Would you buy one for your fleet?

Sarah

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