25m-long Denby 'superlorry' from Lincoln in trial voyage to Europe

“no way do we have the roads capable to cater for this type of lorry, we dont have the roads capable to cater for lorries as they are at the moment, fixed or articulated. as it is with speed restricted lorries holding up traffic all over the place you can imagine the sticker on the back of this truck saying (this vehicle is restricted to 20mph on a single carriageway & 40mph on a dual carriageway) things are bad enough on are roads & if people think the bigger capasity this truck can hold the less lorries will be on the road, WRONG. the only way to to get tens of thousands of lorries off the road each year is to put it back on the railway like it used to be via freight hubs & i might add it worked very well before.”

“@Jtn1963,

I don't think I'm missing the point at all - I see the potential saving and the resultant reduction in traffic that using bigger trucks might achieve: my point is that this truck is too big to be safe on our roads so I believe it an impractical solution to the problem given that adapting the roads to suit it is unaffordable. A single locomotive pulling many trailers of this size will beat the emissions arguments for trucks hands down every time - so if we're to invest in infrastructure to facilitate transport efficiency it should (in my opinion) be on the rail not road network.

@ 232425

You only uttered 2 words that made any sense - 'that's all'. And you a professional driver!”

“I think Bolshie you may be missing the point. Thes types of lorry would cut the amount of trucks on our roads, cut co2 emissions and save fuel. Please remember how your items that you buy at the shops in this country get there.”

“HGV drivers wouldn't have to overtake "idiots in cars" doing 50mph on a dual carriageway, 232425, if they stuck to the national speed limit for HGVs on that class of road. Which, as you should know, is 50mph.”

“to bolshie hgv drivers wouldnt have to use the outside lane of duel carriage ways so much to overtake if idiots in cars didnt use them to hold us up doing 50mph on a 70mph road, thats all .”

“A long truck is a technical marvel...sad is a better description, its just a publicity stunt that still leaves Denby a million miles behind Eddie Stobart.”

“What concerns me most is how many redundancies would this create ?”

“Whats the point other than to make the haulage firms more money,the trucks we have now are too big for our smaller A-roads and city streets as it is.”

“I agree with you Gnome_Chomsky, technical marvel it might be but I still think it better suited to wide, long, empty motorways such as those in the USA or Canada. Not sure I like the idea of the driver having to use TV monitors as well as mirrors to keep an eye on his perimeters whilst operating all those controls!

Centralised organisation of freight haulage to minimise transport of fresh air would be a great idea”

“The Denby truck is actually a technical marvel, with steered wheels on the first trailer. It also has video cameras to supplement the driver's view from his mirrors.

The argument is that bulky but lightweight loads could be transported this way cheaper - yes, that means less drivers in some cases - whereas two or three cabs pulling toilet rolls or flowers are not fuel efficient of environmentally friendly.

I travel by road quite a lot, and I see an endless succession of artics with back doors open, to show nothing worth nicking, parked in laybys.

If anything, there needs to be a centralised contract system to ensure fewer empty trucks driving around the country looking for their next load.”