GTG presents 'Best Kept Truck' at Truckfest 2010
Truckfest Scotland is the largest Haulage & Logistics event north of the border, and the two-day event was held this year at the Royal Highland Showground in Ingliston on the 31st July and 1st August. Sponsored by Transport News and Fruehauf, the event is home to hundreds of exhibitors’ stands and thousands of trucks, ensuring that all visitors from within the Haulage & Logistics industry can witness all the very latest exhibits of what the industry has to offer. This includes the very best operators in Scotland, and the latest trucks, trailers and component manufacturers, alongside service operators.
Along with all this was the excitement in the main arena. The arena was this year sponsored by T.O.M Airdrie, and featured a Truckfest debut from the exhilarating, big jumping Broke FMX bike display. In addition to this, Bigfoot 17 and Slingshot were battling it out in front of huge crowds with their immense horsepower, high-octane monster truck display. The entertainment did not stop there however, with the largest ever display of emergency vehicles in Scotland and their blues and twos, and RRRA recovery display showing how the emergency service deal with accidents on the road.
GTG Training were proud to hold an exhibitor stand at this fantastic event, as well as sponsor the ‘Best Kept Working Truck’ award. This was given to Stuart Nicol Transport, and announced at the truck parade on Sunday afternoon. We would like to congratulate Stuart Nicol on their success!
GTG Training’s exhibitor stand was a fantastic place to be on the day of the event, with a rigid lorry , a dual controlled car used for driver training and a marquee. The marquee housed a track and a remote controlled lorry, which was the classic GTG lorry but obviously, on a slightly smaller scale! Visitors were educated by demonstrations that showed the manoeuvres learnt on an LGV course , which included reversing around cones and into a reversing bay. This was opened into a competition by GTG to the visiting public, and prizes of mini remote control lorries were given each day to the person who managed to complete the manoeuvres with the least amount of points deducted for faults. GTG was also proud to host a prize draw for a satellite navigation kit, which was won by Neil Beltram of Neil Beltram Haulage.
Billy Hammond, the manager of transport for GTG Training, said: “GTG Training, and especially myself, are incredibly pleased with the huge success that Truckfest proved to be. We had more visitors to our stand than ever before, with our fantastic games and prize draws bringing in all the visitors. Since Truckfest, we have had lots of enquires about the Driver CPC and driver training courses that GTG offer, and it is a great feeling to see people taking advantage of the amazing facilities and training we hold.”
