Real-world HGV mechanic knowledge from 20 years in the trade. Built for apprentices and mechanics who want practical fault-finding, workshop tips, and lessons you don’t always get in college. No fluff — just real experience from the workshop floor. My name is Craig Rowland, please feel free to comment or message me what kind of issues you have and I will be more than happy to help at any hour of the day 🤙🏼

Found this tucked under the passengers seat and footwell on its 6 week safety inspection. Can anyone guess why there is so many water bottles in the cab? 🤦‍♂️🤣

Driver complaint:❌ Pulling while driving❌ Steering wheel sitting off-centre❌ Constant correction needed on the motorway Hooked up the new JOSAM camera alignment system and straight away the numbers told the story 📸 BEFORE:➡️ Left toe: +27.6mm➡️ Right toe: -18.9mm➡️ Steering box: -23.2 AFTER adjustment:✅ Total toe: +0.6mm✅ Steering box: +0.1✅ Wheel sitting straight again Swipe through the photos and tell me… 👇 Which way would YOU expect this truck to pull from those initial readings? 👇 Always interesting seeing how different techs read alignment data before even driving the vehicle.

Which wheel nut is loose? Drop your answers in the comments 🤙🏼

Just uploaded a quick 1-minute walkthrough showing how I set up tracking alignment on a DAF LF using the JOSAM Cam-Aligner system. This is the type of real workshop content I’ll be posting regularly inside the community: - HGV diagnostics - Wheel alignment - Axle setup - Fault finding - Real job walkthroughs Sometimes seeing the setup process is easier than reading about it, so I thought I’d record this one while it was in the workshop. https://youtube.com/shorts/EvuwWt7HwXg?si=BcPOog62L-prhxox