Toyota Hilux: cruise control retrofit

Pickup work is mostly road miles

People picture a Hilux in a muddy field, but most of its hours are spent on trunk roads, often hauling plant, stock or a trailer of materials. Those drives are long and steady, the sort of driving where a held speed is worth having.

Towing at a careful pace

With a heavy trailer, keeping to a lawful, even speed takes real concentration. Let it creep and the trailer gets restless. Ease off too much and a queue forms behind. Doing that by foot for an hour wears a driver out before the day's work has even started.

Tough enough for a working truck

Our unit sources its data from the Hilux network, leaving no cable or actuator for mud, water or vibration to attack. Each pickup's unit is built in Chorley, Lancashire. Farms and estates running several trucks can order a batch, every one written for a particular truck.