Used 12 Tonne Trucks:- With the appearance of a much lighter truck, but with serious payload allowance, a 12-tonner makes great business sense. With a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 kgs, the the body and payload allowance should approach 8 tonnes, compared to closer to 4 tonnes for a 7.5 tonner. The main difference is the size of the wheels & tyres. As far as similarities are concerned, they both need CPCs to drive them and O-Licences to operate them, so why bother with a 7.5 tonner when a 12 tonner is much better all-round?
This is exactly the decision that faces many own account operators who are venturing into operating a truck for the first time will ask. Perhaps the company is a wholesaler or manufacturer that has bought in transport or used vans to carry out their business and feel that they have outgrown both options. Of course, a company could choose to buy any weight of truck – there are plenty of others, 10 tonners, 16 tonners and, of course, 18 tonners. These are options we consider in other articles, but the 12 and 7.5 tonners look similar and are reasonable common…
You don't see many of these about. This ex MoD Foden tipper has come from the reserve stock. Looking at the mileage reading of just 8,000kms, this truck that first went into service in 2003 still looks factory fresh as far as the cab and the body are concerned. It's an all wheel drive 6x6 truck with a 360hp Cummins engine and manual Eaton gearbox. Gross weight of 31 tonnes giving a payload of around 20 tonnes.. There are a couple of similar trucks going through the GPSV auction at the moment that ends on November 23rd. See the advert…
This modern-looking line up on this week's front cover comes courtesy of Malcolm Harrison who is due to auction over 40 Scania and Volvo tractor units in the forthcoming Lomas Distribution fleet renewal auction on Saturday 18th November, starting at 9am. These late Scania tractor units are R500 and 500S models and are joined by powder tanker trailers, tippers, tipping trailers plus curtainside rigids and trailers. See the advert on page 20 for more details. Click Image to Read Click to Read Page Turn Magazine Click Image to Read Use the form at the bottom of the page to add…
The pair of MAN TGS 23.400 8x4 mixers have come straight from work and are ready for their next job. Both 2008 models, they have automatic gearboxes and low kilometres. If you are looking for a later or slightly smaller version, the seller, Plantmaster who are on the inside front cover of the magazine this week also have a 2015 MAN TGM 26.340 6x4 mixer that is also ready to go to work. It's rare to find a late, Euro 6 mixer available for sale, so expect this to be snapped up. Click Image to Read Click to Read Page…
The salesman sells the first truck, then it and the after sales support sell the subsequent ones. That’s the story with MAN and Commercial Refrigeration, Gaming and Leisure equipment distribution specialists Hadfields Transport of Manchester. The company has just added three new MAN Trucks to its specialist fleet. The new vehicles, all high specification TGX 18-tonne rigids joined the fleet thanks to the performance of the 15 MAN TGL 12-tonners. These were delivered into the operation in 2021 and also attracted exceptional driver feedback. The MAN TGM 18 Tonner Specification Hadfields Transport’s new trucks are all TGX 18.330 18-tonne box…
