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With 149 out of their total of 150 trucks wearing the three-pointed star, it’s clear that the Bartrum  Group are fans of the Mercedes brand. This relationship with Mercedes dealer, Orwell Truck & Van, has been underlined through the addition of twenty new Actros tractor units that join eleven that arrived late last year. Future…

Farrall Group have become a true MAN fan.  Just three years from the start of buying MAN trucks, they have just taken delivery of their first New Generation MAN TGX tractors and two new MAN TGE 3.5 tonne vans. The new TGX tractors, both 26.470 6×2’s with mid-lift axles and GM cabs, are eye-catchers in…

Things are looking positive for Volvo Trucks. They managed to break into an 18-strong fleet with one new FH last year – the first Volvo for ten years – which has just been followed by the delivery of a second FH with I-Save. P Harper & Sons was obviously impressed with the fuel figures returned…

A privately owned group of companies has been snapping up a series of Mercedes Actros trucks across their range of businesses – from low loader work to general distribution to the manufacture of heat exchangers. The latest purchase for the group was a 65-tonne, tag-axled Actros tractor unit is now in service with Poole Process…

From small seeds… So goes the saying, but it appears to be true for MAN Trucks and Northampton based Wreford’s Transport. As a result of a successful seed demonstrator vehicle back in the giddy days of 2019, the company bought ten MAN trucks in 2020 and have just taken delivery of their first of the…

It’s worth publishing this news piece on the strength of the images alone.  Even a cyclist would appreciate the look of these trucks – a credit to the designers and the way the extras have been applied sympathetically to the truck’s original design. The 15 Volvo FH500 Unlimited 6×2 tractor units, all fitted with I-Save…

It sounds like a lot of hard work has paid off for Intercounty’s Truck Sales Executive Amit Verma, beating the competition to a ten truck order. The buyer, WH Barley, quoted reliable, cost-effective performance from its previous Mercedes-Benz Actros, as well as Amit’s persuasive sales pitch as being instrumental in convincing the Milton Keynes-based firm…

It’s a start, adding one I-Save version of Volvo’s FH tractor unit out of a total order of nine new Volvo FH trucks. Unlike Maritime Transport who has just ordered 275 of the new-generation FH with I-Save, Fresh produce supplier Stewarts of Tayside has taken delivery of nine new Volvo FH 500 6×2 Globetrotter XL…

If you have bought lots of MAN trucks since 1992 then you get an invite to the New Truck Generation sneak preview event in Munich in October 2019 , pre-launch of the TG Truck range in February (2020) in Bilbao, Spain.  With a place on this event and you could place a pre-production order for…

Volvo’s new FH is now being produced in right hand drive form – so expect to see some of the more aerodynamic-looking trucks on the road later this month. Some of these could well be in Maritime Transport livery since they will be the largest FH I-Save operator in the UK shortly, after placing orders…

After three years of operation with a series of used trucks, Tonnes & Tonnes have taken the plunge and splashed out on a limited edition Actros Edition 1. This is understandable, as it will be driven not only by the owner of the business , but also his wife.  Newly-qualified Sonara Ferreira must be one…

It is testament to a solid product and business relationship with the truck dealer when buying a new truck requires almost no deliberation. That’s the case at Wellingborough-based Global Delivery Solutions with their recent acquisition of two Volvo FH500 I-Save ‘Unlimited’ special edition trucks. The general haulage firm placed the order after trialling a demonstrator…

Seems a doddle.  Simply order 5 new Volvo FH LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tractor units, fill up and off you go! It helps if you work next door to a flagship LNG refuelling site, of course.  Armstrong Logistics are in this fortunate situation, which means that they can use these co2-saving trucks without any significant…

“Had a good day in the office?”   “Yes, thank you, I’ve just taken Scania’s largest ever European order for civilian trucks.” We can only guess the scene, but an order for a minimum of 2,250 Scanias must have made someone’s day.  The order was won from Consortium Purchasing.  This is an operation led by…

You know a truck has performed well if it gets to 1,000,000 kilometres and the operator just goes to the dealer to buy a new one. No fuss, no shopping around, no back to back demonstrator trials – just go and buy a new one. That’s what metal component manufacturer and supplier, Folsana Pressed Sections,…

If you operate in greater London after the end of February, you need to consider the direct vision standards that are coming into force.   Check out the details here. This means a lot of aftermarket camera systems required for many. However, thanks to the manufacturer fitted MirrorCam system on the latest version of the Mercedes…

“More of the same” was the request from Wales’ largest independent operator, Owens Group when it was time to order 40 new trucks.  “And this time, we’ll buy them outright.” The company had recently bought 36 DAF XF480 6×2 tractor units in 2018 as was so impressed by the trucks and the service provided by…

When working on bulk tipping operations, payload is vital. That’s the view of Aggregates business Elliotts (Cheltenham), so when they opted for their first brand new tractor unit for some years, they needed a lightweight truck that has been on a diet. So, Adam Barnard, Transport Solutions Executive at Truck and Bus Wales and West…

You would expect the transport company that transports new Volvo trucks for delivery to always buy Volvo Trucks.  Although International shipping and logistics specialist, DFDS, has the contract, they say their 27 new FH460 trucks were bought purely on merit. The 27 new FH460 Globetrotter tractor units are all specified with Volvo’s intelligent I-See predictive…

It looks like the hard work by local dealer Renault Trucks Scotland paid off in getting a sale for Renault Trucks for the first time with ambient, frozen and chilled distribution business, JHP Transport. In addition to the sales effort on behalf of the dealer, whole-life cost including a comprehensive 300,000km per annum repair and…