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Renault Trucks has revealed an all-electric line-up for waste and recycling operations at the Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) at the NEC in Birmingham. Making its UK debut was the new 26 tonne E-Tech D Wide 6×2 low entry cab with bus-style folding door and low step height for ease of entry and exit. …

Electric trucks are perfectly suited to refuse trucks work. Councils typically work to a green agenda. These two points alone should mean that the UK’s refuse truck fleet will be amongst the first to be totally electric. The only sticking point is the cost and therefore typical lifespan of these types of trucks. They are…

The Mercedes Econic has been built for some 25 years now. Starting off life as a 4×2 18 tonner for municipal applications, the model range has grown, as have the number of applications that the truck finds itself suited to. The low entry crew cab makes it ideal for many urban operations. Future developments see…

If you are thinking of buying a recovery truck, it’s worth looking at why other operators specify the truck that they have. Kingsbridge Auto Repair & Rescue have recently taken delivery of their third Fuso Canter, so they must be fans. Their new truck is plated at 7.5 tonnes, but with its 2.5 tonne spec…

Operators that need a new truck in a hurry are more likely to shop around for a good product that is available in a decent timescale. That’s how Volvo came up trumps when Sittingbourne-based JBS Haulage Contractors were looking to source a new truck to expand the fleet. As a result of the availability of…

DAF Trucks have managed to change from being a minority supplier of trucks to Freeland Freight to their majority supplier in recent years. To further strengthen this relationship, the company has bought four new DAF XG 530 6×2 tractor units (with ‘FTG’ axle configuration) for use on its long-haul work across the UK. The ‘Granite…

No better reason to replace a truck with an almost identical one – simply that the outgoing truck performed seamlessly for twenty years. That’s what South Wales builders’ merchant Undy Building & Timber Supplies did when replacing their old Mercedes Atego with a new one from Euro Commercials. The outgoing, Atego Still going strong with…

CW Russell have been convinced that Mercedes have the right specification Arocs trucks for them. Having tried the first one just two years ago, Mercedes trucks now make up more than 50% of the 42-strong fleet as the specification and durability of the Arocs makes them perfect for the company’s work. The latest arrivals, three…

After having moved away from buying Mercedes trucks, Northern Ireland based McGimpsey Removals have bought their first Mercedes tractor unit since 2017.  Instead of the usual 6×2 configuration seen with the StreamSpace cab, the removals truck is a 4×2 configuration and pulls a tandem axle trailer. In the removals business a truck will usually cube…

Sounds like a conquest sale to us. Not a single Volvo bought by Coventry-based Lawton Tubes for over 100 years then, thanks to Rory Kelly, Transport Solutions Executive at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East, a new Volvo FM 6×2 rigid joins the 12-strong fleet.  The rigid is mounted with a SlidaFlex body,…

Transporting heavy plant machinery around the Highlands means that the truck has plenty of work to do. This means it has to be reliable and powerful. Following the wishes of the driver, Campbell Plant Hire went for a new Volvo FH 540 sleeper cab 6×2 tractor unit. The new truck replaces a vehicle from a…

Prepare to see more and more electric refuse vehicles on the roads of our Towns and cities. Enfield Council’s duty cycle of just 50 miles a day for refuse collection is perfect for full BEV operation, even bearing in mind the additional power requirements of the compactor for waste use. As you would expect, the…

Cast your minds back to last Summer with our 40 degree days and boiling hot nights and you can understand why operators are considering the welfare of their drivers sleeping in cabs overnight – especially with two to a cab! There is a solution to the problem that does not involve burning fuel and that’s…

It looks like Sparks Commercials’ Roger Millett will never struggle to get a reference, that’s if the glowing recommendation from Wiltshire-based Westbrook Commercials Ltd is anything to go by. The company has bought a new 65 tonne Renault Trucks T520 High 6×2 tag to its low loader fleet with a further T520 High 6×2 midlift…

Have you only ever bought used trucks for your fleet? It is certainly a leap of faith, as a used truck buyer is typically entrenched in the belief that a truck in its second life makes more economic sense. Looks like Paul McNicholas, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials has done a great job…

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd have just sold their 150,000th vehicle in the UK. The truck, a special build TGX Individual Lion S Tractor, will be operated by family-owned Gateshead based Templeman Retailing & Vending Ltd. Upon hearing that his new truck was the 150,000th MAN vehicle sold in the UK, Neil Templeman, Company…

Family-owned Billericay based haulier Hammond Transport has recently taken delivery of a new fleet flagship, a new MAN 26.510 TGX 6×2 tractor with MAN’s OptiView mirror-replacement system and the top of the range GX cab. Cameras Better than Mirrors? Already proving a huge hit with the driver, the OptiView system replaces all conventional mirror arms…

Aberdeenshire haulier, William Nicol (Aberdeen) Ltd., has welcomed into its growing fleet two New Generation DAF XG+ 530 six-wheel tractor units with DAF’s ‘FTG’ 6×2 mid-lift axle configuration. The trucks have proven to be exceptionally productive, with the tanker operator already placing an order for two same-spec vehicles set to be delivered in 2023. Supplied…

Getting a used truck sold into a fleet should better than giving a long-term demonstrator. That’s just what happened with Mor Cross Transport. Once of their (non-Iveco) truck broke down and the company was desperate for a replacement. You can usually find a late Iveco tractor unit for sale at short notice and this case…

We often read that it’s all about the fuel economy, but if you have bad driver – or no drivers then the fuel economy is irrelevant. That’s why family business G. S. Davies & Son has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH Globetrotter 6×2 tractor unit and fitted it with Volvo’s Drive++ package to…