6×4 Truck News (17)

Mining services business Orica UK has continued their long-standing partnership with Volvo Trucks by adding four new Volvo FMX 460 6×4 rigids to its fleet. The new trucks are equipped with MEMU mixing tank bodies that are used to make explosives for the mining and quarry industries. The business has been using the Volvo chassis…

It makes sense that if you like their road trucks, chances are you’ll be keen on their construction equipment. That’s certainly the case with Scotland’s Celmisa Plant Hire and the Volvo brand. The company has been buying the Swedish marque for some forty years and has just taken delivery of their latest purchase, a new…

A double drive MAN TGX 26.480 scheduled to go through the Euro Auctions Leeds sale on 13th September features on this week’s front cover. Resplendent in bright red, the 6×4 tractor unit is from 2011 and is fitted with a manual transmission. The 480 hp TGX is a popular choice, but most available are 6×2…

Fermanagh-based Monaghan Freight has taken delivery of a highly spec’d Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit, plated for 120-tonne operations. Supplied by Damian Kerin, New Sales Executive at Dennison Commercials, the new truck will be used to transport a variety of specialist loads, ranging from heavy-duty quarry equipment and excavators to transformers and generators,…

It looks like the electric tractor unit could be used across all applications eventually. A recent example of how the electric drivetrain is capable of viable operation comes as Volvo Trucks deliver an electric truck for heavy transport to a haulier in Gothenburg, Sweden. The truck can handle a total weight of 74 tonnes. Across…

If the truck is the right spec a the right price and no other manufacturer can get you one in time, then there is no purchasing decision to make. That’s what happened to Bridge and gantry specialist Nusteel Structures when looking for a 150 tonne heavy haulage tractor unit. After buying their first Mercedes Truck,…

Nationwide plant hire company, Ridgway Rentals Ltd, has taken delivery of two new 70-tonne Renault Trucks T520 6×2 tag axle tractors, with reliability, dealer location and driver appeal cited as the key reasons for the selection of the new vehicles. Supplied by Renault Truck Commercials, the Renault Trucks T520s, striking in Ridgway Rentals’ striking blue…

Colson Transport has put a new Volvo FH16.750 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit into service – handing the keys to one of the business’ longest serving drivers as recognition of his years of hard work. The waste disposal company runs a fleet of around 80 commercial vehicles, the vast majority of which have been supplied by…

South Gloucestershire Council has taken delivery of seven new Volvo FMX 330 6×4 and two FMX 330 4×4 rigids, each mounted with a snow plough and gritting body. Supplied by Stuart Pearce, EV & Fleet Solutions Manager at Truck and Bus Wales and West, the nine new FMXs join a 45-strong HGV fleet, 15 of…

Warrington-based United Utilities has taken delivery of two new Volvo FMX 6×4 tractor units with sleeper cabs, for operation with bulk tipping trailers on the bioresources side of its business. Supplied by Paul McNicholas, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, the new model FMX trucks benefit from the latest cab design offering superior comfort,…

It is an uncommon sight, truck operators deciding to change from leasing trucks to actually owning them, but it’s what’s happened with recently-renamed Express Utilities.The company has just taken delivery of four Arocs tipper-grabs that have become the first trucks to wear its new name. The trucks – two eight-wheelers and a pair of six-wheelers…

Long-standing Volvo Trucks and Volvo Construction Equipment customer, Collins Earthworks, has taken delivery of five new FMX 500 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor units for operation with ejector trailers from its headquarters in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Amongst the first new model FMX tractors to be delivered in the UK – they each benefit from the latest cab design with…

Sludge can build up anywhere – that’s why Sutton Tankers’ trucks have to have excellent manoeuvrability as they have a number of trucks on contract to Yorkshire Water transporting the stuff around. So, after a full-on trial of Volvo’s FMX in tridem configuration, Suttons Tankers has now taken delivery of 14 new Volvo FMXs, the…

Purchased to pull a specialist Nooteboom trailer loaded with a bright pink excavator, Waitings Limited’s new Scania 650S S Series heavy haulage tractor unit is plated for operation at 150 tonnes. A civil engineering and specialist plant hire business, Waitings Limited’s Scania is a double-drive STGO Category 3 heavy haulage prime mover and will join…

The latest addition of half a dozen Volvo FH16.750 Globetrotters XL trucks brings AB2K’s total to 20 top of the range 16-litre Volvo FH16 trucks on its fleet.  The company believes that could well be the largest FH16 fleet in the country. AB2K is one of Scotland’s largest providers of heavy plant and now part…

Taking a step to move away from a solus supplier after 28 years is a large one.  That’s just what North Powys-based family business, R. Keith Price Haulage Limited, has done.  After being increasingly dissatisfied with their existing supplier’s service, Renault Trucks came to the rescue via – of all things – Facebook. The company…

Operators of Scania 8-wheel tippers or double drive 6×4 tractor units of tippers will have the chance to specify a new truck where one of the drive axles can disengage and lift to save up to 6% on fuel. Other savings for the operator can arise through reduced tyre wear and improved turning circle efficiency. …