8×4 Truck News (67)

This week’s front cover shows one of the three 2020 Scania P410 XT (construction spec) 8×4 tippers for sale at Peter Gilder’s . The trucks are fitted with Thompson bodies and on board weighers and easy sheets. With the passenger floor window, they are geared up for urban operation. There is always a huge choice…

If you are looking for a number of well-maintained 8×4 steel tippers, then You’ll need to join in at the Malcolm Harrison Prees auction on the 31st of August. there ia a whole series of 2019 Volvo FMX 410 8×4 X-High B-Ride Steel Body Tippers heading through the sale with top specifications and maintenance records….

Recycling and waste disposal expert, W&S Waste Management Ltd, will be adding twelve new Renault Trucks Cs to its fleet.  The company has taken delivery of three C460 8x4s with Boughton hook lift bodies, with nine more set to arrive later this year. These trucks form part of W&S Waste Management’s vehicle upgrade programme of…

Northern Ireland-based EJC Contracts has taken delivery of three new DAF CF450 8×4 32-tonne tipper grabs from MV Commercial, each equipped with Thompsons bodies and Palfinger Epsilon cranes. The new trucks follow an identical order MV Commercial supplied into the business last year and join a mixed commercial fleet of around 150 vehicles, which includes…

If you are looking for a number of solid Euro 6 8×4 tippers, then the Mercedes Arocs 3240 on this week’s front cover would be up your street – especially as it can be bought alongside a choice of sister trucks. Aircon and an onboard weigher makes life easy for the driver – and it’s…

Recycling and Waste Management company, Sparling Recycling, has added a new Renault Trucks C430 8×4 hookloader to its six-strong Renault Trucks exclusive fleet.  The latest acquisition, equipped with a Hyvalift Titan hooklift and Hyvalift “Easysheet” sheeting system replaces a 61-plate Renault Trucks Kerax, further enhancing the company’s operational efficiency and capability.  The new C430 joins…

Manchester-based, Roy Braidwood & Sons Transport Ltd, has taken delivery of two Renault Range C C440 8x4s with sleeper cabs, the first Renault trucks on the 35-strong 8-wheeler tipper fleet. The new Renault Trucks C440s, the first alternative to a rival manufacturer’s vehicles to join the fleet, are working in the business’ busy aggregate and…

Brown Recycling Ltd is no stranger to Iveco lineup with Daily 7.2-tonne, Eurocargo 18-tonne, and Iveco S-Way tractor units earning their keep on the Stoke-on-Trent company’s waste management fleet. The latest additions to its growing fleet are four new Iveco X-Way 8×4 hookloaders (AD360X42Z OFF). Finished in Brown Recycling’s signature brown and white livery, each…

Although the Fox group has net shared the economics of buying and operating new electric Volvo FMX tippers on their asphalt deliveries, it is impressive that the family-owned company is taking delivery of four new zero tailpipe emission Volvo trucks. The order comprises three Volvo FMX Electric 8×4 Tridem tippers – to be followed shortly…

Scrap metal recycling experts, Morecambe Metals Ltd, has added its first Renault Trucks C520 8×4 OFF ROAD vehicle to the company’s 8-strong fleet.  Fitted with a Hyva Titan hookloader body and pulling a tri-axle Muldoon roll on roll off hook bin trailer, the new 7-axle combination follows a Renault D18 skip loader added to the…

There’s a host of Scania hook loaders heading through Malcom Harrison’s regular Prees Truck & Trailer sale on the 3rd of February. Choose from 2015 and 2016 Euro 6 P Series and G Series cabs and a range of power outputs from 370 up to 490HP – the higher powered versions are fitted with a…

If you are looking for a heavy haulage truck, then this week’s front cover has the answer with a 2017 Volvo FH – this is the 16-litre top of the range model complete with an 8×4 driveline. With a test until November, the truck is available through the GPSV online sale on 24th January. Bidding…

A major supplier of aggregates, Smiths Bletchington, has added their first Tridem to its fleet, a Renault Trucks C440 P8x4*4 Tridem Off Road. Quoting the Tridem’s ability to offer exceptional flexibility to the company’s operations, the vehicle was also selected for the overall performance offered by Renault Trucks. Also joining the new Tridem are two…

London’s Gericia Commercials are showcasing a pair of their 8×4 tippers that are well suited to the export market. A tidy-looking 2003 Foden A3-8RT 400 SLP 8×4 Euro 5 with a manual gearbox plus a Euro 5 2011 DAF CF85.360 8×4 tipper with a heavy duty steel tipping body with modifications to the engine to…

Wembley – based Harringtons Builders Plc has added a new Thompsons-bodied tipper to its fleet, resplendent in an attractive all-over sky blue livery. However, it’s the technical specification that makes this truck quite a bit different from the tipper norm. Underneath the latest-spec Thompsons Loadmaster Lite bodywork (which for Harringtons includes a hydraulic AutoLoc tailgate,…

New initiative in partnership with Thompsons UK offers stock-ready tipper and grab loaders Iveco has launched a new Driveaway bodybuilder programme for the X-Way. Driveaway customers now have a choice of stock tippers and tipper grabs available on X-Way 8×4 chassis, with bodies built by tipper manufacturer, Thompsons UK. The tippers will have a single-skinned…

Biffa has taken delivery of four new IVECO X-Way trucks to bolster its fleet of over 3,000 vehicles. The quartet of new IVECO X-Ways (AD360X42Z OFF) join the fleet as bulk carriers. Biffa maintains around 400 bulk carriers to serve as the mechanical muscle for many of its services. Collecting large industrial waste units for…

Ellerslie T&C has praised MV Commercial for delivering a new DAF CF 450 tipper grab direct from its Ready to Go fleet, helping the utilities contractor to avoid lengthy lead times in sourcing the truck from other suppliers. MV Commercial came to the aid of the Glasgow-based firm when it experienced significant problems trying to…

The pair of MAN TGS 23.400 8×4 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…

Pegasus Group has taken delivery of 15 new tipper grabs as part of a major fleet refresh programme, extending its burgeoning relationship with MV Commercial. The 32-tonne DAF CF450 trucks, mounted with Thompson tipper bodies and Palfinger Epsilon M125 grabs, are joined by two new service vans. The replacement vehicles represent the latest specialist assets…