Volvo FH Tractor Unit Standard Truck News (46)

Palletline member HMT Group has extended its long-standing relationship with Volvo Trucks by welcoming seven new Volvo FH with I-Save 460 Globetrotter XL 6×2 tractor units. The deal ensures HMT Group’s articulated fleet remains exclusively Volvo. Supplied by Karl Davies, Customer Solutions Manager, Thomas Hardie Commercials, the trucks each feature a D13TC Euro-6 Step E…

Bath-based haulier Stuart Harvey Transport has taken delivery of a high specification Volvo FH 500 with I-Save Globetrotter XL 6×2 tractor unit. The stunning new truck is equipped with I-Shift Dual Clutch transmission and numerous creature comforts to maximise driving experience and fuel efficiency. Supplied by Mike Gill, Area Sales Manager, Truck and Bus Wales…

Now, this looks like a proper working truck. All too often when we see images of new electric trucks going into service they appear to be on lighter duties and may be part of a fleet ‘for show’. The new 44-tonne Volvo FH Electric 6×2 tractor unit operated by Bartrums on behalf of Boortmalt, a…

If you are about to buy your first tractor unit for your fleet would you push the boat out like Coleshill-based RS Transport? The company went to Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East and ordered a fully spec’d Volvo FH540 Globetrotter fitted with all the bells and whistles. The order was for a…

Volvo Trucks has become the first truck manufacturer in the UK to have four different models of low emission vehicle approved for the Government’s plug-in grant of up to £25,000 on new registrations. This follows approval of the FH Electric and FM Electric, both as 4×2 tractor units and with the maximum six batteries. The…

Owens Group has started taking delivery of 30 new Volvo tractor units, following the strong fuel economy and reliability seen in 60 trucks the manufacturer supplied to the company in 2021. Having returned to the Swedish marque for the first time since 2005 two years ago, the business has placed its trust in Volvo once…

Scotland’s W J & J Green has taken delivery of a high-specification Volvo FH16 750 Globetrotter XL 6×2 tractor unit – the second truck the business has added to its fleet from the Swedish manufacturer in 2023, following a 21-year absence. Supplied by Kevin Fraser, Transport Solutions Executive at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre North…

The driver of the brand new Volvo FH540 6×2 tag axle tractor unit must have been over the moon with his replacement for an older Volvo. That is until he saw the brand new FH16.650 trundle into the yard of Knutsford-based CRJ Services. Supplied by Mark Lingard, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, the…

Chester-based Farrall’s Group has taken delivery of 10 brand new Volvo FH 500 6×2 tractor units, building on its long working relationship with the truck manufacturer. Supplied by Mark Lingard, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, the new Volvos arrive as an expansion to the customer’s fleet, which is now 75-strong. Matthew Farrall, Managing…

With plenty of international work, the trucks at Marlow-based R Jameson Event Transport have to be well suited to plenty of nights out in all weather. The company was highly impressed by the quality of the Globetrotter XL’s interior and associated tech so much so that they ordered their first ever Volvos – two new…

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…

A neat-looking lineup of Volvo FH tractor units from the forthcoming Lomas Distribution fleet renewal vehicles in the next Malcolm Harrison Prees Truck & Trailer auction Harrison on Saturday 8th July. Many of the trucks are fitted with lightweight mid lift axles – perfect for bulk operations. They are being sold alongside a series of…

Global supply chain management company EV Cargo has taken delivery of 10 new Volvo FH with I-Save 6×2 tractor units.  Supplied by Jack Hulse, Fleet Sales Manager at Hartshorne Group, EV Cargo’s new arrivals are the first Volvos delivered to its Ashby de la Zouch depot in more than two decades, with the customer turning…

The old adage goes, it is cheaper to keep a customer than get a new one. Looks like someone messed up when supplying Prompt Transport with trucks and support.  Usually, if you’ve been a loyal, dedicated, solus customer for over twenty years, there has to be something fairly major to take all of your business…

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…

Just checking out their vintage Volvo collection shows that Sheffield-based Newell & Wright Group has clearly been big Volvo fans over the years. However, something changed back in 2013 (around the time of the introduction of Euro 6) which persuaded the 100-truck operator to change from a Volvo-only fleet, leaving the brand for no fewer…

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…

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…

If your major distribution site is right next door to a commercial vehicle dealer, there would be something wrong if the dealer’s brand did not feature strongly in the operator’s fleet. Looks like Thomas Hardie Commercials has done everything right as 90-year-old Edge Transport is operating a 90% Volvo fleet and has just added a…

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…