Volvo FH500 Trucks News (23)

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…

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…

Volvo Trucks is launching a new, more powerful gas-powered truck that can run on liquified biogas. The new truck can carry out demanding, long distance journeys, while reducing overall CO2 emissions. Five years ago, Volvo Trucks launched its first trucks that can run on liquified biogas, often called bio-LNG, which is a renewable fuel that…

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…

Platts Transport has taken delivery of three new Volvo FH 500 with I-Save Globetrotter XL 6×2 tractor units – citing driver comfort, fuel efficiency and superb aftersales support as key reasons behind the order. The Wrexham-based business will use the trucks to distribute raw materials for sister company Platts Agriculture, as well as other general…

It looks a little odd – a truck largely full of axles, but there was plenty of thought that went into the design of West Coast Woodfuels new Volvo FH tridem. If you need a 32 tonner but space is tight for delivery, then a short wheelbase tridem appears to be the answer. The operator…

Just fancying a change is sometimes enough to get a deal done. After more than a decade with no Volvo Trucks bought by Bath International Transport, the company has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH 500 4×2 tractor unit, equipped with a Globetrotter XL cab because they fancied a change from their current brand…

If you have made it to the top of the sausage tree, then you can splash out on the trucks that distribute your meaty wares across the country. That’s just what sausage manufacturer James T Blakeman and Co. Ltd has done in taking delivery of three Volvo FH Globetrotter XL trucks. These three trucks are…

Maritime Transport has begun to take delivery of a further 355 Volvo FH with I-Save tractor units, adding to the 170 it already has in service and making the Felixstowe-based business the UK’s largest operator of Volvo’s turbo compound engine trucks. The decision to invest heavily in Volvo’s FH with I-Save follows the success of…

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of its Maldon Mill, Carr’s Flour has put a new gold liveried Volvo FH Globetrotter XL into service. Supplied by Dean Harriss, Truck Sales Executive at MC Truck & Bus, the new Volvo FH 6×2 flagship tractor unit is equipped with I-Shift Dual Clutch transmission and is powered by Volvo’s…

You want your technicians to be the best they can. The downside to this is that they could be open to being poached by other workshops – that’s a risk every truck dealership takes. However, an apprentice from Volvo Trucks dealer, Thomas Hardie took himself off and started a new business. As it turns out,…

Nobody reading this will be unaware of the UK’s scarce resource of HGV drivers.  That’s why Walkers Transport is investing in new Volvo machinery to ensure their drivers are as happy as they can be. The Volvo FH Globetrotter’s driver-focused working environment, plus the aftersales support from the local Volvo dealer, has led Walkers Transport…

Despite not buying any Volvo trucks ‘for many a year’, Dean Willshee, Owner of Willshees Waste & Recycling has started to order the Swedish brand once more with three trucks just delivered and a further two on the way. The Burton-based company’s recent deliveries are two FM 8×4 rigids and one FH Globetrotter 6×2 tractor…

Family-owned Warton Freight Services has marked 30 years in the haulage industry by putting a new Volvo FH 8×2 rigid onto the road, equipped with a 70-tonne/metre Fassi crane. The West Thurrock-based business has traditionally operated with vehicles from two rival manufacturers. However, it opted for Volvo for this flagship order after monitoring the performance…

Just one look at the pictures and you can tell how much work went into the specification of the Volvo FH. Everything looks right – built to do a job of work.  This comes as no accident, as the supplying Volvo dealer appeared to have pulled out all the stops to get it right. As…

After last week’s news of Melksham Transport buying their first Volvo in ten years, another ex-customer of Volvo Trucks has returned to the fold in the shape of Bradford-based Expect Distribution. The company has added six new FH 6×2 tractor units to its fleet, having been impressed with the fuel consumption of a demonstrator vehicle….

If you a re sending a truck off to the Black Sea for a couple of weeks, you need to make sure it’s a good one. Melksham-based Broughton Transport is putting its trust into a Volvo FH500 pusher axle for this work – and has designed the truck’s specification to get the job done in…

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…