Volvo FH540 Trucks News (10)

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Owner operator David Boylan has taken delivery of a flagship Volvo FH540 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit, specified to combine the highest levels of driver safety and comfort while improving operational efficiency. Supplied by Jim Bergin, New Truck Sales Executive at Irish Commercials, the new FH boasts a striking silver and blue livery and will operate…

Volvo Trucks has entered a partnership with the newly founded organisation Girl Torque, in a move aimed at further promoting the vital role women play in the road transport industry and encouraging more to consider it as a future career path. Established by Aberdeenshire-based Ian S Roger driver Karen Sutherland in 2021, Girl Torque has…

ND Young Transport has calculated its new Volvo FH 540 6×2 tractor unit will save it roughly £7,600 per year in fuel costs versus the truck from a rival manufacturer that its driver was working in before. The haulier and sand and gravel merchant has recently added the FH, equipped with Globetrotter XL cab, to…

Volvo Trucks has made its debut at Huddersfield-based Hanson Logistics with the supply of a new FH 540 Globetrotter XL 6×2 pusher axle tractor unit, equipped with I-Shift Dual Clutch transmission. The new vehicle is operating exclusively on the firm’s long-standing contract with Baerlocher UK. Supplied by Jason Robinson, Area Sales Manager at Crossroads Truck…

If it’s your 25th work anniversary, then a brand new Volvo FH540 Globetrotter beats a watch hands down. That’s what happened for driver, Chris Thomas, after 25 years driving at Trevor Pye Transport. First Volvo Truck in Five Years The Shropshire-based business has a long history with the Swedish manufacturer but hasn’t added any new…

Some kind of recognition is welcome after 40 years of service.  Forget a card and a nice watch in a gift box, long-standing driver, Gary Hughes, who has worked for the business for more than 40 years just got himself a brand new Volvo FH540. Working for Mid Glamorgan-based Alan Price & Sons, Gary gets…

When faced with an impressive menu in a good restaurant, many of us think ‘I could just eat it all’. It seems a similar thing happened when the boss of Leicester-based Aylestone Transport was browsing the available options on the Volvo FH menu.  Bodge Aylestone Ward, Managing Director of Aylestone Transport literally ordered it all….

Hereford-based haulier Bayliss Bros has been blown away with the fuel figures of its new Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter 6×2 tractor unit, equipped with Volvo’s I-Shift Dual Clutch transmission. The latest model FH – with updated styling, enhanced fuel-saving features and interior – has only recently arrived at the business, but the initial mpg return…

When working on bulk tipping operations, payload is vital. That’s the view of Aggregates business Elliotts (Cheltenham), so when they opted for their first brand new tractor unit for some years, they needed a lightweight truck that has been on a diet. So, Adam Barnard, Transport Solutions Executive at Truck and Bus Wales and West…

It’s great to read a good news story.  The current pandemic may have done one positive thing – build up the image of the transport industry in the eyes of the general public.  Who would have thought that our drivers and key transport workers would have enjoyed admiration upon levels approaching that of the NHS…