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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…

Volvo Trucks beat the competition to a deal, with a new, 8×2 Volvo FM replacing a competitor’s vehicle on a small fleet of just four trucks. The deal was done on the back of the local dealer’s excellent support of the company’s existing Volvo, making the decision to buy a new Volvo easy for KPH…

Our roads are set to become much cleaner and quieter as Volvo Trucks start their sales of heavy-duty trucks for delivery next year.  With the major industrialised countries becoming more focused on their emission targets, and vying to be the greenest, reducing emissions from road transport could have a significant effect on our environment.  At…

Not a headline you thought you would ever see, let alone want to read.  However, the introduction of the I-Shift transmission back in 2001 was a bit of a game changer. Prior to this time, most drivers had to manhandle manual gearboxes with some 16 or 18 speeds with range changes and splitter switches.  It…

Everyone likes a shiny new fire truck.  It seems that Volvo is no exception.  The company is after the lion’s share of Europe’s 3,000 new fire trucks built each year with the launch of two suitable variants of the FM and FMX. Crew Cab Fire Trucks The new Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks are…

You know a truck has performed well if it gets to 1,000,000 kilometres and the operator just goes to the dealer to buy a new one. No fuss, no shopping around, no back to back demonstrator trials – just go and buy a new one. That’s what metal component manufacturer and supplier, Folsana Pressed Sections,…

If you would have asked me even just ten years ago what the chances would be of an online book retailer supplying devices that help the driver to control heavy duty trucks, I would say zero. How wrong I would be.  It seems that Amazon are taking over every aspect of the world.  From your…

Every company has different reasons for buying a particular truck.  Sometimes it is based on the relationship with the local dealer, other times on fuel economy, and often purely on price. Nuneaton-based ASB Transport is no different, but a key motivation for buying Volvo (again) is the higher residual value compared to the competition. The…

Volvo Trucks dealers across the UK have begun taking orders for the company’s new generation of heavy commercial vehicles. The Volvo FH16, Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX benefit from a new, flexible user interface with a digital instrument panel, whilst the FM and FMX models have new cabs that give the driver more…

There’s plenty of talk of battery electric trucks, hybrid trucks and fuel cell trucks of the future.  However, these still aren’t realistic for 44 tonne trunking operations.   A UK-based operator has found a way to cut CO2 by as much as 80% using technology that is already available AND can be used on trunking operations…

Always good to get a big name on board, and none are larger in the world of logistics than Wincanton.  Volvo has managed to get a competing manufacturer’s vehicles replaces on the Wincanton fleet with two new Volvo FM 8×2 tankers to work within its milk delivery division. The trucks were supplied on a five-year…

Only Volvo Trucks could provide an 8×4 tipping chassis with a lifting rear drive axle.  No other manufacturer offers a truck in this configuration from the factory. This has led Cambridgeshire-based G. Webb Haulage to buy its first Volvo truck since 2011 – a Volvo FM 8×4 rigid. Why have a lifting rear axle on…

If you want to see how the underside of a bridge is looking and you don’t want to put up scaffolding etc, then a clever German machine attached to a truck can make this a lot more straightforward. The truck that accommodates the access platform system has to have a heavyweight front axle, a 5.6m…

Buyers of Volvo 8×2 and 8×4 chassis until the end of the year can take up a reduced price maintenance offer, costing £100 per month over either three or five years. It allows new truck buyers to select between a Volvo Gold Contract over 36 months, or a Volvo Blue Contract over 60 months. Volvo…

Getting 11mpg from a brand new tractor unit out of the box is impressive by any standard. With a general haulage brief, replacing trucks that were achieving 9.5mpg, the two Volvo FH460 trucks fitted with I-Save, Volvo may be a more common brand in Premier Logistics’ mixed fleet of 50 trucks. The Truck Spec The…

Listening to drivers wishes and an eye on the bottom line has led to Brian Easey Transport adding a fourth Volvo to its fleet, taking delivery of a new ‘FH Lite’ with I-Save. This set up is the most fuel-efficient 44-tonne tractor unit in Volvo’s truck range. The FH with I-Save combines the D13TC Euro-6…

As an inner-city operator, LondonEnergy taking the safety of pedestrians into account is an overriding concern.  These safety concerns were at the forefront of the decision to change their preferred manufacturer from Mercedes to Volvo when the company bought nine 8×2 hookloaders to upgrade their complete hookloader fleet. The Volvo FM Specification – Built for…

As part of a range review, Volvo Trucks has brought out a totally new cab for their regional distribution heavy truck range – the FM series. The company’s focus was clearly putting the driver at the centre of the truck’s design.  Volvo believe that if an operator can attract the right drivers, then operating costs…

Most of Volvo Trucks’ sales are towards the heavy end of the truck market.  That is why the revamp of the FH, FH16, FM and FMX is so important to the company. The company has started the revamp with the driver in mind.  Whilst the guy behind the wheel may not be handing over the…

Two specialist Volvo FM crane trucks have been delivered by Volvo Truck dealer MC Truck & Bus.  Whilst the trucks are fitted with standard 460HP D13K engines, the build looks complicated. One of the FM trucks has a Tridem 8×4 layout – this means that there are three axles at the rear of the truck…