Volvo FMX Truck News ( 39)

Oxford-based Smith & Sons (Bletchington) has returned to Volvo Trucks for a new batch of Volvo FMX tippers, following the impressive fuel economy the customer has witnessed in similar vehicles delivered in 2022. Supplied by Ryan Masters, Transport Solutions Executive, Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East, the latest arrivals – which directly replace…

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….

Seven Electric Trucks in 100 Truck Volvo Order Dawsongroup emc, a major supplier of self-drive vehicles on contract hire for the environmental, municipal and civil sectors, is investing in more than 100 new Volvos joining its fleet this year, including seven electric trucks – helping customers to gain immediate experience with zero tailpipe emission HGVs….

A full range of new Volvo truck models can now be powered by 100% biodiesel, offering another renewable fuel choice for customers looking to reduce CO2 emissions from transport here and now. Volvo Trucks is expanding its model offers adapted for biodiesel B100. This is yet another move in line with the company’s strategy to…

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…

Saturday 20th April sees these Volvo FMX tippers going under the hammer at Malcolm Harrison’s regular sale in Prees, Shropshire. These 2018 trucks with their DVS passenger windows look well cared for and are fitted with Easy Sheet systems. If you can’t make the sale, then check the phot lineages where Ruttle Plant Hire have…

Mining services business Orica UK has continued their long-standing partnership with Volvo Trucks by adding four new Volvo FMX 460 6×4 rigids to its fleet. The new trucks are equipped with MEMU mixing tank bodies that are used to make explosives for the mining and quarry industries. The business has been using the Volvo chassis…

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,…

There’s a Euro 6 Volvo FMX tipper on the front cover of this week’s Truckpages Magazine that’s heading for the Collard Group Fleet Renewal Auction sale organised by Malcolm Harrison on 26th September at Hook in Hampshire. The truck is fitted with Easy Sheet system and camera, whilst the body is fitted with twin underfloor…

If you are buying an eight wheel tipper that will spend a lot of its time in and out of quarries then you need to be sure that it’s tough enough for the job. Manchester-based O’Gara’s fleet is already 40% Volvo so they are familiar with the brand’s durability. To be doubly sure they have…

Volvo Trucks have sold an FMX tipper that has been wrapped in a ‘Coronation’ livery by the buyer, Wincanton-based Hopkins Estates. The new Volvo FMX 420 8×4 tipper’s special livery to mark King Charles III’s Coronation was put together by local firm Goodwin Graphics and features a specially-designed logo to commemorate the Coronation of King…

Volvo Trucks has supplied CEMEX with its first fully electric, zero exhaust emission heavy-duty concrete mixer. The battery electric truck marks the next step in the two companies global collaboration in deploying electromobility solutions. The Volvo FMX Electric will be operating at a ready-mix concrete plant in Spandau, Berlin, starting this month. With interest in…

Volvo Trucks has expanded its range of electric trucks, launching electric rigid versions of its Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX models. These latest additions make it possible to electrify even more transport routes in cities and regions, further strengthening Volvo’s position as a leader in electric truck transport. Thanks to multiple battery, cab…

To get a fully-built 8×4 hookloader inside a few months is no mean feat – especially a top brand with a Multilift hookloader body and VBG drawbar coupling. Thanks to a cancelled order and supplied by Paul McNicholas, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, that’s exactly what Manchester-based D Hughes Demolition managed in adding…

Waste-water specialist Universal Tanker Group has taken delivery of the first of a total order of 38 new Volvo FMX rigid trucks that are set to join its rapidly expanding fleet throughout the next 12 months. The business has experienced significant growth over the past few years and now operates a fleet of more than…

It looks like nearly all new trucks to be bought by Nuneaton-based Crown Waste Management will be Volvos over the next 18 months. The company has already welcomed four Volvo FMX 420 8×4 tippers to its fleet with a total of 16 Volvo trucks due to join its operation across the next 18 months. Supplied…

For a company that usually builds houses it looks like their first attempt at building a truck body has gone well. That’s what Aberdeenshire-based Malcolm Allan Housebuilders has done in turning its hand to bodybuilding and assembled its own design of multi-functioning tipper and dropside body for its new Volvo FMX 460 8×4 Tridem with…

Looks like a big win for Volvo Trucks. Converting a fleet of some 50 trucks without a single Volvo to one that will be a dedicated Volvo fleet must mean both the trucks and the dealer has performed nothing short of small miracles. Berkshire-based Shaw Group has taken delivery of one of its first-ever Volvo…

Volvo Trucks is introducing a range of new features that improves safety and driveability, supporting precision handling in tight areas and on bumpy or slippery roads – for example on construction sites. “Thanks to several smart updates of the I-Shift gearbox, we have managed to make a range of new functions available that improve driveability,…

Volvo Trucks is introducing a new safety system to detect other road users entering the blind spot on both sides of the truck. In busy traffic situations, it is difficult for even the most experienced driver to perceive everything around the vehicle. To increase safety and ease stress on the driver, Volvo Trucks is offering…