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After the surprise announcement that Laurence Drake is departing DAF Trucks after almost 23 years at the manufacturer, the company has announced his replacement. David J. Kiss is to be appointed Managing Director at DAF Trucks in the UK and will report to Richard Zink, Director Marketing & Sales, at DAF Trucks headquarters in Eindhoven….

CW Russell have been convinced that Mercedes have the right specification Arocs trucks for them. Having tried the first one just two years ago, Mercedes trucks now make up more than 50% of the 42-strong fleet as the specification and durability of the Arocs makes them perfect for the company’s work. The latest arrivals, three…

If you are buying a new tractor unit for long haul, it’s likely that you would want to buy the one with the best fuel economy. However, it takes time to try out all the makes and models on the market yourself – assuming you could get all the demonstrators in the first place. So,…

Scania V8 Heaven! It’s V8 Scanias for sale galore at the Euro Auctions sale in Leeds in the middle of June. The 2018 Scania Series 650S has clearly been kitted out well. It’s a rear lift with light bars and even a V8 number plate! If your budget doesn’t stretch this far, then there are…

After having moved away from buying Mercedes trucks, Northern Ireland based McGimpsey Removals have bought their first Mercedes tractor unit since 2017.  Instead of the usual 6×2 configuration seen with the StreamSpace cab, the removals truck is a 4×2 configuration and pulls a tandem axle trailer. In the removals business a truck will usually cube…

A Mercedes Atego has, until now, not been the chassis of choice for sweeper operation. There are plenty of DAF trucks and Iveco trucks cleaning our streets, but the three pointed star had been left out of the market.  Mercedes-Benz Truck Dealer City West Commercials has tried to break into this segment by joining forces…

Unlike for trucks, you can easily find the list price of a car. These are published online and automatically change when you build your own specification. Of course, there are sometimes discounts to be had for a canny buyer and also for fleet buyers. However, none of the truck makers make the price of their…

If you have invested a small fortune in buying an electric truck, the last thing you want is for it to sit idle most of the year as it is set up for gritting operations with a fixed gritter body. Econ Engineering has launched a new electric gritter truck which can be operated year-round, thanks…

Best Tractor Units for On-Off Road Applications It’s not just 8-wheel tippers and hook loaders that have to venture into quarries, waste depots and onto building sites. There are many occasions when a tractor unit has to venture ‘off-road’. That doesn’t mean scaling ridiculously steep slopes, but simply entering areas that require improved ground clearance,…

Just a handful of months after the trucks reveal at the IAA last September, the all-electric Fuso eCanter is rolling off the European production line. Mitsubishi Fuso’s parent company Daimler, (which it shares with Mercedes Trucks) threw a bash to celebrate the milestone. The event at the FUSO Europe production plant in Tramagal, Portugal, saw…

What do the two trucks on this week’s front cover have in common? They are both different makes, sizes, weights and have totally separate roles to play. The answer is that they can both be bought from G C Rickards in Wednesbury – see the advert in full on page 10. The first truck is…

Iveco has extended its DRIVEAWAY programme with three new Iveco Daily 3.5-tonne options. There’s now a selection of ready-built variant following interest from operators. These vehicles are available now from all Iveco dealerships at a ‘single invoice’ price and come complete with a 2XL Planned Maintenance Package which helps keep ownership costs predictable for operators….

That’s a lot of trucks of any type, let alone for trucks using the emerging technology used for electric trucks. Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell 1,000 electric trucks between now and 2030 to Holcim, one of the world’s largest building solution providers which includes Aggregate Industries and Lafarge in the…

View Full 2023 Year Truck Sales Figures Here UK truck registrations – fourth consecutive quarterly increase Let’s start with some good news for a change. There actually is a triple whammy of good news to the start of 2023 – the registrations of new trucks were up over 17% on the first quarter of 2022,…

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…

Best Tractor Units for High Payload Bulk Transport If your truck operation involves lots of short or regional distance, high payload journeys, the specification for the tractor unit that you use will be vastly different to the tractor unit working long haul. Driver comfort and space is of less importance, as the drivers are back…

There’s no dipping a toe into the water here. If you run a mixed fleet of trucks and vans, you may expect one of the diesel vans to be relaced with an electric version for work inside London. Not so for London-based premium drinks supplier The Drinks Club. The company has decided that replacing their…

Buying the right tractor unit for a job is not easy. No company makes a bad truck these days, so it often comes down to trying one or two for a while to test fully the product and the after sales support. It is exactly this type of approach that Iveco have hoped will succeed…

This looks like a proper test of an electric truck, no local lightweight work for the new Volvo FM Electric that’s heading to Chivas Brothers, one of Scotland’s leading Scotch whisky producers and makers of Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet. The company has delivery into service of Scotland’s first on-road all-electric tractor unit from Volvo…

The 2012 DAF LF55.300 on this week’s front cover certainly won’t win any beauty competitions, but it looks like a good workhorse and is heading for the GPSV sale online which closes on 26th May. Fitted with an Econ UniBody, it is a crossover truck that operates as a spreader in the Winter and a…