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Livestock nutrition company Harbro has put a 6×2 rigid drawbar unit with close-coupled three-axle trailer and two new Iveco S-WAY 6×2 mid-lift tractor units into service. The S-Way Specification The Iveco S-WAY 6×2 6.7m chassis (AS260S42Y/PS) is fitted with a 7.9m curtain sided body and is powered by the CURSOR 11 420hp diesel and tows…

Banbury-based A C Services were really impressed with a pair of used Volvo Trucks – so much so that they resulted in the company buying their first ever new Volvo truck. The brand new vehicle is a Volvo FM 460 Globetrotter 8×4 tipper which is the only new Volvo in the fleet. Supplied by Ryan…

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…

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…

What a great looking truck – and with both form and function, this drawbar demountable Volvo FM removal truck has clearly had a great deal of effort put into both (although reversing the drawbar trailer under two demountable bodies in a straight line would be beyond most of us mere mortal drivers). The Volvo FM…

The new IVECO T-Way has won the iF DESIGN AWARD in the Heavy Truck: Industrial Design category. Founded in Germany in 1953, the iF seal signifies innovative design, for consumers and the design community. An independent jury of 120 international design experts selected the IVECO T-Way for its outstanding innovative design, as it brings style…

Why bother with a V8 when a straight six is powerful enough? We talk to Ballymoney, County Antrim-based McConaghy Refrigerated Distribution Limited about their experience of running a fleet of 16 Scania V8s. “We are a team of dedicated logistic professionals who always do the right thing for our customers and their consignments. Our aim…

Totally Local Company Limited (TLC) had an exacting set of requirements for its latest trucks, and a pair of Mercedes-Benz Econics met or exceeded every one of them. The Stockport-based operator’s 32-tonne tipper-grabs were supplied by North West Dealer eStar Truck & Van and are now hard at work on a range of construction projects…

Electrical problems from their outgoing trucks prompted a change of truck supplier for Thame-based West Coast Haulage. It’s a big deal too, as the company is taking delivery of 60 Volvo FMX tippers in one of the largest deals for the new model to-date, making Volvo the main supplier to the 100-strong fleet. This order…

It seems that the tridem configuration is not only finding favour amongst companies looking for improved manoeuvrability for tight deliveries, but also in heavy haulage operation with the top of the range Volvo set up for loads of over 100 tonnes GTW. The latest example is Paul Chapman & Sons who have added a new…

If you need the manoeuvrability of a 6×2 but with a 32 tonne gross vehicle weight then take a leaf out of timber and builders’ merchant, North West Timber Treatments (NWTT) and consider the specification of an 8×2 with a ‘Tridem’ configuration instead of the more common two axles at the front and two at…

A top-powered 510hp 8×4 MAN TGS is heading for the valleys to the door of South Wales haulier M&M Greene of Gorslas, near Llanelli. It will be involved in delivering bulk loads of sand and gravels to and moving spoil and muck-away from local projects and building sites. M&M Greene’s new TGS 32.510 is one…

Nobody wants to wait months for a truck, so being able to get a brand new, bodied tipper in such a short time frame was important to Barrachander Quarry boss Calum McCrae. Of course, the trucks have to perform as well. Since McCrae has been so impressed with the reliability of the 8×4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs…

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…

Hereford-based aggregate, concrete, and landscaping products suppliers Radbournes have increased their IVECO fleet over recent months by taking delivery of another 8×4 Stralis X-WAY tipper and one Eurocargo 4×2 tipper. Coinciding with Radbournes’ 40th anniversary IVECO forms the mainstay of its aggregates collection and delivery business as it moves away from its solus fleet with…

There are some 260 commercial vehicles heading to Midlands-based BJS Home Delivery.  Not a bad number, considering some of these are to expand the operation and move into haulage. A mixture of tractor units, drawbars and high-cube vans, Renault Trucks Commercials will be taking on their maintenance as well. Key to the deal was the…

Building materials manufactured by some of the biggest names in the industry are now being delivered to sites nationwide aboard Mercedes-Benz trucks that have raised the bar in terms of safety and efficiency. Wincanton’s construction operations received their first 14 new-generation Actros models from East Anglia Dealer Orwell Truck & Van, a regular supplier to…

This is big news.  Scania have revealed their new V8 with more power and better fuel economy.  The new Scania V8 now takes the title of the most powerful truck in series production in the world with 770hp. Replacing the outgoing 730hp V8, Scania leapfrogs fellow Swede, Volvo with ‘just’ 750hp in their flagship FH750…

Every driver wants to be the owner driver of a Scania V8. Read what one ex-potato truck driver did to get his prize – a bright red, used Scania R520 at Truckpages.

As if a V8 Scania wasn’t at the top of most people’s truck shopping list, then Scania choose to bring out a new, flagship version of their S-Series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an engine. It shows the passion surrounding these machines that we can celebrate the anniversary of an engine. You would need…