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Well, this really is BIG NEWS in the Truckpages world. On this week’s front cover is the first ever fully electric truck to appear for sale inside the magazine. If is a fully electric, 19 tonne GVW (you get the extra tonne for it being electric) DAF LF E19 Electric with the 26ft curtainside body…

Logistics firm Keedwell Scotland has taken delivery of 11 new DAF LF 230 curtainsider rigids and two DAF XG 530 6×2 tractor units from Truckpages advertiser, Asset Alliance Group as part of a fleet renewal programme. The Glasgow-based company has a longstanding relationship with the commercial vehicle specialist and returned to the business again for…

If you are looking for a 12 tonner, then The MAN TGL12.180 on sale in Swindon at J&B Limited could be right up your street. It’s a 2016 Euro 6 with a 1.5 tonne Dhollandia column tail lift and, what’s best, there is a choice of them. You can have one with brand new curtains…

This week’s front cover shows a useful-looking Euro 6 10-tonne MAN TGL 10.180 curtainsider. With a huge payload compared to a 7.5 tonner but with the same outward appearance, this curtainsider would be a welcome addition to many fleets. It is available for sale at MV Commercial where they have a choice around 150,000 kms…

Replacing older, zero star trucks, it was important that the new trucks had to operate in central London over the course of their lifetime. With the all-important three DVS stars, the three new Actros bought by Platinum Transport Solutions are the Kent-based operator’s first trucks to wear the famous three-pointed star. The trucks were delivered…

If you are a truck manufacturer selling new trucks, it is a massive advantage to be able to supply them with a reasonably short lead time. This is where Renault Trucks has had an advantage – on top of the quality of service from their dealer, Border Trucks. As a results, Cumbria Logistics, palletised freight…

Sounds like a conquest sale to us. Not a single Volvo bought by Coventry-based Lawton Tubes for over 100 years then, thanks to Rory Kelly, Transport Solutions Executive at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East, a new Volvo FM 6×2 rigid joins the 12-strong fleet.  The rigid is mounted with a SlidaFlex body,…

Most operators will have to start taking small steps towards the electrification of at least some of their fleet over the next few years. One pallet distributor Mitchells of Mansfield, has already taken the plunge and has just taken delivery of their first Renault Trucks E Tech D Wide 18-tonne electric curtain-sided truck, supplied by…

Tiger Trailers started manufacturing and suppyling trailers to Zenith Trailer Rentals, the trading name of Contract Vehicle Rentals Limited, in 2021, beginning with one hundred tandem axle box vans followed by sixty tri axle curtainsiders finished in the livery of a well-known nationwide joinery and furniture end user. The relationship between Tiger Trailers and Zenith…

With the need to accommodate a wide variety of cargo types in urban areas JJX Logistics has specced up and built the ultimate Iveco S-WAY rigid capable of carrying up to 15 tonnes. The company is a specialist in time-critical logistics throughout the UK and Europe. Transporting a wide range of cargos for over 25…

With heavy drinks on board, a 7.5 tonner is not up to the task, but an 18 tonner is too large for daily drink deliveries to hospitality. The perfect compromise seems to be a 13.5 tonne Atego according to Dayla Drinks. Three new Mercedes Atego delivery trucks are helping the company get around in the…

Bridgend-based TDW Distribution has upgraded its fleet with two new Volvo FE 280 6×2 rigids which will be used to deliver goods into central London as part of a three-year contract with Rockwool Insulation. Supplied by Darren Padfield, Area Sales Manager at Truck and Bus Wales and West, the company’s new FEs have been specified…

Irish haulage firm BM Transport has welcomed the Tiger Trailers brand to its fleet for the first time following its order for 30 curtainsiders. The trailers were manufactured on time and in full by the OEM based in Cheshire and have entered service across the island of Ireland, the UK and Europe. BM Transport’s Managing…

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…

A successful business relationship forged over many years meant that North Yorkshire haulier Dowse of Richmond had no hesitation in returning to Dealer Bell Truck & Van for the latest addition to its all-Mercedes-Benz fleet.  The 26-tonner is the operator’s first truck from the current Actros range – an Actros 2536 variant, with flat-floored BigSpace…

Miniclipper Logistics has taken delivery of two new DAF LF260 18-tonne diesel 4×2 curtainsiders as it continues to re-shape its 70-strong truck and trailer fleet for the future. It is the first time the DAF brand has made it onto the solus MAN Miniclipper fleet but following an urgent need to grow its urban delivery…

Caledonian Logistics has ordered 35 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks in rigid and tractor unit form – their first Mercedes Actros order in five years, due in part to short lead times frrom the German manufacturer. The Aberdeenshire-based company’s 35 new vehicles are being supplied by local Dealer BLS Truck & Van and are the subject of…

So reliable was Gower Brewery’s first FUSO Canter that when it was finally due for replacement Director Chris Mabbett had no hesitation in returning to South Wales Dealer Euro Commercials for another. Established in 2011, the multi-award-winning Gower Brewery employs traditional methods to produce handcrafted, premium-quality ales at its base on the Crofty Industrial Estate,…

If you have been used to operating 3.5 tonners, then you would expect to get a much larger payload from a 7.5 tonner.  Unfortunately this is not always the case – unless you opt for a lighter chassis like the Fuso Canter which has a body and load allowance of over 5 tonnes. A new,…

Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ ability to supply a 26-tonne chassis with the low frame height that allows customers to maximise load volumes meant that when it needed a second truck to stay ahead of growing customer demand, PRM Green Technologies had no hesitation in choosing another Actros. The company, which operates from headquarters in Cannock, Staffordshire, provides…