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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…

South Gloucestershire Council has taken delivery of seven new Volvo FMX 330 6×4 and two FMX 330 4×4 rigids, each mounted with a snow plough and gritting body. Supplied by Stuart Pearce, EV & Fleet Solutions Manager at Truck and Bus Wales and West, the nine new FMXs join a 45-strong HGV fleet, 15 of…

Gritters don’t tend to be replaced too often, as they tend to work for a few weeks a year – especially the specialist 4×4 trucks that can’t be as readily repurposed for the (warmer) rest of the year. With the new emissions requirements in London councils are having to change their gritters and so are…

With some 40 Mercedes gritters on their fleet, loyal Mercedes Trucks customer, Worcestershire County Council has upgraded to three new Arocs models, sending the outgoing trucks to the auctions for sale. Local Council Buys Locally Local Dealer group Rygor Commercials has supplied three new-generation Mercedes-Benz Arocs 2630Ks with ground-breaking MirrorCam technology instead of conventional mirrors…

While the country is basking in temperatures above 30 degrees, there are businesses preparing for the colder weather to come. One such company is Econ Engineering Ltd. – the UK’s largest manufacturer of gritters and salt spreading vehicles.  They have taken delivery of eight new DAF LF 260 ‘Construction’ 4×2 rigid dry-spreaders with the extended…