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Where there’s muck… Five new trucks and trailers costing some £1.5 million to haul waste around 60 miles each a day from a recycling centre in Islington, north London just five miles up the road to a waste processing plant in Edmonton. That said, these roads are heavily congested and safety has to be of…

Forthcoming changes to the Low Emission Zones, (LEZ) and the Direct Vision Standards, (DVS) mean have resulted in Brinor International Shipping & Forwarding buying four new FH 6×2 tractor units, including one 460hp FH with I-Save. The freight business has a strong, established relationship with the Swedish manufacturer, having bought Volvo trucks for the best…

The COIVD crisis has not been totally bad news for everyone. Some companies have actually benefited from the pandemic.  One such example is parcel delivery company, DPD UK. So busy has DPD UK been since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic that shortly after confirming its 2020 requirement for 50 new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units…

Sometimes you need a bit of luck.  That’s what happened for Truck Sales Executive Martin Kemsley at Mercedes-Benz dealer, Sparshatts.  The Salvatori Group opened an additional depot in Sittingbourne, Kent on the town’s Eurolink Industrial Estate alongside the Mercedes truck dealer. That’s a solid introduction, but you still have to close the deal – Salvatori…

After struggling with poor reliability from their existing truck manufacturer for many years, Michael Whelan decided to try a Mercedes Actros in 2013.  Owner of specialist boat transport company, South West Boat Transport,  Whelan found the reliability so much better he bought another in 2017.  Nearly three years on sees the company invest in a…

The fact that McLaren chose Volvo Trucks for their fleet comes as no surprise, as the race team have already used Volvo trucks in the past, check out our news report on them coming up for sale Fancy an Ex-McLaren Volvo? What is news is that a race team with just two cars on the…

City West Commercials managed to get a couple of ‘Approved Used’ trucks into the fleet of ‘Driven by Me’ which gave the brand the opportunity to impress the owner and drivers alike. Traditionally a Swedish truck fan the driver, Steve Garnier, has been blown away by his new Mercedes-Benz, an Actros 2548 BigSpace tractor unit….

Reliability issues for the (nameless) outgoing brand saw Renault Trucks get a foothold into North Yorkshire bulk carrier John Petch Transport’s fleet. Thompson Commercials in Hull pounced on the opportunity to sell a top-spec’ Renault Trucks Range T520 High into the fleet of 25 tractors and tipping trailers. Founder John Petch has a mutually respected…

So, Volvo have launched a ‘Limited-Edition’ version of their FH tractor unit.  Nothing radical there – it happens all the time.  What makes it slightly more confusing is that they chose to call it the ‘Unlimited Edition’. Oh well, stranger things happen at sea. What is interesting is the charitable aspect of the offer.  In…

For many smaller truck fleet operators there is still a great deal of pride in the business and the trucks themselves.  Nowhere is this more evident than at Bridgend bulk haulier, Tony M Rees.  The family firm, approaching its twentieth year of operation, has a beautifully designed and maintained fleet of eight trucks.  With an…

Getting 11mpg from a brand new tractor unit out of the box is impressive by any standard. With a general haulage brief, replacing trucks that were achieving 9.5mpg, the two Volvo FH460 trucks fitted with I-Save, Volvo may be a more common brand in Premier Logistics’ mixed fleet of 50 trucks. The Truck Spec The…

Leading the market for 25 years in a row is something that most people would shout about.  It appears that DAF Trucks are no different. With more than 30% of the UK market for trucks over 6 tonnes GVW, the company seems to go from strength to strength in the UK. It assembles all its…

Reliability, driver comfort and fuel efficiency were the requirements for Derbyshire-based Longcliffe Quarries, supplier of calcium carbonates. The company has taken delivery of 10 new Volvo trucks, with its order comprising of eight FH 6×2 tractor units and two FM 8×4 rigids. Configured for Payload The firm specified the FH tractor units with Globetrotter cabs,…

Check out the spec of Ontime Logistic’s flagship 625HP Actros 2663 with a tag axle for container logistics at Truckpages UK

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.

Entering into the world of truck operation is no mean task. Especially when the company bosses have not run any HGV transport before.  In fact, only eighteen months earlier, the bosses of Forge Logistics had never run a van operation – in civvy street that is. Ex-servicemen Jamie Keen and James Rose-Shaw have recruited their…

Here’s a special edition truck from DAF that’s unlikely to grace the sales floors of their UK dealers.  The Unity special edition XF is meant to bring all the countries of Europe together with the country-specific colouring on the front of the cab. In light of the UK leaving the EU, (yes, remember Brexit?) it…

Hot on the heels of a deal for 20 Renault Trucks Range T tractor units, announced back in April, FreshLinc Group has now ordered a fresh batch of Mercedes Actros tractor units after just four weeks of setting an Actros demonstrator on the road it had followed-up with an order for 14 identical trucks. The…

Another haulier has opted for a new Volvo FH with I-Save technology in an attempt to reduce fuel bills. I.T.S. Transport’s new FH uses Volvo’s D13TC Euro-6 Step D engine with turbo-compounding and updated fuel-efficiency features.  With more torque available, less acceleration and fuel are needed to keep a steady speed in motorway traffic, making…

Listening to drivers wishes and an eye on the bottom line has led to Brian Easey Transport adding a fourth Volvo to its fleet, taking delivery of a new ‘FH Lite’ with I-Save. This set up is the most fuel-efficient 44-tonne tractor unit in Volvo’s truck range. The FH with I-Save combines the D13TC Euro-6…