Traffic Control Truck News (6)

Airport Autos are showing off their Mercedes Actros 1824 crash cushion truck that also appears in their advertisement on page 13. There is a choice of these important impact protection vehicles, all 2019 models with around 119,000 kms showing. Click to Read Page Turn Magazine Use the form at the bottom of the page to…

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….

A further 85 IVECO Eurocargo Impact Protection Vehicles (IPVs) and 3.5 and 7.2-tonne Daily traffic management vehicles are in production as the IVECO chassis helps traffic management specialist Blakedale keep its customers safe as they maintain UK roads. This comes at a time when Blakedale has just delivered its 220th customer IVECO, a figure set…

Northgate Vehicle Hire has acquired Blakedale Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of specialist traffic management and support vehicles. Blakedale is a family-owned business based in Chorley, Lancashire which over the past 30 years has built itself into the UK’s largest privately owned traffic management company.  Its specialist fleet of 334 traffic management vehicles range from…

It makes perfect sense for a council to buy the truck that is safest to use – especially when the truck is involved with erecting safety cones and other traffic management duties. That’s what Cardiff Council procurement chiefs did when they ordered two new Mercedes-Benz Econics to help traffic flow smoothly in and around the…

Most people looking at the front of an Econic would think “Refuse Truck”.  There are an increasing number of operators recognising the benefits in terms of cab access and all-round visibility that these low entry cabs can offer. Of course, they are not ideal for every operation, but one involving a crew and local work…