Although expensive to put in place, there are many benefits to operating trucks with demountable bodies. These fall into two main categories – those needed for seasonal work, gritters for example and those where the loading or unloading time is lengthy. This added flexibility means that a truck could have two completely different types of body or multiple bodies of the same type in various locations. These specialist trucks are often replaced before the bodies so come onto the market effectively as chassis cabs as the truck with the rail system is no use without the matching bodies. If you can find a complete system or are lucky enough to have a similar system in operation, then you are in luck.
Demount Trucks
DHL Group has placed an order for a total of 178 new IVECO S-Way CNG for its Post & Parcel Germany division, expanding its fleet to more than CNG 450 trucks. The new trucks powered by bio-CNG will further reduce DHL Group's carbon footprint and contribute significantly to the decarbonization of road transport. IVECO S-WAY CNG with box body Of the units on order, 161 IVECO S-Way CNG trucks fitted with an AD190S34/P CNG box body will be used for shorter distances and day trips. The trucks feature a 4x2 standard chassis with a Gross Vehicle Weight of 19 tonnes,…
Interlink Scaffolding is saving time and restricting its labour costs after commissioning an eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz Arocs with a highly unusual, demountable crane body. The operator, which is commonly known as ISL and currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, is based in Birtley, Tyne & Wear. Its new flagship arrived via local Dealer Bell Truck and Van. The Arocs Tridem Configuration The Arocs 3248 ENA has a single front steer axle and lifting, rear-steer axle, both of which are uprated to 9.0 tonnes and fitted with ‘super single’ tyres. The 12.8-litre engine’s 476 hp output is transmitted to the double-drive bogie via…
Nobilia Projects, the British contracts division of Europe’s largest kitchen manufacturer, has replaced their mixed fleet with seven new Mercedes Actros trucks. The seven Actros rigids are based at the 55,000 sq ft UK head office and distribution centre that Nobilia GB opened in 2018 on the Kingsway Business Park, Rochdale, a stone’s throw from Junction 21 of the M62. Supplied by Ciceley Commercials, they are the subject of a Mercedes-Benz Finance contract hire agreement under which routine inspections and maintenance are carried out at the Dealer’s Bolton workshop. Its latest trucks – four 26-tonners and three 18-tonners – are…