There are plenty of new trucks advertised for sale at Truckpages. This number is set to increase as the manufacturers increase the numbers available from stock in their ready-bodied programmes. Truck makers like Mercedes, MAN and Iveco keep a stock of brand new ready bodied trucks for sale so that operators do not need to wait for the lead times needed for both the new chassis to arrive then the body to be built. These schemes have increased in size as the manufacturers seize the opportunity that has arisen since the implementation of the European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (EWVTA) that complicates and delays the build of a truck.
If you are wondering what the ‘L’ means in the Actros L, it now applies to all four- and six-wheeled tractor units with single or double drive axles, and 18- and 26-tonne rigid chassis, that have flat-floored GigaSpace, BigSpace or Stream Space cabs in the wider (2.5m) of the two widths available. Devon haulier Wains Transport has just added an Actros ‘L’ onto their fleet, joining another Actros at Wains and both are comfortably ahead of any other vehicles on fuel consumption on the operator’s 25-strong fleet. “We don’t measure mpg obsessively, because there’s a lot of variation in the…
Second Consecutive Year of Growth in Truck Sales The headline SMMT figures for the full year of 2023 show the excellent news that truck sales and registrations were up almost across the board with a total of 46,227 units. the final quarter's data did start to indicate some more worrying trends as far as the UK's truck market and UK plc. as a whole are concerned. Q4 saw a fall in the registrations of 6x2 tractor units for the first time in 2023. The 44 tonne 6x2 tractor unit is the most popular type of truck in the UK and…
You have to be confident in your procurement process to replace a fleet of 61 trucks of one marque with a totally different one in one fell swoop. That’s what DS Smith Logistics has done in taking delivery of 61 new Volvo FM 460 Globetrotter 6x2 tractor units. The new trucks – that arrive via a long-term contract-hire agreement from TIP Group – replace vehicles from a rival manufacturer in the paper, packaging and recycling business’ busy operation. Demonstrator Truck Vital in Procurement Process Volvo Trucks secured the order on the back of the strong performance of a demonstrator that…
If you have run Ivecos for the last thirty years and continue to add them to your fleet, you must be a fan. Forfar-based Richie Agricultural certainly are fans and the four new bright orange Iveco S-Way 4x2 tractor units heading their way stands as a testament to the company’s dedication to the marque. Ritchie Agricultural is a fifth-generation family-run business that dates back to the 1800s. Efficiency is a big part of the business’ longevity, something that also translates to its truck fleet and the decision to order four new Iveco S-Way 490 4x2 tractor units AS440S49T/FP - each…
Multi-temperature distribution business Moran Logistics has added 15 new Volvo FM 460 6x2 tractor units to its busy, growing fleet. The new FMs – which all meet Transport for London’s 3-star Direct Vision Standard (DVS) rating – offer the company the ideal solution for its multi-drop delivery operations into urban areas. Supplied by Jack Hulse, Fleet Sales Manager at Hartshorne Group, the new arrivals join a 250-strong truck fleet, roughly 20 per cent of which are now Volvos. Mark Burrell, Chief Executive Officer at Moran Logistics, says: “As part of our relentless focus on delivering the best service levels, we…
