The Volvo FL250 is Volvo’s most popular variant in the FL range. This 250hp 18 tonner hits the sweet spot for weight vs performance. The FL250 replaced the FL240 at Euro 6 in 2014 and comes complete with the optional direct vision standard passenger door window for urban operation (especially in London). This flexible truck is converted to a wide range of uses, but is most often seen as a skip loader. Praise indeed, as these trucks need to be built to last as their duty cycle is demanding to say the least. You can find day cab and sleeper cab example of the FL250 – although the latter will normally be fitted with a box body for regional distribution.
The AA has given the title of Recovery Patrol of the Year alongside the keys to a brand-new Volvo FL recovery truck, featuring the cherished ‘AA 3’ registration plate to winner Dan Tyrell. Supplied as part of a conquest order for 118 new FL crew cab vehicles, the order was secured by Ian Sharrock, Key Account Manager at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East and sees the new trucks replacing older assets previously supplied by a rival marque. Dan is based at the AA’s depot in Guilford and saw off the challenge of more than 440 other Recovery…
The range of options available from truck manufacturers today is bewildering – there seems to be absolutely something to suit every application. For example, who would have thought that you could order a really short wheelbase, 18-tonne truck with an extra high chassis for improved ground clearance? Well, that’s exactly what a Volvo Truck customer has specified for their new crane truck for building supplies delivery in rural Wales. Lliw Building Supplies has taken delivery of a new Volvo FL 250 4x2 rigid equipped with rear mounted crane, continuing its long relationship with the manufacturer. The Pontardawe-based business has been…
Payload is money in tanker operation. The lightweight Volvo FL chassis gave it an advantage over other manufacturers, winning the business for the first time from Bridgwater-based Western Fuel. These are its first new Volvos in its 26-strong tanker delivery fleet, with two new FL 4x2 rigids in service. The trucks replace older vehicles and will be used to deliver kerosene, diesel and gas oil to a wide customer base across the south west. Supplied by Mike Gill, Area Sales Manager, Truck and Bus Wales and West, the two 18-tonne FLs are backed with an eight-year Volvo Gold Contract repair…
Most trucks on sale today are of good quality and most truck dealers are raising their game to provide excellent service. So buyers look to other areas to help make their decisions over which truck to buy. Proximity to the dealership, relationship with the salesperson or, as in the case with Hako Machines, brand image. Great looking paintwork on the new Volvo FL The company has added a new Volvo FL to its demonstration and delivery fleet to help the business transport its growing range of road sweepers and scrubber driers. The cleaning and municipal machinery firm now operates four…
In adding three more Volvo skiploaders to their fleet, Peak Waste Recycling now has 28 out of 34 trucks on the fleet wearing the Volvo Trucks badge. The growing business has added two 16-tonne FLs and one 18-tonne FE – each with skip loader bodies – to its rapidly expanding fleet. Peak Waste Recycling has added one Volvo FE and two Volvo FL skip loader trucks to its expanding fleet. Why Buy Volvo Trucks? The refuse and recycling business, based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, has been buying Volvos for many years, citing the manufacturer’s proven robustness and reliability as the key…
