The Volvo FM380 remains a popular truck for sale at Truckpages. The 380hp FM380 was sold in the early part of the 2000’s and was usually configured as an 8-wheel tipper. The same 380hp output was available from both the nine and twelve litre Volvo engines – operators could opt for the extra torque or the lighter weight of the smaller engine. there is a newer, Euro 6 version of the FM380, but this has yet to make its way onto the used truck market in any great numbers.
Sounds like a conquest sale to us. Not a single Volvo bought by Coventry-based Lawton Tubes for over 100 years then, thanks to Rory Kelly, Transport Solutions Executive at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & East, a new Volvo FM 6x2 rigid joins the 12-strong fleet. The rigid is mounted with a SlidaFlex body, provided by Fred Smith & Sons. Giles Lawton, Managing Director – Operations, Lawton Tubes, says: “Our fleet delivers as far north as Inverness and as far south as Penzance, so driving performance and reliability are both paramount for us when we are choosing a new…
Sweepers are usually configured in a standard and predictable layout. The truck will have a day cab, sometimes left-hand drive, well-powered and compact in size. This is what makes the new Volvo FM sweepers specified by Redditch-based Kelly Plant Hire somewhat out of the ordinary… The company is the first in the UK to put the new Volvo FM into operation in a road sweeper application. There won’t be many at all fitted with Globetrotter cabs. The new FMs will be making their debut this weekend at Silverstone, home of British Motor Racing, which is hosting the Formula 1 Pirelli…
Volvo Trucks beat the competition to a deal, with a new, 8x2 Volvo FM replacing a competitor’s vehicle on a small fleet of just four trucks. The deal was done on the back of the local dealer’s excellent support of the company’s existing Volvo, making the decision to buy a new Volvo easy for KPH Plant Hire. The Volvo FM 8x2 rigid has beavertail body and split hydraulic double flip ramps, which will be used to deliver KPH’s extensive fleet of plant equipment including excavators, telehandlers, dumpers and rollers. KPH Plant Hire has taken delivery of a Volvo FM 8x2…