Truck Locator Blog Archive

    Compact Footprint, Big Payload & 3-Year Warranty: Isuzu Trucks A Winning Combination For Scammell Commercial
    Posted May 14, 2021
    The firm has just upgraded its municipal hire fleet with six Isuzu trucks, including 3.5-, 7.5-, and 13.5-tonne GVM models. ...
    Renault Trucks To Be Industry Partner At Climate Action Summit
    Posted May 13, 2021
    The virtual event will bring together stakeholders in sustainable, net-zero transitions in transportation and will cover policy and regulation, innovation, technology, and investment. ...
    Parsons Nationwide Distribution Acquires First Mercedes-Benz Actros Rigid Truck
    Posted May 13, 2021
    The Devon-based firm previously added some of the latest Actros tractor units to its fleet and favoured their efficiency and safety features. ...
    Shipley Transport Services Looks Forward To Fuel Savings With New Volvo FH With I-Save Tractors
    Posted May 12, 2021
    Volvo says the FH with I-Save consumes up to 10% less fuel, which will save the West Yorkshire firm a pretty penny in its long-haul operations. ...
    T4 Logistics Adds 4 More Mercedes-Benz Actros To Fleet
    Posted May 11, 2021
    The firm tried trucks from another manufacturer but returned to Mercedes-Benz trucks for their dependability, safety, and lower operating costs. ...
    Kent County Council Checks Out IVECO 7.2-Tonne Daily To Transform Mobile Library Fleet
    Posted May 11, 2021
    The new mobile library trucks feature interior shelving that can haul roughly 800 to 900 kilograms of books. ...
    Expect Distribution Returns To Volvo With 6 New FH 6x2 Tractor Units
    Posted May 6, 2021
    After not having run Volvos for more than a decade, the FH’s fuel economy and high uptime won the logistics firm over. ...
    Dawsongroup Sweepers Expanding Cleaning Services With New Isuzu 7.5-tonne Trucks
    Posted May 5, 2021
    The Buckinghamshire firm has received 10 150-horsepower N75.150s to date, and will receive another 20 before summer’s end. ...
    IVECO Debuts 'T For Tough' T-WAY Heavy-Duty Off-Road Trucks
    Posted May 4, 2021
    The extremely rugged 40-tonne off-highway truck is the successor to the company’s TRAKKER model with high reliability and payload capacity, as well as safety, digital connectivity, and driver comfort features. ...
    Warburtons’ Bread Fleet Now Includes 100% Electric Renault Trucks D Z.E.
    Posted May 3, 2021
    Warburtons, the UK’s largest bakery brand, recently added a Renault D Z.E., a 16-tonne (17.64-U.S.-ton) electric truck, to its fleet. ...
    Broughton Transport Ends 10-Plus-Year Hiatus From Volvo Trucks, Acquires Volvo FH 500
    Posted April 30, 2021
    The Melksham haulier specified the FH for long-haul work and will send it across Europe, often for two weeks at a time. ...
    Merkko Adds Mercedes-Benz Arocs Crane Trucks Following Lockdown Growth
    Posted April 30, 2021
    The new 26-tonne rigids deliver the bulk of the bricks, blocks, cement, timber, and other materials Merkko supplies to sites within a 50-mile radius of its Oxfordshire and Berkshire depots. ...
    New Scania R 540 8x4 Tipper Ready To Work For Father & Daughter Transport
    Posted April 30, 2021
    Emma Stevens (the Daughter in “Father & Daughter”) favours driving Scanias over trucks from other marques, and says the aftersales support received from Scania’s Shepton Mallet depot is another big factor in the purchase. ...
    Scotland’s Moray Council Purchases Mercedes-Benz Econic Trucks With The Latest Active Safety Systems
    Posted April 28, 2021
    Three of the new trucks are equipped with Farid Hillend Engineering Powerlink bodies and Terberg Matec bin lifts, while a fourth has been fitted with a split TwinTrak body to gather mixed recyclables. ...
    Maydencroft Ltd Adds 13 Isuzu Grafter Arb Tippers & Utilitrucks To Tree Surgery Fleet
    Posted April 28, 2021
    The trucks were chosen for their manoeuvrability, light weight, and substantial payload, all of which Maydencroft says make them ideal for the tree surgery division. ...
    Increased Safety & Reduced Fuel Consumption Among Core Improvements On Renault Trucks’ 2021 Ranges
    Posted April 27, 2021
    The manufacturer says better aerodynamics, more fuel-efficient tyres, and the addition of Euro 6 Step E engines and Optivision predictive cruise control add up to fuel savings of up to 3%. ...
    P Harper & Sons Picks Volvo FH With I-Save For Fuel Efficiency
    Posted April 27, 2021
    The new 6x2 460-horsepower (343-kilowatt) tractor unit is a Volvo FH Lite with a pusher axle that can be lifted to save fuel. ...
    Bartrums ‘Future-Proofs’ Fleet With 20 New Mercedes-Benz Actros Tractor Units
    Posted April 26, 2021
    The Suffolk-based haulier purchased 11 of the fifth-generation trucks last year, as well; all 31 are spec’d with Mercedes-Benz’s twin-screen Multimedia Cockpit and the upgraded 12-inch central display. ...
    Elliotts Fleet Now 100% IVECO With New 3.5-Tonne Daily Trucks
    Posted April 26, 2021
    The family-owned builders merchants group began replacing an ageing fleet of 18-tonne trucks back in 2006 with more versatile 26-t IVEVO Stralis trucks, and the process now continues with the firm’s smaller vehicles. ...
    IJ McGill Transport’s New 3.5-Tonne Isuzu Grafters Wearing Lots Of Hats
    Posted April 21, 2021
    The firm’s N35.125 curtainsiders are regional distribution workhorses that are also called upon to train IJ McGill drivers, helping non-heavy goods vehicle drivers move up to higher-GVW trucks. ...
    McCulla Ireland’s New Waste-To-Energy Transport Loop Closed By IVECO S-WAY NP CNG Trucks Powered By Food Waste
    Posted April 21, 2021
    The chilled and frozen logistics firm took delivery of 10 of the biomethane-powered trucks and plans to replace the remaining diesel trucks in its 100-vehicle fleet over the next five years. ...
    New Volvo FL 250 Sweeper Helps Ramsbottom Waste Services Provider Be A Good Neighbour
    Posted April 20, 2021
    ISM Waste’s new truck has taken over the firm’s weekly cleanup of the street near its waste transfer station and does some local hire work, as well. ...
    Culina Group Expands Fleet With Schmitz Cargobull Trailers
    Posted April 15, 2021
    The food and drink logistics specialist purchased 127 trailers in the deal, including a mix of box body and refrigerated semi-trailers. ...
    Volta Trucks Weighing Barcelona As Manufacturing Site For Volta Zero Electric Vehicle
    Posted April 14, 2021
    The electric vehicle firm is considering former Nissan manufacturing facilities in the city along with other European locations and says it will make a final decision soon. ...
    ASL Group Invests In Mercedes-Benz Actros Across Its Brands
    Posted April 14, 2021
    “The drivers are happy, we’ve had no significant issues with reliability, and when they’re all clean and lined up our Actros look fantastic; it has to be one of the tidiest trucks on the road,” says SM Haulage General Manager Adam Heward. ...