Truck Locator Blog Archive

    James Armstrong Is Appointed As Managing Director Of Scania (Great Britain) Ltd
    Posted April 13, 2021
    Scania Great Britain Ltd is delighted to announce the appointment of James Armstrong as its new Managing Director. ...
    New DAF CF 530 8x4 With Recoverer Trident Body Joins Jackson’s Recovery Fleet
    Posted April 13, 2021
    The shiny new CF will work alongside a 17-year-old, 53-plate DAF CF 85.430 6x2 wrecker that the recovery specialist says is still seeing frontline duty. ...
    Mercedes-Benz Arocs Truck Cleans Wells & Sewers Ecologically For Yorkshire Firm DrainsAid
    Posted April 12, 2021
    The new sewer-cleaning vehicle is based on an Arocs 3251 chassis from local Dealer Northside Truck & Van. ...
    DAF Connect Fleet Management Platform Expands With Webshop & Open Platform
    Posted April 9, 2021
    DAF’s fleet management tool is getting a webshop where users can manage their subscriptions and an open-source platform to enable easy integration of third-party fleet management tools. ...
    The Feed Warehouse Making Faster Deliveries With New Isuzu Grafter
    Posted April 8, 2021
    The new curtainsider’s increased capacity and easier access vs. its panel van predecessor means the company can make more deliveries each day. ...
    R. Keith Price Haulage Ltd Makes The Switch To Renault Trucks
    Posted April 6, 2021
    The firm’s new C380 is a 6x4 rigid with a 7-cubic-metre McPhee mixer drum; owner Keith Price says that a change was in order after running a competing brand for nearly 30 years. ...
    Cardiff Council Adds Two New Mercedes-Benz Econic Traffic Management Trucks With Traffix Scorpion Attenuators & More
    Posted April 5, 2021
    “In terms of its specification and cost-effectiveness, the Econic was clearly the best solution,” says Council Procurement and Contracts Manager Richard Jones. ...
    Primark Deploys 10 IVECO Stralis Bio-LNG Trucks In Emission Reduction Initiative
    Posted April 2, 2021
    The Stralis NP 460 runs solely on Bio-Liquified Natural Gas to reduce fuel consumption by up to 15% and produces 99% less particulate matter compared to diesel. ...
    Apex Scaffolding Expands Its Isuzu Fleet, Adds New F110.210 (E) Scaffolding Truck
    Posted April 1, 2021
    The 11-tonne rigid scaffolding truck has an aluminium dropside body and will be used to deliver scaffolding to various construction sites large and small around the South West. ...
    Bradford-Based Stone Supplier Adds First Volvo Truck, A 4x2 FL Rigid With A Dropside Body & Atlas Crane
    Posted March 31, 2021
    The firm reports that the FL is a big step up from its previous vehicle, both in terms of its payload capacity and its fuel efficiency. ...
    Renault Trucks To Offer Preview Of Upgraded Trucks In Euro Truck Simulator 2
    Posted March 29, 2021
    The firm will reveal long-haul T and T High trucks upgrades for 2021 to new and existing players of the PC game on 6 April, with details on its updated C and K ranges to come at a later time. ...
    Liverpool Glass Specialist Adds Six Mercedes-Benz Ategos From Newly Formed eStar Truck & Van
    Posted March 26, 2021
    The 7.5-tonne Atego 816s, each with a ClassicSpace S-Cab and a 5.1-litre, 154-horsepower engine, have all been delivered and are hard at work. ...
    Alpha Recovery Adds New 8x4 DAF XF With Boniface Recoverer Trident Bodywork
    Posted March 25, 2021
    The Northumberland-based recovery specialist purchased the truck from Stockton-on-Tees dealerpoint Evans Halshaw and says it will “certainly earn its keep.” ...
    Bridgestone’s European Locations Now Fully Powered By Renewable Sources
    Posted March 25, 2021
    This announcement covers the firm’s tyre plants, R&D Centre, PCT plant, textile plant, and EMIA headquarters. ...
    Parcel Delivery Services Provider Orders 220 New SDC Boxvan & Curtainsider Trailers
    Posted March 23, 2021
    The order is part of Tuffnells’ fleet renewal programme; the new trailers will join a fleet of more than 1,110 vehicles that serve the firm’s customers in the UK as well as internationally. ...
    French Plant Hire Specialist Adds Renault’s First Electric Construction Vehicle, A D Wide Z.E. Crane & Tipper Truck
    Posted March 22, 2021
    The 26-tonne 6x2 rigid is powered by four 66-kWh battery packs and came equipped with JOCQUIN tipper bodywork and a HIAB X HiPro 142-E crane. ...
    Majors Service Moves From Secondhand Volvos To 15 Brand-New FH Unlimited Edition Tractor Units With I-Save
    Posted March 22, 2021
    “We’re Volvo through and through; we started out with an FL10 and they have always been our primary manufacturer of choice,” says co-owner Dalvinder Singh Boparai. ...
    IVECO Daily Wins 2021 Light Truck Of The Year Award, Its Second Win In 3 Years
    Posted March 22, 2021
    “This is a fantastic accolade to further cement Daily's reputation as a robust and efficient vehicle with unrivalled capability,” says Mike Cutts, light business-line director for IVECO UK. ...
    Volvo Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Its I-Shift Automated Manual Transmission
    Posted March 19, 2021
    The Swedish truck maker says it has sold more than 1 million trucks with the technology worldwide. ...
    IVECO ON & Easy Way App Combine IVECO Service & Transport Solutions
    Posted March 19, 2021
    The truck manufacturer has merged its digital services for fleet management, vehicle monitoring, and telematics reporting into a single online platform for drivers and fleet managers. ...
    London-Based Ambulance Converter Adds First Isuzu Truck To Fleet
    Posted March 18, 2021
    Blue Light Services’ new 7.5-tonne N75.150 is equipped with a Truck Craft curtainside beavertail body and has a 4-t payload, making it well-suited to delivering completed ambulances to customers. ...
    IVECO Partners With ENGIE & Vulcangas To Bring Biomethane To Turin
    Posted March 18, 2021
    The firms have established the first Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG filling station in Turin, Italy, in an effort to help decarbonise the transport sector. ...
    DAF Trucks To Exhibit CF & XF Tippers, Mixers & More In Hillhead Digital Streaming Event
    Posted March 17, 2021
    The multi-stream conference will take place on 30 and 31 March and will include product and service information from more than 500 companies as well as seminars on construction, recycling, and other vocational topics. ...
    Scottish Produce Distributor Buys 9 New Volvo FH 500 Tractor Units, One With I-Save Fuel Efficiency Package
    Posted March 16, 2021
    Stewarts expects the vehicles to work seven days a week and travel roughly 160,000 kilometres each year, working alongside 30 other Volvos. ...
    Cordwallis Becomes Newest Mercedes-Benz & FUSO Authorised Repairer & Celebrates 50th Anniversary
    Posted March 12, 2021
    Strategically located in Reading, the facility will offer Mercedes-Benz’s full range of repair and maintenance plans. ...