Truck Locator Blog Archive

    York-Based Genta Medical Adds Six 7.5-Tonne Isuzu N75.190 Box Trucks For Hazardous Waste Collection & Solvent Delivery
    Posted August 6, 2020
    The firm has been an Isuzu customer since 2009 and says the marque’s day-to-day reliability is a big reason for this. ...
    Mercedes-Benz & FUSO Dealer Midlands Truck & Van To Open New £7 Million Facility In Smethwick
    Posted August 4, 2020
    The new facility is set to open this October and will feature a 650-square-metre parts department, a 1,580-m3 drive-through workshop, and 19 service bays. ...
    Matthew Kibble Transport Adds SDC Curtainsiders For General Haulage & Pallet-Track Operations
    Posted August 4, 2020
    The East Lancashire-based haulier has been running SDC Curtainsider semi-trailers since 2003, and Chairman Matthew Kibble says they have served his firm very well. ...
    North Yorkshire-Based Braegate Produce Adds First Volvo Truck To Their Fleet
    Posted August 3, 2020
    The potato supplier from Tadcaster secured an FH 500 6x2 tractor with a D13K Euro 6 engine and Volvo’s Globetrotter cab on a four-year contract hire agreement with Crossroads Truck and Bus. ...
    G Woodcock & Son Purchase Mercedes-Benz Actros Edition 1 To Make A Statement & Reward A Driver
    Posted July 30, 2020
    As the owner of a small firm in a crowded market, owner Geoff Woodcock decided he needed to make a splash, so he splashed out on a top-shelf Actros tractor unit. ...
    Volvo's Versatile FL Series Is Built For The City
    Posted July 30, 2020
    The Swedish truck manufacturer says the FL is highly suitable for urban deliveries and other tasks, and it has the same legendary focus on safety and efficiency you’ve come to expect from a Volvo. ...
    Essex-Based Caterer Upgrades Entire 20-Vehicle Fleet To Isuzu Grafter N35.125 Trucks
    Posted July 29, 2020
    Elliott’s Upper Crust Catering Services Ltd brought in the new Grafters over the last year and has paired them with Jiffy Banquet temperature-controlled bodies. ...
    Hüffermann Krandienst Adds Four New Nooteboom EURO-PX Low Loader Trailers As Part Of Ongoing Fleet Expansion
    Posted July 28, 2020
    Nooteboom says the EURO low loaders have such a low loading bed that they provide simple loading even of vehicles with very low ground clearance. ...
    George H Kime & Co Ltd Of Lincolnshire Grows Fleet By 19 New Renault Range T480 Tractor Units
    Posted July 28, 2020
    The new 473-horsepower Renaults will haul palletised loads in curtainside and double-deck trailers for The Pallet Network. ...
    Commercial Vehicle Auctions Holds First Online Truck Auction With MV Commercial
    Posted July 28, 2020
    On Friday the 17th July, Commercial Vehicle Auctions (CVA) held the first ‘Ready To Go’ online truck auction in conjunction with MV Commercial. ...
    Somerset-Based C&D South West Adds Four New Mercedes-Benz Actros Tractor Units, Including Two With MirrorCam Systems
    Posted July 28, 2020
    Some of C&D South West’s drivers expressed concern at transitioning from traditional mirrors to the Mercedes-Benz MirrorCam system, but the haulier reports that MirrorCam has won them over. ...
    Height For Hire Chooses Volvo FM 4x2 Rigid Truck To Work With Moog Underbridge Unit
    Posted July 27, 2020
    MD Fergus McArdle says, “The Moog MBI 110-1,2/S underbridge unit is a sophisticated piece of equipment, and the Volvo FM is the ideal chassis to complement it.” ...
    From Local Jobs To Long-Haul Transport, The MAN TGM Offers Wide Range Of Uses
    Posted July 27, 2020
    This versatile truck is adept at long-haul transport, local and regional distribution, construction work, agriculture and timber, emergency services, refuse collection, street sweeping, and more. ...
    LondonEnergy Adds Five New Mercedes-Benz Arocs Tractor Units With MirrorCam Systems For Enhanced Safety
    Posted July 24, 2020
    Transport and Logistics Manager Katie Blowes says that even drivers who initially had reservations about using MirrorCam have been won over and are less fatigued at the end of their shifts. ...
    Bartlett Tree Experts’ Fleet Grows By Five Isuzu Tipper Trucks
    Posted July 24, 2020
    The firm recently purchased three 3.5-tonne Grafter tippers and two 7.5-t rigid tippers to work out of their Beaconsfield, St. ...
    Eurovia Contracting Adds New Econic Tipper-Grab Truck With Thompsons Bodywork, Palfinger Epsilon Crane
    Posted July 23, 2020
    The firm says the truck’s five-star Direct Vision Standard rating from Transport for London factored heavily in their purchase decision. ...
    Belgrade Sanitation Company Takes Delivery Of 44 DAF CF & LF Refuse Trucks
    Posted July 23, 2020
    The trucks include rear-, side-, and top-loading refuse trucks as well as tank trucks and street sweepers that double as snow ploughs in the winter months. ...
    Mercedes-Benz Unimog U530 Wins A Convert In Leicestershire Groundworks Contractor Luke Finney
    Posted July 23, 2020
    “If I’d known Unimogs were this good I would have bought one years ago,” says Finney. ...
    Versatility Is Key For The Volvo FE
    Posted July 23, 2020
    The Volvo FE is a versatile vehicle that can handle more general applications, including local and regional distribution, as well as construction, refuse collection, and other vocational applications. ...
    The Salvatori Group Adds Eight New Mercedes-Benz Actros 2548 Tractor Units To Their Fleet
    Posted July 22, 2020
    The Kent-based logistics and transport specialists bought their first Mercedes-Benz trucks following a successful stint with a 530-horsepower Actros demonstrator unit with a GigaSpace cab. ...
    Oxfordshire-Based Cotswold Carriers Adds New Volvo FH Box Truck For Its Removal Operations
    Posted July 22, 2020
    Cotswold MD Dean Cooper reports that his drivers love the truck’s Globetrotter XL cab and Dual Clutch I-Shift gearbox. ...
    Elddis Transport Maintains Efficiency & Reliability With New SDC Curtainside Semi-Trailers
    Posted July 22, 2020
    Established in 1971, the family-run transport business currently owns 165 vehicles and more than 320 standard, high cube, and longer length semi-trailers. ...
    DPD UK Orders 150 Mercedes-Benz Actros Tractor Units & 30 Atego Curtainside Trucks For Parcel Deliveries
    Posted July 22, 2020
    These additions are part of a £200 million investment designed to increase DPD’s next-day parcel delivery capacity. ...
    Special-Order Mercedes-Benz Actros Meets Long-Range Needs Of South West Boat Transport
    Posted July 21, 2020
    The haulage firm, which purchased their first Actros in 2013, typically runs their trucks for more than 100,000 kilometres per year and hasn’t suffered a breakdown since switching to Mercedes-Benz trucks. ...
    Up Close & Personal With The MAN TGX
    Posted July 21, 2020
    The TGX is a versatile truck that can be configured for long-haul transport, construction, fire response, forestry, agriculture, street cleaning, waste disposal, car transport, and other applications. ...