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. ...
Suffolk-Based Brinor International Gets The Jump On DVS, LEZ Requirements With New Volvo FH Tractors
Posted July 16, 2020
The order of the new trucks, which will run five days a week hauling shipping containers from Felixstowe throughout the UK, also marks the firm’s 40th anniversary. ...
Posted July 9, 2020
The team depends on the Volvo tractors to haul everything from its cars to hospitality equipment, parts and tools, and more. ...
Posted July 8, 2020
Coolsaet is an industry veteran who has been with Volvo for more than 20 years; his most recent role with the firm was MD of Volvo Trucks Germany. ...
Posted July 7, 2020
The truck maker says the FH Unlimited takes “the very definition of premium to the next level.” ...
Posted July 6, 2020
Two of the new trucks are 460-horsepower models configured with I-Save technology for maximum fuel efficiency during long-haul operations, and one is a 500-HP truck that will work around the clock. ...
Calcium Carbonate Specialist Longcliffe Quarries Adds 8 Volvo FH Tractors & 2 Volvo FM Rigid Tippers
Posted June 22, 2020
The haulier expects to keep the Volvos in operation for five years and run them up to about 100,000 kilometres per annum. ...
Posted May 28, 2020
I.T.S. plans to put more than 100,000 kilometres on the new FH each year hauling flour and general cargo. ...
Posted May 22, 2020
With its drivers being away for up to two weeks at a time, the Cambridgeshire-based haulier was focused on finding the most fuel-efficient option. ...
Posted May 14, 2020
The new truck was a replacement for another Volvo, an FM9 which the firm drove for 14 years and 700,000 kilometres. ...
Posted May 6, 2020
The firm has announced a partial resumption of work at plants in Belgium and Sweden, which produce finished trucks for the UK and Ireland and have been shut down since March due to concerns about the COVID-19 virus. ...
Posted April 23, 2020
The family-owned logistics, warehousing, and transport specialist favours the FH; founder Eddie Farrall calls it “the greatest truck ever built.” ...
Posted April 21, 2020
The 50/50 partnership is part of the companies’ efforts to support Green Deal initiatives that hope to make Europe carbon-neutral by 2050. ...
Posted April 17, 2020
The concrete frame construction firm have purchased a new FH 540 and two FH 500 6x2 tractor units for hauling construction machinery and building materials. ...
Posted April 13, 2020
The refuse collection and recycling specialist will operate the trucks seven days a week while covering up to 200,000 kilometres (124,274 miles) per year between them. ...
Posted April 13, 2020
Here’s a closer look at the new FH16, which features a bolder, more sophisticated exterior that Volvo says reflects the truck’s “more connected and smarter than ever before” design. ...
Posted April 7, 2020
EWD Recycling’s 32-tonne FMXs are equipped with Boweld steel tipping bodies or Hyva hookloader bodywork and drawbar couplings, and each uses a Euro 6, Step D Volvo D11K diesel engine. ...
Posted March 27, 2020
The warehousing and distribution specialist says they are facing Christmas-level volumes “plus a bit more,” and has needed every truck they could get to keep up with demand. ...
Posted March 27, 2020
The specialist joinery contractor says Volvo is one of only a few brands they’d consider, due to driver popularity and the reliability and aftersales support they’ve enjoyed with previous Volvos. ...
Posted March 26, 2020
Volvo recently redesigned the FM inside and out, with a focus on operator experience, safety, and productivity. ...
Posted March 25, 2020
Maze expects to put roughly 130,000 kilometres (80,778 miles) per year on each of the trucks, which are supplied on a four-year contract hire agreement with Volvo Gold repair and maintenance contracts. ...
Posted March 18, 2020
The roofing supply merchants operated a Volvo FE 4x2 for a year and liked it enough to place its newest order for three 6x2 rigids and an 8x2 rigid, all with D11K engines and brick grab cranes. ...
Posted March 17, 2020
The firm opted for the entire long-haul fuel package, which includes special software, Volvo’s I-See predictive cruise control, I-Cruise intelligent cruise control with I-Roll, and an automatic engine idle shutdown capability. ...
Posted March 2, 2020
The Swedish truck manufacturer says the updates are designed to help its customers attract and retain top driving talent. ...
Posted February 28, 2020
The most obvious upgrades to the Volvo FM and FMX are their new exteriors, but the real action is in their brand-new cabs. ...