Supplied by dealer Ciceley Commercials, the Burnley-based operator's latest addition is a 7.5-tonne Canter 7C15, with a 150bhp 3-litre, four-cylinder engine. Its curtainsider body is by Fosters Commercials of Preston.
The vehicle can carry a load of 4.2 tonnes, which Moorhouse's transport manager David Foley describes as "excellent". "We can load our new Canter with no fewer than 82 nine-gallon casks," he says.
"It's more than three times what we could manage in a 3.5-tonne van, which takes up almost as much road space, and also far ahead of the payload capacity of a traditional – and far heavier – 7.5-tonne truck."
The vehicle is funded through an Agility contract from Mercedes-Benz Financial Services.
Moorhouse's fleet also includes a pair of Mercedes Atego 12-tonners and a 3.5-tonne Sprinter van.