The Newport Pagnell-based firm’s new heavy recovery trucks have been supplied with Boniface Interstater Mark 6X under-lift recovery bodywork.
DAF Trucks and Boniface pooled their engineering expertise to match what they describe as an exacting specification that included a 25-tonne rear bogie comprising two equal 12.5-tonne capacity axles (a hub-reduction drive axle and a rear lifting tag), and a fully-fitted, under-lift body equipped with high-pressure air-bags and all ancillaries.
CMG operations director Mark Cowan explains that the new units – two replacements and one addition – join 20 existing Euro 5 DAF trucks in CMG’s 78 strong fleet, which also runs DAF Telematics fleet-wide.
“We’ve always run DAFs,” he says. “Our past experience has instilled a high degree of trust in both the product and the aftersales support.
“DAF’s premium-duty heavy chassis gives us the ‘big three’: durability, reliability and economy,” he adds.
However, for Cowan, it’s the economy from the latest Euro 6 Paccar MX-13 engine that’s been outstanding: “8.5mpg, including an hour on tick-over with the PTO kicked-in, is phenomenal,” he says.
The company, which also carries out plant and car transporter operations, has also ordered a new Euro 6 DAF XF 510 FT Low-Deck tractor unit and an accompanying Kässbohrer covered car-transporter trailer.
“We’re very pleased indeed with the aftersales support from Brian Currie,” adds Cowan. “It’s a partnership we’ve nurtured together over many years, and it means we understand each other’s expectations.”
The new trucks have been delivered with five-year DAF MultiSupport R&M contracts, managed through local DAF dealership Brian Currie, in Milton Keynes.