Golden Scania for Graham Churchill Plant’s 50th anniversary19 December 2017

Celebrating 50 years of successful operation, Graham Churchill Plant Ltd has just commissioned a special ‘one-off’ golden cab Scania tipper complete with a steel Charlton SuperLite body.

The golden Scania brings the Churchill tipper fleet up to 25 and, special paint job aside, now represents the company’s ideal tipper specification, according to director Karen Henson.

She said: “The trucks we want have to be strong enough and tough enough to be able to handle any job we put them to, while still delivering a top class payload. For us, Charlton’s exceptionally durable SuperLite body has proven itself to be the ideal complement to the Scania chassis. As such, this combination is our clear fleet favourite.”

Delivering a payload of around 19,300kgs, the new truck will typically be employed on short-haul operations around Northants, Bucks and Oxon tipping multiple loads per day, which can often be an ever changing mix of stone and aggregates, muck and soil, as well as recycled concrete and demolition materials.

“It’s the 100% versatility factor that we’re after,” adds Karen, “and this is why Charlton bodies work so well for us. They’re strong, reliable and totally practical, so their earning power is high whilst their ownership costs are low. People tend to forget that with tippers it’s the bodies that do the really hard work - we’ve had other makes in the fleet but for day in, day out performance nothing really beats the SuperLite.”

The company also operates depots in Milton Keynes and Banbury for Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Coincidentally, the golden tipper is also the 50th brand new Scania truck bought by Churchill’s.

Author
Will Dalrymple

Related Companies
Charlton Bodies Ltd
Scania (Great Britain) Ltd

This material is protected by MA Business copyright
See Terms and Conditions.
One-off usage is permitted but bulk copying is not.
For multiple copies contact the sales team.