The tippers will be put to work in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire and Wales. They will transport dust products and MOT Type 1 aggregates and muck-away and large rocks. They are expected to clock up 80,000 km per year.
Each vehicle is specified with a PM onboard weighing system, two front and rear strobe lights, two LED work lights at the rear and all-round recording cameras for added safety.
The tippers join seven vehicles in the MD Aggregate Supplies fleet.
Mike Weatherall, transport manager at the aggregate and concrete specialist, said: “It’s quite hilly in some of the areas where we operate such as around the quarries in North Wales. When we are carrying full payloads, it’s necessary to have the more powerful Scania 450 engines which make light work of the steep terrain.”
MV Commercial sourced and delivered the tippers in three months.
“Given the supply challenges facing the industry, we were expecting delivery to take many months. So, we were over the moon when MV Commercial was able to fulfil the contract in more than half the time we had been quoted,” Weatherall continued. “The MV team stuck to their word and delivered everything they promised. They supplied the finished vehicles when we needed them and that’s really helped in the update of our fleet.”