Pointer Transport Volvo investment yields fuel savings14 April 2011

Owner-driver Andy Kirby has got more than he bargained for, after his Volvo FMX eight-wheeler, purchased last December, has already returned more than one mile per gallon more than his previous truck.

"My previous truck, a Hino, was just costing me far too much with repairs and fuel, so I decided to go for the new Volvo FMX 8x4 with its B-ride rear bogie," explains Kirby, who has been operating as Pointer Transport for a local quarry, Humberside Aggregates, for the past eight years.

Kirby specified the Boweld AggreLite body, with Air Claw auto-tailgate, and further extras such as ProCover Easy Sheet and RTB onboard weigher, to help reduce time getting loaded and tipping.

"Time is money" he says. "I've got used to the new truck now and I can't fault it. The Volvo I-Shift automated gearbox was novel at first, but I'm well impressed with it now and its capabilities on- and off-road."

Author
John Challen

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