Class-leading because, as Webb general manager (haulage) Neil McMurdo explains, these 410bhp engined eight wheelers have been fitted with steel bodies capable of handling aggregates work.
In fact, with a full tank of fuel, a driver and all ancillary equipment, each tipper truck tares off at just under 12,400kg.
That’s in part due to the lightweight Scania tipper chassis but also the SuperLite bodies.
“Traditionally, most of our fleet has been built up around bulkers with alloy bodies, often employed on longer distance work,” comments McMurdo.
“Today, changing work patterns led by the house-building industry are requiring us to purchase vehicles speced for earthmoving and delivering sand and aggregates.”
With their 19.6 tonne payload capacity, the Scania-Charlton combination, he says, delivers a highly productive operating proposition.
Company director David Webb agrees: “We’ve looked at Thompsons and Charlton bodies for many years, but we just weren’t operating those types of tippers.
“Now, things have changed... We’re all impressed not just by the SuperLite’s low weight and clean, functional design but also Charlton’s high standards of product detailing, fit and finish.”
For him, this specification is right for the company’s latest operations – meaning the firm should be able to keep its latest acquisitions going for a long time.
“These two new tippers will be joined by a third in September, also fitted with a Charlton body but this time with a crane and grab as well,” he adds.