Supplied by TOM Vehicle Rental to replace older vehicles in the fleet, the new additions take the number of Tiger-built assets in the Hovis fleet to 87 rigids and 14 double-deck trailers.
The vehicles are 27 Mitsubishi Canter Duonics – all 7.5-tonners – and 30 12-tonne DAF LF trucks.
Tiger’s design means the 7.5-tonne trucks return a payload of 3,200kg. The bodies were built with aluminium bearers and chassis runners, with the panels constructed from an ultra-lightweight honeycomb composite for strength and durability.
The vehicles also have treadplate floors for easier loading and unloading of bread baskets, as well as Aztec weighing equipment over the rear axle to ensure the maximum payload is never exceeded.
“Getting maximum payload from these vehicles was vitally important to us,” says Tony Stuart, head of logistics operations support at Hovis.
“Tiger has worked hard to find ways of giving us that extra capacity; this enables us to carry more loaves per vehicle and make fewer journeys – which brings both operational and environmental benefits.”
The Mitsubishi and DAF chassis have been supplied by TOM Vehicle Rental as part of a fixed rental agreement.