Supplied by Truck and Bus Wales & West, the Globetrotter-cabbed tipper has been supplied in the livery of Midland Quarry Products and will be maintained by Hartshorne at Kingswinford.
Gough has been a Volvo customer since he started in business. His first truck was an FL10-320 8x4 and, since then, he has operated several FM-460 8x4 tippers, all on asphalt work.
The truck is fitted with a B-Ride rear suspension, Bulkrite body, Dawbarn sheet and Edbro CX14 tipping cylinder. Its fully-fuelled tare weight is 13,000kg, giving a payload of 19,000kg.
Gough specified a higher diff ratio of 2.83:1 for the 13-litre D13K500 engine: "The faster diff ratio keeps it in the green band and the I-Shift changes up at lower revs with no loss of torque," he says.
"I'm expecting the FH to return up to 8.5 mpg," adds Gough. "Considering most of our work is stop-start and in urban areas, that is good compared to the overall average for my three previous Volvos which was 7.2 mpg."
Gough also specified other bespoke options, including stainless steel finishing strips down the rear edges of the cab side extenders, green LEDs in the Kelsa light bars, stainless steel tool boxes and polished aluminium air tanks.