Two new DAF trucks have just gone into service with West Yorkshire haulier James Wilby.
The Dewsbury-based business has acquired a 220bhp CF65 18-tonner with a sleeper cab and a 28ft flatbed body, built and fitted by Micra Truck Bodies of Wakefield.
Also new to the 35-strong and mostly DAF commercial vehicle fleet is a 460bhp XF105 Space Cab 6x2 44-tonne tractor unit, equipped with DAF's new, lighter 12-speed manual gearbox.
Both trucks were supplied by local DAF dealer F&G Commercials on an HP agreement arranged through Paccar Financial.
"The CF65 is mainly being used to transport timber and steel," states Keith Shaw, managing director at James Wilby.
"The XF105 hauls steel, too, but moves a wide variety of other loads as well, thanks to our diverse customer base. It spends 60% of the time coupled to a flatbed trailer and the other 40% pulling a curtainsider."
Operating UK-wide, both trucks will cover around 80,000 miles annually and Shaw says they will remain in service for at least seven or eight years.
