Supplied by Volvo Truck and Bus Centre North & Scotland Inverness, the ten FH 6x2 mid-lift tractor units all have Volvo’s D13K engine rated at 494bhp, coupled to I-Shift automated gearboxes. The Globetrotter cabs have full leather interiors, and are specified with Volvo Drive+ and Living packages.
Seven of the vehicles will be based at the operator’s Inverness depot; the remaining three will work from its Glasgow hub. To be utilised on a combination of long-distance haulage and inter-depot trunks, the Volvos are equipped with 490-litre fuel tanks and 100-litre Adblue reservoirs, and six of the new arrivals also comply with ADR specifications.
“The contract hire deal includes a Volvo Gold Service contract, as the new Volvo FHs will be averaging around 180,000 kilometres per year,” reports D R Macleod, managing director.
“Our inter-depot trunks supplying the Highlands and Islands often require multiple drivers to cover seven-days-per-week operations,” he adds.
The Stornoway-based company deploys a varied trailer fleet and the new tractors will haul a mix of fridge vans, curtainsiders and flat trailers, as well as tanker, bulk and walking floor trailers.
All the new vehicles are equipped with SmartWitness camera systems, along with Volvo’s Dynafleet.