Read Plant Hire has taken delivery of a Volvo FM-330 4x2 rigid with an 8-tonne capacity VT801 Johnston sweeper body.
Rigids
Volvo’s powertrain is put through its paces in a new live test – dubbed ‘The Flying Passenger’ – in which a Volvo FH truck gives a lift to a paraglider.
Engine/Transmission Management
Laundry service CLEAN now has 60 commercial vehicles from Ryder: 3.5-tonne and 5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans; DAF LF180 12-tonne and LF220 18-tonne box tail lifts; and Iveco Daily 7.2-tonne box tail lifts, all on full service lease contacts.
Finance & Leasing
MAN Truck & Bus UK managing director Simon Elliott is to leave the company in January (2017) just two years after his appointment from within parent Volkswagen Group.
People
Vehicle engineering and design consultancy Horiba Mira has upgraded its kinematics and compliance facility with the installation of new technology for suspension testing.
Suspensions
Landscape product supplier The Bourne Group has taken delivery of a new Volvo FM Tridem, with a Wilcox 40m3 capacity rigid body and Keith walking floor – and, says managing director Peter Bourne, the vehicle is putting the company “ahead of the curve”.
Rigids
JG Pest Control has taken delivery of 24 new Renault vans, on a three-year full-service contract hire agreement with Fraikin.
Finance & Leasing
With Chancellor Philip Hammond today (23 November 2016) announcing a seventh consecutive freeze in fuel duty in his first Autumn Statement, the view from the transport industry is “good, but could have done better”.
Fleet Operating Costs
Co-op Funeralcare has reported record high mileage of 130,000 on a Michelin Agilis tyre fitted to one of its Volkswagen Transporter Highline T5 vans, before a replacement was needed.
Tyres & Retreads
Aggregate and general haulage firm Tony Hamer & Sons has taken delivery of a MAN TGS 32.480 8x4 rigid, bringing the number of MAN vehicles in its seven-strong fleet to four.
Rigids
Wembley-based Bessway Travel’s latest fleet addition is a Volvo B11R 53-seater luxury coach with Jonckheere bodywork.
Bus & Coach
Two refuse collection vehicles from Wiltshire Council’s waste and recycling fleet have had their operational lives economically extended by RVS (Refuse Vehicle Solutions).
Remanufactured Equipment