Longley Farm meets LEZ rules with DAF 18-tonners 07 January 2011

Yorkshire's Longley Farm transport engineer Mike Wilson says the firm has put a pair of DAF CF65 18-tonners into service to beat the London LEZ (low emission zone) problem.

The trucks feature the 6.7 litre Euro 5 compliant GR165 engine, rated at 250bhp to give the CF65s an ample 13.89bhp/tonne of power to weight.

Wilson says that means they can also deal with the hilly terrain around Holmfirth, when leaving the dairy fully loaded, while also achieving good average speeds on long runs without compromising fuel efficiency.

"With these new DAFs we're not only able to meet the LEZ rules for the foreseeable future, but we are satisfying our own high standards as a food producer to be more environmentally responsible in every aspect of our operation," comments Wilson.

Both trucks work to an intensive delivery schedule, making up to 14 drops a day – which will see them covering around 100,000km per year.

Since their runs involve nights away, both trucks were specified with the DAF sleeper cab, and Paneltex of Hull built and fitted the 53 cubic metre fridge bodies to the trucks' 6.9 metre wheelbase.

These are based on vacuum bonded composite panels, with high impact-resistant skins to minimise damage. Exterior aluminium capping also results in a high quality, durable body, and they have a 16 pallet capacity, with barn type rear doors as well as a side door for safe nearside unloading.

As for the rest, produce is kept chilled by a Carrier Supra 850 refrigeration unit, while a Dhollandia DH-RM 1500 kg tuckaway tail-lift has been fitted, with a Brigade reversing camera.

Author
Brian Tinham

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