Supplied by Thomas Hardie Commercials, two of the new 6x2 FHs will be paired with refrigerated trailers and used to move temperature-controlled products across the UK, while the other three will be used for container work.
Each of the trucks feature Volvo’s D13TC Euro-VI Step D engine, which benefits from turbo-compounding and additional fuel-saving features to reduce fuel consumption without compromising driveability – all while delivering an additional 300 Nm of low-down torque to boost journey times.
Lee Harrison, owner of Harrisons Transport, says: “The fuel returns we’ve seen from these Volvo turbo compound engines is very good. We originally took on eight back in 2019 and they’ve averaged around 11mpg, which we are very happy with. We work our trucks hard; the three on container duties will be covering around 130,000 km each year, and the two pulling reefers will be more towards 200,000km per year with the drivers working four days on, four days off.”
The I-Save package is designed to perform best in long-haul operations. As well as the turbo compound engine, the trucks use Volvo’s I-See predictive cruise control, which analyses and adapts to gradients in the road ahead – plus I-Cruise with I-Roll, which adjusts speed to optimise fuel consumption.
The five new trucks – all fleet additions – are backed with Volvo gold contracts to guarantee maximum uptime, with servicing and maintenance to be carried out at Thomas Hardie Commercials’ Preston depot.