Joinery business sharpens delivery efficiency with new Volvo trucks02 March 2015

Specialist joinery business TMJ Interiors has taken delivery of its first Volvo trucks, a Volvo FE-320 6x2 and an FL-210 4x2 rigid.

Supplied by Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia, the Suffolk-based operator's latest additions both feature curtainsider bodies by Belle Coachworks, of Lowestoft.

The curved roof bodies are fitted with additional tie-points, as well as 1.5-tonne capacity fully guarded tail-lifts.

The 26-tonne and 12-tonne vehicles, says TMJ's Steve Wells, are enabling the business to schedule more cost-effective deliveries than the previous 15-tonne vehicles they replaced.

"We can now send the right vehicle to the right job, which enables us to maximize payloads and streamline the scheduling of what is a £20 million-a-year business," he says.

The Volvo FE-320 has a 320bhp D8K engine, with I-shift automated transmission, which Wells describes as a "real bonus" for drivers, when delivering in and around London.

TMJ Interiors has achieved the gold standard in FORS (Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme), and the FE truck features 360-degree camera equipment, infrared proximity sensors and a cycle alarm.

Both vehicles are supplied with a Volvo Gold R&M contract and each one is expected to cover 60,000km a year.

Author
Laura Cork

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