Used for CAT C and familiarisation training, two of the Range Ds operate out of GTG Training’s Glasgow base and the third from its Edinburgh centre. In order to accommodate two delegates and an instructor, the Range Ds were specified with the more spacious Global cab, and Renault Trucks Scotland team worked closely with Scot Seats to fit a third seat to the rear of the cab.
GTG Training’s logistics operations manager Kenny Nicolson said: “As the trucks run with three people, the ability to specify the large Global cab with an additional seat was vital to us choosing the new Range Ds.”
Popular features include the Range D’s Optitronic 6AS 800 automated gearbox and clutch, the lane departure warning system, optional passenger vision door and automatic engine cutoff after three minutes’ idling, and regeneration manual override.
Of the latter, Nicolson said: “These vehicles might be used to practise reversing in a yard or testing area for a day, not on the motorway, so the ability to switch regeneration on or off with the manual override is an excellent feature for our operation.”
The new Range D16s come with rigid GRP box bodies, built by PMH Coachbuilders, with rear-opening GRP double doors.