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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK
* Stralis fleet grows at Brocklehurst
West Yorkshire,UK -Easier -30 July 2008: -- Brocklehurst Transport, one of the first hauliers to take delivery of an Iveco Stralis when the original model was launched in 2002, has added a ninth Stralis to its fleet of 32 commercial vehicles... The arrival of the Stralis Active Space Super³ (AS440S45TX/P), which benefits from one of the largest two-man high roof cabs on the market, increases Iveco’s share of the company’s fleet to over 90 per cent... The new Stralis 6x2 twin-steer is plated at 44 tonnes and will be used for nationwide general haulage, operating with a tri-axle curtainside trailer. It is expected to cover up to 75,000 miles a year and will remain on the fleet for six years...* Iveco dealers to benefit from additional £1,000,000 investment
London,UK -Easier -28 July 2008: -- Iveco’s nationwide network of 107 authorised service locations are set to benefit from a £1,000,000 business development programme during 2008 as part of a new initiative announced by the company’s Customer Service division... Appropriately named the 2008 Five Star Customer Programme, the scheme has been launched exclusively in the UK to provide additional support to the dealer network as Iveco moves towards achieving its strategy of a 15 per cent market share for Daily, 30 per cent for Eurocargo and a 15 per cent share for Stralis and Trakker by 2011... * S. A. Smith’s FH16-660 ‘Swiss Army Knife’
Biggleswade,Bedfordshire,UK -Easier -29 July 2008: -- Owner and Director of Heavy Haulage operator S. A. Smith, Stewart Smith favourably compares his latest Volvo FH16-660 double-drive tractor unit to a ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for its ability to provide, more often than not, a solution to the challenges faced in this intensive and specialist sector... Stewart praises Volvo’s ability to manufacture Heavy Haulage trucks saying, “Other makes tend to be specialist machines. Volvo’s Heavy Haulers are factory-built and ready to go to work from day one. You can do a week’s work in an FH16 in comfort. Ours have microwaves, fridges and sound systems built in.”* Food company moves to automatics at 7.5 tonnes
Tideswell,Derbyshire Dales,UK -Easier -25 July 2008: -- Automatic transmissions are the choice of leading food distribution company Holdsworth in 12 DAF 7.5 tonne and a pair of 10 tonne LF45s that they’ve just put into service... With as many as 35 drops a day to pubs, hotels, restaurants, schools and hospitals and busy traffic conditions to deal with, the automatics will really improve the driving experience. Holdsworth believe that automatics will help to reduce driver stress, leading to safer driving, and will improve the fuel efficiency of trucks that will each cover up to 100,000 kilometres a year...Labels: trucking industry news UK
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