* UK - One Call Hire chooses Andover
Enfield,Middlesex,UK -HGV UK: -February 9, 2011 -- Construction and civil engineering plant hire company One Call Hire has specified bespoke plant bodies from Andover Trailers for its five latest 32 tonne rigid trucks... The 8.9 m-long LPBB 32 plant bodies have been mounted to identical Volvo FM410 P8 8×2 rear-steer chassis cabs, which join a fleet totalling 18 commercial vehicles, 12 of which already feature bodywork manufactured by Andover Trailers... The vehicles will be used to perform up to eight deliveries a day, five days a week, covering up to 80,000 km a year. They will transport equipment including excavators, dumpers, tracked dumpers, telehandlers, rollers and vibrating rollers to customers all over the UK...
* UK - Wincanton chooses Don-bur greener trailers for Wavin Fleet
Chippenham,Wiltshire,UK -Transport Engineer, by Brian Tinham -8 Feb 2011: -- Logistics giant Wincanton has purchased 11 new aerodynamic high-cube trailers for its Wavin contract, because of their fuel efficiency and ability to reduce CO2 emissions... The bespoke 13.7m long, tri-axle step-frames sport the Don-Bur EcoStream curved front roof section, proven to reduce drag and hence fuel consumption... Seven central support pillars, running down the length of the trailer, have been engineered to accept 12 moveable, cantilever arm racks, that can be positioned at any height. These, he says, not only provide the flexibility to forklift-load a wide variety of differing radius pipework, but also result in a higher percentage load-fill and lower delivery miles... If required, the padded-top arms can be stowed on the trailers in a specially built storage box located on the nearside at the rear...
* Belgium - Collaboration Stokota- Koks for Special Products
Brussels,Belgium -Truck & Business, by Michel Buckinx -8 Feb 2011: -- Buck Stokota Belgian manufacturer, specializing in tanks, trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of hazardous liquids, has entered into an agreement with the Dutch Special Products Koks, specialist cleaning techniques and vehicles for industry and government . He assigned as his Stokota single dealer for Belgium, France and Poland. Conversely, Koks Stokota certified as the only service center in the Netherlands for the fuel tanks / LPG, trailers and semi-trailers...