Category Archives: DAF Truck
Hutchison’s flour invests in new DAF’s
Scotland’s premier millers have invested in two DAF CF85 tractor trucks, in order to navigate the highlands. Hutchison’s Flour of Kirkcaldy, a division of the Carrs Milling Group, sourced the vehicles through Lothian DAF, an Edinburgh based dealer with a variety of DAF trucks for sale or lease. The vehicles are mid-lift axle models, which [...]
Babcock to represent DAF in South Africa
Babcock International have announced a deal with DAF trucks, which will see the cooperation between the two, in order to streamline various services. Babcock International, an engineering support firm, will see its Africa section oversee the marketing, sales, service and after-care for truck trader DAF in the region, regarding both new and used DAF trucks. [...]
Fife council use DAF trucks to move waste
Fife council have implemented an operation to transport 100,000 tons of compost and recycling material to the appropriate facilities, using four DAF trucks, specifically DAF CF85s, which will pull ejector trailers. The operation will run seven days a week, necessitating a team of operators who will rotate in a system of four-on, four-off. The operation [...]
C&H invest £1m in new vehicles
C&H, a haulier firm based in Essex, has decided to invest over £1 million in improving their fleet, which in itself is a response to a year on year growth of 18 percent. Steve Mercer, the managing director, said that the demand for work came from a range of sources, as they work in a [...]
Freshlinc get delivery of new DAF XF105
Freshlinc, the cunningly named Lincolnshire chilled produce distributor, has recently received delivery of a new DAF XF105, and one which has been customised with new features and bespoke livery. The XF105 is one of the new range of DAF trucks for sale, and was supplied by local DAF dealership Ford and Slater Spalding. The deal [...]
Chatsfields team up with iFleet to offer new repair service
A new repair and maintenance service has been announced by Chatfields, the van and truck dealer which distributes daf trucks for sale, Renault trucks and Ford and Nissan vehicles. The philosophy behind the service is to offer maintenance pro-actively, aiming to provide a more financially efficient service than ever before. Wayne Edwards, Chatfields’ National Franchise [...]
DAF increases range of EEV compliant engines
DAF is now offering an EEV compliant version of the 6.7 litre PACCAR GR-engine. This means that the entire range of engines offered by DAF are now available in both standard and low emission versions. The benefits of an EEV (Enhanced Enviromentally-friendly Vehicles) engine are that it emits a third less particulate soot than a [...]
DAF CF85 maximises productivity
The tipping industry, like all industries, has suffered of late, and so firms are struggling to keep their heads above water. It is also an industry where squeezing the maximum productivity from your equipment is the route to profitability. No one knows this more than East Midlands-based, family-owned firm Sanders and Woods Transport Limited, who [...]
DAF trucks work round the clock
ATL (Ascott Transport Limited), a family owned logistics firm, has turned to the new CF85 model released by daf trucks, to solve a logistical problem of their own. ATL’s contract to transfer raw materials and manufactured produce between two Pirelli factories in Carlisle and Burton-On-Trent, demanded 24 hours a day, seven days a week haulage, [...]
DAFcheck: Streamlining the need to keep Service Records
Every company running a fleet of trucks will have noticed the increasing relevance of the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system which is utilised by VOSA, in that it is now important to be able to provide records of servicing history in order to safeguard an O licence. DAF, with its many varieties of trucks [...]
