The West Thurrock-based business has traditionally operated with vehicles from two rival manufacturers. However, it opted for Volvo for this flagship order after monitoring the performance of six seed Volvos integrated into its 58-strong fleet during the last two years.
Steve Barclay, Director at Warton Freight Services, says: “We’d heard good things about Volvo and we wanted to see how they would perform. I was invited for a visit to the Volvo factory in Sweden by our local dealer and I was really impressed with the design and quality of the product.
“This led us to take on two FH tractors, two FM 8×2 rigids and two FM 6×2 rigids and compare them closely to what we had been running previously. It was the real-world performance that put them in pole position for this latest order.”
Expected to be in operation between five to six days a week and clock up roughly 50,000 km each year, the haulage firm will use the powerful FH to deliver a wide range of heavy loads to sites across the UK.
“The crane has the fly jib on there as well, so that allows us to get an assortment of loads onto the truck,” adds Barclay. “It might be moving steels, generators, cabins, anything.
“Its very first job was actually moving a fully built wooden house from Bishop’s Stortford to deep south Wales. It had to have an escort car running with it, as it was a very wide load, but the FH did the job perfectly.”
Warton Freight Services has had the new truck designed with a limited-edition wrap – to stand out from the rest of its fleet, in celebration of three decades of hard work in the industry.
The FH features Volvo’s 12-speed I-Shift automated transmission, Globetrotter cab with single bed resting package, Bluetooth radio and 7” touch screen with personal and professional apps.
Established in 1991, Warton Freight Services is a family-owned haulage and distribution business, providing a wide range of transport solutions for customers across the UK.
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