Truck Locator Rigid Recovery Trucks Blog Archive

“The Renault truck fills the bill perfectly; it has top-spec equipment with many additional extras making it a high-quality, very prestigious unit with a high residual value,” says Sparrow Recovery Director James Sparrow. ...

“Before committing to Volvo, we did look closely at rival marques, but none of them could really compete,” says Ladyroyd Garage owner David Thornes. ...

Westbourne Motors has seven locations throughout the south of England and a fleet of more than 250 commercial vehicles. ...

The shiny new CF will work alongside a 17-year-old, 53-plate DAF CF 85.430 6x2 wrecker that the recovery specialist says is still seeing frontline duty. ...

The Northumberland-based recovery specialist purchased the truck from Stockton-on-Tees dealerpoint Evans Halshaw and says it will “certainly earn its keep.” ...

“The Atego is extremely well-engineered and we know from experience that Mercedes-Benz trucks are highly dependable,” says R&S General Manager Philip Leslie. ...

The firm added its first Isuzu truck in 2018, and the reliability of the trucks for recovery duties has led it to add a new one each year. ...

The new 16-tonner can haul as many as three vehicles with the use of a spectacle lift, making it the ideal recovery truck for multi-vehicle accidents. ...

The firm says buying DAF rather than replacing like-for-like was “a simple decision” due to DAF’s cost, performance, and “well-known reliability.” ...

The P320 rigid 6x2 pairs a 9-litre, 320-horsepower diesel engine with a 132-kilowatt electric motor and can travel 10 kilometres running solely on electric power hauling a 15-tonne load. ...

The recovery firm says they have a great relationship with their local DAF dealerpoints and that they like to get their drivers the best trucks they can for the work they do. ...