DAF Trucks
Local service nets DAF deal with Maxim Logistics
Corby company Maxim Logistics have put a further three of DAF’s top-of-the-range XF105 tractor units into service in their 50 vehicle fleet, bringing to five the number that they now run.
Low weight DAF meets tanker firm criteria
A company criteria that sets the gross weight of new tractor units to between 7.5 and 8.00 tonnes has led Yorkshire-based Lewis Tankers Limited to put ten of DAF’s CF85 FTP model into its 54-vehicle fleet.
DAF Trucks N.V. achieves ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’
At the end of January 2009, DAF Trucks N.V. received the official statement from Lloyd’s Register Netherlands that waste to landfill has been reduced to zero. With this achievement, the Dutch truck manufacturer underlines its leading position in the field of environmental care.
DAF 150 tonner provides comfortable ride on heavy hauls
A 150 tonne DAF XF105 tractor in service with heavy haulage specialists AP Hollingworth Limited of Huddersfield has been specified to a luxurious level of comfort and a high mechanical standard to suit its demanding work.
DAF upgrades its web site
To further improve the ‘look and feel’ and especially its user friendliness, DAF completely upgraded its corporate internet site daf.com, as well as the national internet sites which are available for thirteen European countries.
DAF drawbars support new removals system
A container-based system for domestic removals that is widely used on the Continent has been introduced into the UK by Britannia Lanes using a trio of DAF CF85 drawbar outfits.
DAFs XF105s support ‘five a day’ campaign
The success of the ‘five a day’ campaign led by celebrity chefs, supermarkets chains and government health czars to promote healthy eating is keeping eight DAF XF105s now in service with vegetable suppliers Huntapac increasingly busy.
Sam Ostle takes his 400th DAF
A three-axle CF85 delivered by Carlisle dealer Solway DAF to Sam Ostle & Sons Limited of Kirby Stephen is the 400th DAF to join this long-established Cumbrian fleet.
New DAFs help keep the lights burning in Wigan
With 40,000 street lights and illuminated signs to maintain, the street lighting maintenance team at Wigan Council need all the help they can get.
Big DAF helps with the heavy lifts
A DAF XF105 plated to operate at up to 100 tonnes under STGO Cat 3 regulations is providing support to a 220 tonne mobile crane that’s the flagship of the fleet at Longton Crane Hire of Stoke-on-Trent.
Tarmac pioneers unique DAF-based low-weight mixer
Significant additional payload, lower fuel consumption, longer life and less noise are the key benefits of a new design of concrete mixer appearing in the UK for the first time and based on a DAF eight-wheeler.
New DAFs underpin continued growth at Comet Tankers
Availability of chassis designed specifically for tanker work and good support from the supplying dealers has led Hertfordshire independent waste handling company Comet Tankers to put five new DAFs into its fleet.
DAFs adopt a high profile with leading plastics firm
A fleet renewal programme at leading PVCu window and door systems manufacturer Profile 22 Systems – part of the Epwin Group – has seen nine DAFs enter service with a tenth arriving later in the year.
Unique body for Matt Purdie’s new DAF
Almost half a century of experience in the removals industry has been brought to bear in the design of a bespoke body on a new DAF that has just entered service with Central Scotland’s leading removals firm.
DAF weighs up the waste on Deeside
With as many as 200 lifts a day a pair of DAF CF85s are being worked hard by Deeside operator Ash Waste Services.