New DAF marks silver anniversary at Brianplant

Leading Lincolnshire plant hire and transport company Brianplant (Humberside) Limited has marked 25 years in business by having the cab of its latest DAF painted in a stunning silver.

The 32 tonne FAD CF85 eight-wheeler joins a fleet of 15 tippers operating in a 40 mile radius from the company’s Grimsby base. It’s engaged on delivering aggregrates, both new from the firm’s own limestone quarry and recycled from its transfer station, as well as ‘muckaway’ services, large earthworks projects, and other site clearance work.

Director Simon Beveridge says that the DAF is ideally suited to this demanding work. “We get high productivity out of our DAFs, along with good fuel economy,” he says. “Parts support is good too, which is especially important as we maintain our own trucks. And if there’s any warranty or more technical work required, then our local DAF service dealer, who is on our doorstep, provides a first-rate service including doing work out of hours so that we lose no downtime.”

Terry Hunter, Brianplant’s longest-serving driver, is at the wheel of the new DAF. He’s said to be delighted with its performance and particularly the generous amount of power delivered by the MX265 engine, which is rated at 410 bhp to give an ample 12.8 bhp per tonne. “It drives well and pulls superbly whatever the load or road conditions,” he says.

For off-road work the truck has plenty of torque at 2000 Nm which, along with cross axle and inter-axle differential locks, ensure that it can cope with the most arduous conditions. The FAD’s good ground clearance and features such as a radiator protection grille, wrap-around steel bumper, and impact resistant ‘Lexan’ headlamps also help to reduce the risk of damage to the truck when on construction sites.

Amongst features designed to ensure driver comfort is air conditioning and a Bluetooth enabled radio/cd player. The chassis was supplied factory-finished in silver and air horns and hazard beacons on the cab roof were also fitted during build along with a full width smoked sun visor to complete the truck’s head-turning appearance.

Local bodybuilder G Broughton and Sons fitted the 25 cubic metre all-steel tipper body, which has Binotto front-end tipping gear. A manual sheeting system that can be operated from ground level is fitted along with a reversing camera and Woodland two-cell weighing system fitted by local specialist Barry Napper.

The vehicle was supplied through Imperial Commercials of Scunthorpe.