DAF Trucks

Busy times for Browns new DAF

At around 65 collections a day, six days a week, a new DAF eight-wheeler with a Heil rear-end loading body is proving to be a highly productive vehicle for Staffordshire company H Brown & Son (Recycling) Limited.

New DAFs help ensure safety in roadworks

The safety of motorists and workers during routine and emergency roadworks is being ensured by five DAF LF55s now entering service with traffic control and management specialists A-Plant Lux.

DAF skip loader proves highly productive

A DAF 12 tonner fitted with Trio skip loading equipment is proving highly productive, making up to 20 pick-ups a day for Merseyside recycling company Mainsway Limited.

Turners of Soham take their 100th DAF FTP tractor

In a major renewal of its bulk tanker fleet, Turners (Soham) Limited has put its 100th DAF FTP model into service and given it the unique registration T100 FTP. A further 75 FTPs are on order for delivery over the next 12 months.

DAF apprentices take top honours

Apprentice truck technicians Ciaran Gilloway, Thomas Yelland and Stuart Gordon were the winners in the DAF Apprentice of the Year competition held in Bristol on Wednesday, 24th October.

Cummins take DAF XF105 to help keep drivers

Driver retention and cost savings were the key factors in the decision by Cummins Logistics to put four DAF XF105 tractors into service.

DAF can stretch to anything

Fitting an extendable body and a high-capacity crane onto their new DAF eight-wheeler has enabled R D Anderson Haulage Limited of Edinburgh to use it on a wide variety of work.

35 years of DAF ITS

In the early 70s, DAF was the first truck manufacturer to introduce an international assistance service that stranded drivers could call on for help. This year, the service is celebrating its 35th anniversary. DAF ITS, still a pioneering force in the commercial vehicle industry and one of the most valued and professional service organisations.

Sleeper cab offers extra storage space on 18 tonne tippers

Sleeper cabs on 18-tonne two-axle rigids are not very common, but when the trucks are tippers then they’re much more of a rare beast.

Ansa Logistics and DAF seek optimum environmental gains

Leading car delivery company Ansa Logistics has begun a comprehensive evaluation programme aimed at determining the optimum vehicle platform for its 155-strong car transporter fleet.

DAF eight-wheeler joins 160-year-old Lancashire fuel firm

A DAF CF85 eight-wheeler is the latest truck to join the 24-strong fleet of tankers operated by The Samuel Cooke Group. This family-run fuel distribution business was founded in 1845 and today its operations cover most of the North of England from depots in Burnley, Barnsley and at Ellesmere Port.

Renault outperforms DAF and Volvo in distributor’s fuel trial

Leading distribution and storage company, Downton, has taken delivery of three Euro 4 Renault Premium 450 6x2 trucks, with the Optidriver+ gearbox, following fuel trials against DAF and Volvo. The new trucks will be used on the company’s contract with UK pet store chain, Pets at Home.