WHEN NEIL OF ND RECOVERY WAS LOOKING TO CHANGE HIS HEAVY RECOVERY VEHICLE WE NOT ONLY MANAGED TO FIND THIS VEHICLE FOR HIM BUT WE ALSO MANAGED TO SELL HIS FOUR WHEEL VOLVO FOR HIM, NEIL SAID I WENT TO LOOK AT THE MAN AND AGREED A PRICE,NOW AS YOU CAN SEE ITS IN MY COLOURS AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH RECOVERY VEHICLES AND WILL DEFINATELY USE THEM AGAIN WHEN I CHANGE MY NEXT VEHICLE
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WHEN COLIN WILSON OF DEE JAY TRUCKS ESSEX NEEDED TO PURCHASE A MEDIUM RECOVERY VEHICLE HE CONTACTED MIKE SAWARD OF RECOVERY VEHICLES.COM ABOUT A VEHICLE THAT WAS ADVERTISED ON www.recoveryvehicles.com WEBSITE.IN LESS THAN A WEEK DEE JAY HAD TAKEN DELIVERY AND AS YOU CAN SEE MADE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF REPAINTING IT IN THEIR COMPANY COLOURS.COLIN SAID I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH RECOVERY VEHICLES
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CHANDLER STEWART URGENTLY REQUIRED A VEHICLE TRANSORTER THAT COULD TRANSPORT SPECIALIST CARS QUICKLY AND WITHOUT DAMAGE AND THE NEED OF BLOCKS OF WOoD AND SKATES.RECOVERY VEHICLES CAME UP WITH THE IDEAL SOLUTION.AN ISUZU NQR DAY CAB FITTED WITH AN ALUMINIUM LOW SLIDER BODY.THIS VEHICLE HAS A MASSIVE PAYLOAD OF 3200 KGS.
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Isuzu Truck Reshaping Its Roadside Recovery
At the recent RHA Rescue and Recovery Group Business Review seminar, held in Liverpool, leading truck manufacturer Isuzu Truck UK announced plans to reshape its UK roadside recovery operation in line with the introduction of its heavier model range, planned for launch at the Commercial Vehicle Show in April 2008.
In partnership with the Lantern Group, Isuzu Truck UK will be launching Isuzu Assistance next year to complement its current roadside recovery operation.
Announcing details of this change, Nikki King OBE, Managing Director at Isuzu Truck UK said, "Isuzu Assistance will not be handled by a club but will be operated directly with the roadside and recovery industry through Lantern’s experienced call centre. The Isuzu Assistance service will not only use Lanterns call centre and recovery vehicles but will also work with the many large and small independent roadside and recovery companies across the UK."
In Spring 2008, Isuzu Truck (UK) plans to extend its model range going up to 18 tonnes, taking the company from being a niche player in the UK to that of a major commercial vehicle manufacturer. As Nikki King explained to the assembled audience in Liverpool, "Isuzu Truck is now moving into the world of the haulier and we need to provide an industry leading roadside assistance service that competes with the best and complements Isuzu’s unique selling points of customer service and ‘CARE’. Our current service provider does a great job for our customers with our current product range and we trust them to continue to do so. We had to look elsewhere however for support with the introduction of our heavier products. We know that other commercial vehicle manufacturers and major fleet operations will be looking closely at this innovation and believe that the rescue and recovery industry will play a major support role in ensuring that Isuzu Assistance is successful."
Isuzu Truck (UK) and The Lantern Group have developed a strong business relationship over the past few years. In addition to providing this new roadside assistance and recovery operation in 2008, The Lantern Group is also currently responsible for all new Isuzu chassis deliveries to Isuzu agents and customers in the UK.
Isuzu wins orders for new heavies
Isuzu says that it is winning orders for its newly announced 'Forward' range of 11 to 18 tonners. Keith Child, the firm's marketing director says he thinks the industry's 'extraordinarily long order lead times' are working in Isuzu's favour. "We are already taking orders for the new vehicles because we can beat those lead times. To date we have approaching 30 orders 'in the bag' and indeed every one of the vehicles to be on our stand, 6-050 at the CV Show is 'sold'". He says the stand is the biggest the firm has taken at the CV Show, will display seven trucks and has an "even bigger hospitality area from which we can serve our now famous 'bangers and mash' lunch."
More from Keith Child on +44(0)1 920 463 962 or keith.child@isuzutruck.co.uk
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THE TIME TO WEIGH IT ALL UP -
With the sucessful trialling of automatic number
recognition, the vehicle inspectorate plans to introduce sophisticated
weighing equipment that can check a truck's weight without the need
to stop the vehicle. When an overloaded truck drives over plates in
the road, a weighing mechanism will trigger a sensor and the vehicles
registrtion number is captured.
Recovery Operators Be Warned
There are many four wheel heavy recovery vehicles still in use
today and it doesn't take a genius to work out that if a the vehicles
weigh 12 tonnes, its legal lift is about 3-4 tonnes. The same goes
for 7.5 tonne slidebeds, many of which have payloads of less than
2 tonne, particularly if they have a crew cab (check out our Isuzu
section). What will this mean? Well, for a start the prices for these
vehicles will drop dramatically and the market place will be flooded,
so urgent action is needed now to safeguard your investment.
Calculate the maximum
lift within the rear axle design weights
