Axis first to bring Don-Bur Teardrops to rental market
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kevin.swallow@rbi.co.uk LEASING AND RENTAL company Axis Intermodal is looking to invest in more than 100 aerodynamic trailers to help its customers reduce their fuel bills.
Axis is branding the Teardrop trailer from manufacturer Don-Bur as the ‘Air Cutter’ and is looking to increase the exposure of the aerodynamic trailer through the leasing and rental markets.
David Potter, MD of Axis Intermodal’s UK truck and trailer division, believes the company is the irst rental irm to buy aerodynamic trailers, and is keen to improve fuel eficiency for its customers. “The Air Cutter trailer is designed to be the most useful for the general leet market, yet is shaped to maximise the air resistance and give our customers real fuel eficiency,” he says.
Reaction to Air Cutter is very positive, he says: “Our customer base extends from the 10to 15-truck operators to the big logistics businesses. The bigger companies like to see a rental/leasing company taking an interest in aerodynamic trailers.” The irst Axis customer to use the Air Cutter is North-West haulier Lea Transport. “It has taken on three of the trailers for its distribution operation with a food retailer, and the client is really excited by this move. A fourth is with a carpet distributor.” Potter says Axis, which has a 2,000-strong leet of trucks and trailers, is in discussion to order 100 aerodynamic trailers from Don-Bur to be delivered between April and June 2011.