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Tipping semis in demand
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• Tipper trailers are in great demand, as is reflected by the price fetched by a io-year-old Fruehauf at a recent sale held at Doncaster by Commercial Vehicle Auctions.
"It was a triaxle step-frame on mechanical suspension with a 57yd3 body, and went for £6,800," says CVA managing director, Chris Wright. An identical trailer that was a year younger fetched f7,5oo.
"The owner brought them all the way from Canterbury," he says. "All they'd ever carried was grain or apples, and people were practically fighting over them."
Rigid tippers are selling well too, Wright adds.
"We sold a Volvo FL7 6x4, 1994 on an M-plate, with an insulated body, for 18,500," he says. "It was in nice condition, and had clearly been well looked after."
Specialised equipment still com
mands premium prices. Wright reports: "A T-registered Daf 45 t50 with
a beavertail body and a crane was sold for fi5,too."
None of the ex-City trucks have appeared at Doncaster yet, but several of the company's trailers have come under the hammer.
"We disposed of 10 1997/98 York curtainsid
ers, all 13.6m triaxles on air, for between £7,600 and £8,500," says Wright. "That was quite reasonable money for the condition they were in, and six of them went to one buyer.
"City ran quite a few 26-pallet fridge trailers, and they should sell well when they come onto the market because there aren't all that many two-year-old fridge trailers around," he adds. "In fact there is some evidence that bidders are hanging back a bit waiting for them to appear."
However, Wright is concerned about the likely impact on residuals should large numbers of ex-City Renault Premium tractor units come onto the market at one time.
"We sold a Premium 385 02, 1999 on a V plate, with a Privilege cab, for /15,75o," he says. "Several other T and V plated 4x2 and 6x2 Premium tractors fetched from L15,000 to £17,250.
"These prices are already £3,000 to £4,000 behind equivalent vehicles from certain other manufacturers," he points out. A tidal wave of Premiums sweeping across the auctions would serve only to depress them further.