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• A growing number of used buyers are expressing keen interest in sub-400hp tractors. So says George Alexander, chief editor at Glass s Commercial Vehicle Guide.
"Clean, well-maintained, 38ohp tractors are certainly attracting customers again," he says. "While a haulier who constantly runs at 44 tonnes wouldn't opt for one, those who only do the occasional trip at maximum gross weight will find that a unit with that amount of power on tap is perfectly adequate for their needs."
Alexander believes that the used market will continue to improve steadily over the next few mon That could be good n for older trucks as wel newer ones, he conter However, be cauti about alternative-fuel v cks, Alexander advises.
"In 2005, the gov ment intends to rel what it refers to as the "1 erous tax treatm accorded to liquified pe leum gas (LPG) and c pressed natural (C NG)," he points "The fact that it has used the word 'generous' sug gests to me a rise in the tax on gaseous fuels rather than a cut."