CASE STUDY: GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY
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If you run traditional 7.5-tonners, but hanker for a higher payload, then you do not necessarily have to turn Japanese. You can even achieve your goal by moving to a lower gross weight.
That is what Grahams Family Dairy did last year. The Stirling-based business replaced two 7.5-tonners with a pair of Iveco Daily 65C18 6.5-tonne chassis cabs offering a body and payload allowance of up to 4,255kg.
Fitted with fridge bodywork built by Tekbo, they are used to deliver milk and dairy products to a mix of retail outlets, from corner shops to supermarkets. In service seven days a week, they are scheduled to clock-up approximately 25,000 miles annually.
“By opting for these vehicles, we’ve reduced our capital expenditure and increased our payload capacity,” says Grahams transport manager Stephen Elliott. “Each Daily can carry 14 trolley cages compared with the 12 we’ve been achieving on our Ategos.” Multiply that over a year and you are looking at a significant productivity boost – the sort no operator can afford to ignore.