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Where have all the shunters gone? Far, far away
11th August 2005, Page 72
11th August 2005
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CONTINUED EXPORT demand for older trucks is making it more difficult for dealers to find suitable tractor units for their customers to use as yard shunters.
"We use an old 1834 to shunt stuff around at our place and we're always getting people asking if they can buy it," says Barry Browning of Andover Mercedes-Benz dealership Pentagon.
Ron Counsell of Renault dealership EnglandsTruck Care explains: "So many old tractor units have been exported to Eastern Europe that it's become really hard to find one that can be used for shunting duties.
"It used to be the case that a lot of dealers would have an old wagon or two parked round the hack of their premises that would be just the job — that's not so much the situation now."