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Hauiier Ferguson (Blyth) has been running lvecos for the past
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six years. Its fleet of 150 vehicles and 280 trailers is split between its site in Washington, Tyne &Wear, and Plymouth. The vehicles are a mix of Volvo, Merleedes-Benz, Renault and Iveco.
Operations director John Arkle ran Waugh Services for 20 years with 50 vehicles before it was bought by Fergusont. It was MD Alan Ferguson that asked him to take on the haulage operation.
Arkle bought an Iveco EuroStar, but says it wasn't held in high esteem in the trade. "However I was impressed by the aftersales serVice with NETV. And in the last five years [Ivaco] has really come into the game."
Fergusons' operations include general haulage and specialised logistics work. Drivers are as likely to tramp for a week as they are to workday, night or weekend shifts. FACT FILE The Iveco Mileage: 2,423km deMonstrator was Fuel economy: 9.5mpg "put on general haulage and had two drivers on two shifts: it did 3,000km in the week", Arkle says.
He was particularly impressed with its fuel economy. "We average 8.3mpg across the whole fleet, and it did over 9mpg but I prefer to wait to see what it does in the longer term," he says.
The drivers were very happy with it. The cabs used to be bolted on, but Iveco has designed it from scratch-it is well received by drivers and efficient," he says.
It is very possible we will buy some in the neW year' Arkle believes that in the Stralis, Iveco has given NETV a product to match its network capabilities. "Iveco has to have a stronger network. It has one of the best in the North with NEW, but it needs to be enhanced by a stronger and larger network," he says.
On the appraisal form, the driver feedback is all positive, A hard bottom bunk and low headlights were the only issues.