Tandem takes on 17-tonne Volvo FL7
22nd August 1991, Page 12
22nd August 1991
Page 12
Page 12, 22nd August 1991
— Tandem takes on 17-tonne Volvo FL7
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• A local authority trading arm has taken on a 17-tonne Volvo FL7 plated at 30 tonnes, which it is using as the prime mover of a drawbar carrying two 10tonne skips.
Tandem Services, part of Tonbridge and Mailing Borough Council in Kent, will use the J-reg vehicle to deliver and collect skips from community and council waste disposal sites.
The truck is fitted with a Lacre PDE skip loader and will also be used for road gritting. The rigid, Tandem's first Volvo, has a 180kW (241hp), sevenlitre engine, matched to a ninespeed synchromesh gearbox, and was supplied by Maidstone Commercials of Aylesford. Crane Fruehauf made the drawbar trailer. Tandem's 50-strong fleet includes Seddon Atkinson, Dennis, Iveco Ford and Leyland Daf vehicles.
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