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There's money in muckaway
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Major road-building projects have pushed up demand for tippers — and high-power tractors sell well too, says an expert at Glass's Guide.
While the widening of part of the M25 spells misery for many motorists, it's a joy to anybody who wants to sell a tidy eightwheeler tipper with a muckaway body. "Demand remains strong for all prime, late-year, examples and there are very few to be had," reports George Alexander, chief editor,commercial vehicles, at Glass's Information Services."The shortage of 6x4 tippers is a real problem too.
so values are rock solid, and 18-tonne tippers with gabs are good news as well." While the multi-wheeler shortage means customers might accept older vehicles than they would ideally like —"they'll go back to Land 11. plated chassis if needs be"— that doesn't mean to say that even the mos decrepit tipper will find a home. "Prices of less attractive eight-leggers are falling back slightly as a consequence," says Alexander.
As far as used tractors are concerned, he adds that the market is mot stable than it has been for some while; mainly because manufacturers have moved away from short-term fleet contracts when supplying nevi vehicles,and concentrated on longer-term deals. "Late-year,low-mileage tractor values are healthier than they have been for sometime because such trucks are a lot rarer than they used -lc be," he observes. "In the past you might have had a choice of 20 examples of a particular model, but that's not the case now." Tractors with lower horsepower may struggle to attract bids: "At on( time 380hp was considered sufficient for maximum-weight big-cab rig but today 400hp-plus is a must" •