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TRAILERS GET YOUNGER
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Large numbers of one-, two-, and three-year-old trailers have flooded onto the used market in recent months, says Chris Wright (above), managing director of Commercial Vehicle Auctions. They've not had a direct impact on the prices realised by trailers of a similar age, but their availability has prompted operators to buy them and get rid of their old 40ft tandem-axle steel suspension curtainsiders and box vans.
"Quite a few rental companies used to keep a few trailers like these for use at busy times of the year, but they've now concluded that only 13,6m trailers are acceptable," he says.
"The net result is that old 40-footers are now fetching only £250 to 1400 at auction rather than £500 to £600," he observes.
Turning to trucks, prices of 1995-1996 vintage 7.5-tonners have started to level out after slipping noticeably earlier in the year, Wright says.