Trailers outsell trucks
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• Well-known independent used truck outlet Malcolm Harrison is busier with trailers than it is with trucks, according to Robert Reynolds (pictured), who works closely with the Stone, Staffordshire based company.
"We're doing very well with fridge trailers, and with curtainsiders too, if we can get them," he reports. "And we're selling as many tipper trailers as we can get hold of."
Speed of delivery is an important consideration in this sector.
"We recently made an inquiry about some new 13.6m triaxle flatbed trailers, and we were quoted eight to so weeks by the manufacturer," says Reynolds. By contrast, second-hand trailers are available immediately, and they are cheaper: "A 1997 flat will cost you anything up to £9,000 compared with £12,000 to L12,5oo for a new one."
Curtainsiders have to be 13.6m triaxles, on air, and 4.2M high.
The premium brands such as Boalloy attract the most interest, says Reynolds. "But the way things are, we can sell virtually any make that meets the required specification," he concludes.