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Thompson tries tippers after 50 years
5th April 1990, Page 15
5th April 1990
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• Thompson Freight Services is diversifying into the tipper business after more than 50 years in steel and general haulage. Last year it took its first steps into a bulk operation by buying a tipping trailer. Now it has bought an ERF eight-wheel tipper to add to its 33-strong flat bed articulated fleet to help cope with the 25,000 tonnes it expects to handle this year.
Transport manager Trevor Elliott says the move into tipping was prompted by the decline in the steel business. "It is an easy digression for us without great extra cost, We intend to combine the two operations, with bulk backing up our main steel business. But it's very likely we will be buying more tippers in the near future."