Transfleet grows by half
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• Leyland Daf and MAN-VW are the beneficiaries of a 26.2 million investment in new vehicles by Transfleet, which is increasing its rental fleet by 50% to 680 vehicles.
Transfleet's investment comes at a time when the company predicts a growth in its rental business from 90,000 rental days during the present year to 136,000 rental days next year.
Transfleet's national sales and marketing manager Chris Jepson says the order comprises around 136 vehicles from Leyland Daf, including Daf tractive units, Daf 16tonners, and Leyland Roadrunners. MAN-VW will supply around 100 vehicles including 17 F90 38-tonne tractive units which, claims Jepson, will make Transfleet the country's largest operator of this type of vehicle. The order is worth over 22.25m to MAN-VW.
The Leyland Daf order is worth around 23.66 million and as such represents the company's largest order since it was formed earlier this year.
Roger Phillips, managing director of Leyland Daf marketing, says: "Leyland Daf was able to offer Transfleet the range of vehicles necessary to expand its fleet and we are delighted that they chose to place such a significant order with us."
Around 150 of the new vehicles will be bodied by independent bodybuilders including Wilsdon and Boalloy, while Thermo King will be providing refrigeration equipment on some vehicles.
The order will bring Transfleet's fleet up to 680 vehicles, with around 150 tractive units, 250 16-tonners, and more than 200 7.5-tonne vehicles.
Transfleet has officially launched its third full contract hire agreement with a local council. This time the agreement is with Runnymede Borough Council, and covers the provision and maintenance of a 53 vehicle fleet over five years. Under the agreement Transfleet has purchased Runnymede's existing fleet for 2507,000 and is providing the council with its vehicle requirements for 2354,000 per annum (subject to annual revisions for inflation). Maintenance of the Runnymede fleet will be undertaken at Transfleet's Woking depot, which currently maintains Woking's fleet, also provided on a full contract hire basis by Transfleet.