Waste and resource management firm FCC Environment is adding a fleet of new Mercedes-Benz Arocs and Actros trucks fitted with Harsh hookloaders and wet kits after securing a new contract win in Kent.
All 24 vehicles will be based in Dover with 15 hookloaders mounted on 8x4 Arocs chassis, joining nine 6x2 Actros tractor units with Harsh wet kits that will pull Knapen moving floor trailers.
“We made the decision that the best way to service the contract was to take on an entirely new fleet of vehicles” said David Simpson, FCC’s head of plant and fleet.
“This way we would be able to deliver the highest possible standards of reliability, cost effectiveness and customer service. In turn, we consider the combination of Harsh bodywork and Mercedes-Benz chassis to be the optimum route to go
in achieving the highest possible levels of vehicle performance.”
The hookloaders will be handling multiple separate container movements each day, mainly moving domestic waste from a dozen household waste and recycling centres in Kent to FCC’s Energy from Waste facility at Allington near Maidstone. In addition to their standard equipment and Harsh variable width sheeting, FCC’s new hookloaders have been specified with blind spot cameras, close proximity and turn left warning sensors, as well as granular spill kits.
Year: 2015 | Body Type: Hook loader | Cab Type: Sleeper | Registration: BG65 WHU | Mileage: 365,016 km | Power: 435 bhp
Year: 2015 | Body Type: Hook loader | Cab Type: Day | Registration: YK15UZX | Mileage: 278,630 km | Power: 396 bhp
Year: 2019 | Body Type: Dropside | Cab Type: Sleeper | Registration: FM19BFY | Mileage: 188,455 km | Power: 253 bhp
