First UK Volvo FM hits the road

Colin Barnett
April 9, 2023

The first of the new Volvo FM range on British roads has gone into service.

This first example is a 6x4 tipper, generously specified with a 13-litre 500hp engine and I-Shift transmission.

Other features include a Wilcox aggregate body with rollover sheeting system, and a Kelsa roof light bar incorporating Lazer Lamps’ latest Triple-R 1000 LED units, which now feature integrated amber beacons with 16 different flash patterns.

The FM’s lucky owner is Tarmac sub-contractor Jonathan Hardy of Gowerton, near Swansea, and the truck was supplied by Pembrokeshire Volvo Trucks dealer Mansel Davies and Son Garages.

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Colin Barnett

Colin Barnett has been involved in the road transport industry since becoming an apprentice truck mechanic in the early seventies. The end of 2022 will see him complete 25 years with Commercial Motor, with a secondment as editor of sister title Truck & Driver along the way. Today, as technical editor, he is witnessing at first hand the greatest changes in heavy goods vehicles since they replaced horses.

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