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DAF Eight-wheeler joins 160 year old Lancashire Fuel Firm
24/10/2007
A DAF CF85 eight-wheeler is the latest truck to join the 24-strong fleet of tankers operated by the Samuel Cooke Group. This family run fuel distribution business was founded in 1845 and today its operations cover most of the North West of England from depots in Burnley, Barnsley and at Ellesmere Port.
Lancashire DAF supplied the new truck and prepared the chassis to full Petroleum Regulations standards. The new DAF is based at the company's Padiham headquarters near Burnley from where it is being used to deliver Derv and Gasoil to commercial customers. Road tankers Northern Limited built the 25,000 litre five-compartment tank. The 6.40 metre wheelbase FAD CF85 is powered by the DAF MX265 engine rated at 360 bhp (265 kW) at 1900 rpm to give a very adequate 11.25 bhp/tonne of power to weight. There's plenty of torque too at 1775 Nm between 1000 and 1410 rpm, which can prove useful for a truck that makes frequent deliveries onto constructions sites where conditions can get slippery.
This is the fourth DAF eight-wheeler in the Cooke Fuels fleet. "We find them a very reliable truck and very driver friendly" says Transport Manager Keiran Conlan. "Eight wheelers are inherently very stable , which is important when you're carrying fuel and being twin-steer they're also quite manoeuvrable".
"Our drivers like the DAF's too. The cab is well-appointed with everything easy to hand or eye and good all round visibility. We'll be maintaining the vehicle in our own workshop and the ready availability of parts was also a factor in buying another DAF".
For further information contact D Steele
01772 338111 dsteele@lancashiredaf.co.uk
Lancashire DAF supplied the new truck and prepared the chassis to full Petroleum Regulations standards. The new DAF is based at the company's Padiham headquarters near Burnley from where it is being used to deliver Derv and Gasoil to commercial customers. Road tankers Northern Limited built the 25,000 litre five-compartment tank. The 6.40 metre wheelbase FAD CF85 is powered by the DAF MX265 engine rated at 360 bhp (265 kW) at 1900 rpm to give a very adequate 11.25 bhp/tonne of power to weight. There's plenty of torque too at 1775 Nm between 1000 and 1410 rpm, which can prove useful for a truck that makes frequent deliveries onto constructions sites where conditions can get slippery.
This is the fourth DAF eight-wheeler in the Cooke Fuels fleet. "We find them a very reliable truck and very driver friendly" says Transport Manager Keiran Conlan. "Eight wheelers are inherently very stable , which is important when you're carrying fuel and being twin-steer they're also quite manoeuvrable".
"Our drivers like the DAF's too. The cab is well-appointed with everything easy to hand or eye and good all round visibility. We'll be maintaining the vehicle in our own workshop and the ready availability of parts was also a factor in buying another DAF".
For further information contact D Steele
01772 338111 dsteele@lancashiredaf.co.uk
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