More waste with a lift
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• Manchester City Council has invested nearly £1.8m in 17 Volvo FL7-based refuse vehicles for its domestic refuse collection service.
The 26-tonne GM 6x2 twinsteers run on air suspension with steered, lifting mid-axles and carry two tonnes more than the vehicles they replace for a VED increase of just £100.
They all have crew-cab conversions by Penman Engineering and are equipped with 22m3 waste handling bodies: five each from Dennis Eagle and Jack Allen, and seven from Norba. Bin lift equipment is from Terberg Matec Eccles.
Ten of the FL7s have 5.5m outer axle spreads; the rest are at 5.2m with their cabs moved forward 500mm. Manchester CC expects to extend tyre life by using Pirelli AP05 tyres with their extra kerbing ribs.
Conscious of the high cost of rear-end repairs, and 11,000-aday hire-in charges, the council has also specified rear-view cameras. The high-roof cab extensions are completed at PE's Dumfries plant by former Locomotors employees from the same group which helped corn plete similar orders last year for Waste Management and Biffa.
Penman plans to offer continuity to former Locornotor customers by setting up a factory in Andover that will also concentrate on cash-in-transit and security vehicles.