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On the other side of Nottingham from Rush Dennis Booth is maintenance manager for Ash; Borough Council where he looks after a flee some 150 vehicles. Like Rushdiff, Ashfield's vehi range from one to 28 tonnes.
"We run Dennis Eagles on refuse collection we have some Seddon Atkinsons," he says. "We some Leyland Daft and Ivecos at 7.5 tonnes am did have some bigger Ivecos but now all of out tanners are ERF ES6s. ERF parts availability is I ter, they will deliver twice a day while Ivec always next day.
"We have six altogether: the oldest is now years old. Four of them are equipped to carry' on/roll-off skips and two are straight tippers I on highway repair. Each of the tippers Garde tonnes and averages about 25,000 miles a They are loaded for about 90% of the time return just under 8.5mpg. Both are still plated tonnes but we intend to uprate them soon.
"All new vehicle acquisitions are put out to