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Megadrive's first truck, a Volvo FH12, was bought from eBay for the price of an old family saloon but it was worth its weight in gold MD Steve Davidson says' It was turning over £2,500 a week, for a year. It got us up and running, and I was devastated to see it go."
Now the firm runs 12 trucks, all 44-tonners one Volvo FH480 one Scene 380, a Scania 360 on shunter duties. and nine Oaf XF95s As CMspeaks to Davidson, it becomes clear that he has done a lot of homework in the drive to increase profits He has a policy of buying three-year-old, ex-contract XFs His reasoning is this the second-hand truck market is large, and firms do not have the time to inspect vehicles with a fine-tooth comb so some poor-quality LGVs are bound to crop up in the used arena Ex-contract XFs, by comparison, are available because of the termination of contracts, not because they were hastily released owing to defects. In turn, Davidson plans to sell on the Dafs after three years at Megadrive.
"The Oafs have big cabs and are very driver-friendly," he points out "They have good spares and parts availability too." The firm operates a combination of curtain-sided and reefer trailers, which are bought outright and rented respectively.