High mileage contract
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AVON TYRES have taken delivery of the first of three new Bedford TM 2500 tractive units for use on their intensive delivery runs in Wales and Southern England.
The vehicles are part of a five-year contract between Avon and Western BRS for delivery of the tyres and tubes to depots and to become original equipment on new vehicles.
They will be averaging around 2,000 miles a week with two on the road night and day, and the other vehicle doing day runs only at around 1,000 miles a week. The trucks will be used in rotation.
Runs to depots at Birmingham, Cardiff, Reading, Watford, and Bristol and deliveries to Rover, Vauxhall, Bedford, Lansing Bagnall and Coventry Climax will be their work as well as taking finished tyres from Avon's Bridgend factory to their stores at Melksham.