25.11.2016

75 new trucks and trailers for Nationwide

The UK’s largest powered access rental company Nationwide Platforms has ordered 54 new four axle delivery trucks and 21 heavy duty lower loader trailers.

The order comprises 48 Sterling GP and six Wheelbase Engineering beavertail truck bodies mounted on 32 tonne 8x2 DAF CF400 rigid chassis and 21 Wheelbase Engineering low loader trailers. Deliveries will start before the end of this year.

The Sterling GP beavertail bodies feature the latest safety innovations including composite ‘gridlock’ non-slip decking and swing out handrail systems with aluminium walkway panels giving drivers safe access to the deck when loading. The trucks also feature deck lights as well as LED beacons and work lights to light both the surrounding area around the truck and the loading deck during periods of poor light.
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Nationwide Platforms has ordered 75 hi-spec delivery vehicles

The heavy-duty Wheelbase Engineering low loaders - which feature revised winch systems to provide in-line coverage across the width of the vehicle and gridlock flooring - are aimed at larger equipment such as the Genie 135ft Z135 boom lift, 20 metre Mec Titan 60 lift and the 27 metre Holland Lift M250 scissor lift.

The new additions are fully compliant with the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) and Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (CLOCS) which includes perimeter cameras, left turn audible alarms and side guards to help protect vulnerable road users. Nationwide Platforms says it is one of the first access rental companies to fit rear-facing cameras on the loading bays of all its beavertail vehicles to improve safety and compliance.
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The order consists of 48 Sterling GP and six Wheelbase Engineering beavertail plant bodies mounted on 32 tonne 8x2 DAF CF400 rigid chassis and 21 Wheelbase Engineering low loader trailers

Glyn Brearley, group procurement director said: “We hold the safety of our drivers, customers and other road users as our ultimate priority and this investment continues to demonstrate our dedication through the adoption of safety, reliability and innovation.”

James Dudes, Nationwide Platforms UK transport and property manager, added: “Sterling GP and Wheelbase Engineering are market leaders in supplying access platform transportation and are also leaders in innovation. We are always looking to see what we can do to increase safety across all aspects of our business and the design that we have collaboratively put in place will certainly see us continue as leaders and innovators in our own field.”

Jarl James, Sales Manager at Sterling GP said: “We are extremely pleased to win this contract which is the largest we have received this year and indeed the largest in the plant body market. The Sterling ‘Access Specification’ body has evolved over many years through client feedback from working together with key partners in the access industry, including Nationwide Platforms.”