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Walls and Floors Takes Delivery of Nine DAF LF 18t Curtainside Trucks

Wall and Floors, part of the Tile Mountain Group, the UK’s largest privately owned tile and bathroom retailer has taken delivery of nine new DAF LF 18t low height curtainside.

The new fleet is on a three-year contract hire package and covers every running aspect except tyres and fuel for Walls and Floors.

Walls and Floors, a part of the Tile Mountain Group, takes delivery of nine DAF LF 18t Curtainside Trucks

Mark Wood, Transport Manager at Tile Mountain Group explains, “Previously, we owned and operated a sizable fleet of vehicles, including twenty-four 7.5t trucks. However, following the Covid pandemic, we reevaluated various aspects of our business operations and identified transportation as an area that required adjustments. Although we already possessed a few 18t and 26t vehicles, after consulting with Dawsongroup, we discovered that contract hire was a more cost-effective solution that would also provide us with a brand-new fleet!

“Out of the nine trucks we acquired, seven were intended as replacements for existing vehicles while the remaining two were to accommodate the Group’s growth.

“A key part of that fleet profile today is the low 3.9m body height. There are low bridges on many of our regular delivery routes, and that can add as much as 40 miles to a round trip, which is expensive, both in terms of driver hours and fuel costs. The height of the new fleet will enable us to make financial savings whilst also being kinder to the environment.”

Mark, who started as a driver and is now a 25-year veteran with the business, estimates that the extra mileage driven to avoid low bridges could have previously cost the Group up to 1500 gallons of additional fuel a year.

The DAFs have all been liveried by the operator with the Group’s three brands.

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