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Continental Tyre Options Keep D&P Haulage Happy
with some of the more expensive brands out there.”
Charlton continues; “The icing on the cake is that Adams Tyres then runs a full fleet check every Saturday morning; checking pressures and tread depth, looking for any uneven wear or damage, turning tyres on the rim if needed, to get maximum use out of them and replacing or repairing tyres wherever needed. They also take away the old tyres and put them in our Continental Casing Bank account, so we save more money that way as well.”
Jonathan Adams from Adams Tyres, states, “One of the biggest problems for any fleet is maintaining correct pressures on its vehicles. With the cost of fuel today you just cannot afford to go adding 10-20% to your fuel bills from underinflated trailer or truck tyres. Euro-6 trucks are especially vulnerable, as they carry the
extra weight of the latest exhaust systems concentrated over the front axles. These need to be kept constantly at full pressure or fuel economy will drop like a rock.” Despite the appeal of the Barum range, for some operations D&P Haulage still benefits from fitting premium Continental Hybrid drive and steer axle tyres. However, the trailer fleet runs exclusively on the Barum BT200 R line. 385/65 R 22.5 for standard trailers, with double- decks utilising the 265/70 R 19.5 variant.
Jonathan Adams says, “We can work with a company like D&P and know we can fine-tune their tyre policy. We can use the Continental brand, which is an internationally respected premium tyre, where applicable, then, the hard-wearing, lower-priced Barum satisfies a range of options for us.”
Hull warehousing, logistics and haulage operator D&P Haulage is one of the quickest growing transport operations in the north east. Started in 1984 brothers by David and Paul Charlton, the business runs in excess of 60 trucks and 50 trailers on a variety of storage and distribution
the Barum brand, to give us precisely the right tyre for each vehicle and its operation.”
Alongside some 25 6x2 tractor units, D&P runs 36 six-wheel rigid vehicles and 5 four-wheel rigid vehicles. These work on contracts for major UK businesses, often in the customers’
D&P Haulage are a growing transport operation in the north-east of England
MTP WB09 Chosen for Volvo Dump Truck in Austria
MTP WB09
contracts, using its own warehousing, along with ongoing general and contract haulage for leading local businesses.
Over the years, the firm has operated several tyre strategies, with the focus on low cost. More recently however, in conjunction with local specialist, Adams Tyres, D&P Haulage has evolved a strategy around a range of Continental Tyre brands. Paul Charlton, says, “We started working with Adams Tyres from the very start
own liveries, taking them regularly into major towns and cities. D&P also has a growing role in the Palletways network, which can see them shifting upward of 500 pallets a day at peak times.
“This type of work,” says Paul Charlton, “means a lot of tyre scrub and frequent kerb contacts as the vehicles manoeuvre their way around narrow streets.” He continues, “The Barum range is proving the ideal tyre for these rigid operations as it offers
Magna have announced that their well-known 23.5R25 MTP WB09 tyres have been mounted onto a Volvo A25D dump truck owned by an Austrian transport and building company. According to Magna, the success was achieved due the low-cost price as well as the tyres’ special E3+/L3+ pattern. The pattern has been optimised for off-road application in sand and the short
communication lines between the customer, tyre distributor Reifen John and Magna Tyres Group.
The MTP WB09 is designed for articulated dump trucks and loaders and has a good structure and deeper tread depth, which enhances safety and provides greater longevity. The side wall protection and flotation are enhanced by the wide shoulder design of the product.
Correction – GB Tyres
In the last issue of Commercial Tyre Business we published a story about GB Tyres in our review of the CV Show in which we quoted Managing Director Sukhi Singh informing us that the Tipton based company was now selling the Westlake and Linglong brands in the UK. We have
since been contacted by both Mr Singh and Westlake’s UK distributor Vacu-Lug, informing us that this is not the case and that GB Tyres does not sell Westlake in the UK.
We are happy to correct the original article but stand by the accuracy of the reporting.
D&P Haulage’s tyre strategy has recently focused on utilising a range of tyre brands
of our business, dealing with its founder, Mark Adams. Today we deal with his son Jonathan, who has grown up with our needs, and now operates a tailored management programme that takes the hassle away from us, keeping the whole fleet compliant and economical. A key part of that is Jon’s ability to specify across a wide range of Continental Tyre brands, especially
us a very well-priced tyre with terrific performance characteristics. In the past, we fitted cheaper tyres, but were experiencing endless wear and failure issues. When compared to other brands, Barum was only marginally, if at all, more expensive. However, the performance levels are way superior. We’re getting double the mileage out of them, which puts them on a par
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