Iveco delivers 73 new Eurocargos for bakery fleet
Allied Bakeries has added 73 Iveco Eurocargos to its nationwide stock distribution fleet.
The Eurocargo 140E18Ps 14 tonne rigids, mounted with Ecostream teardrop box bodies, will cover 40,000 miles a year as they carry out multi-drop urban distribution to smaller retailers and deliveries to major multiples.
Chris Davies, Fleet Engineer at Allied Bakeries which bakes for Kingsmill, Burgen, Allinson and Sunblest, explained: “We put this order out to competitive tender and Iveco came out top based on the Eurocargo’s competitive whole life costs.
“We also considered every element of aftersales service provision from different manufacturers, looking at dealer network coverage and roadside assistance performance to engineering back-up.
“We operate a fleet of more than 1,000 commercial vehicles, and the aftersales care on our Ivecos has been second to none.”
The vehicles can carry up to 540 baskets of bread at a time. Chris added that stepping up from 12 tonne rigids to 14 tonners several years ago has suited his business and the types of deliveries its makes by cutting down on the number of vehicle journeys.
The 140E18Ps feature a two-pedal automated EuroTronic transmission as standard, and a software control package developed to optimise fuel economy.
With an FPT Industrial 3.9 litre Tector engine, they can produce up to 182 hp at 2,700 rev/min and up to 610 Nm of torque between 1,300 and 2,100 rev/min. Iveco says the new fleet is even cleaner than current Euro V and features an engine immobiliser as standard, for maximum security, together with a driver programmable speed limiter up to 90km/h.