From Commercial Motor 7th January 1977:
INTERNATIONAL haulier Jac. W. Herreveld Continental has placed a E200,000 order for 13 DAY trucks and 12 tilt trailers to add to its fleet. The order is for 10 of the new 36-ton FT2300DHU vehicles, one 56-ton FTT2805DKS and two 32-ton FT2000DHB as well as 12 Crane Fruehauf 12-metre tilt trailers. Based in Hull, the company, will be using the new units on its operations in Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Yugoslavia carrying goods ranging from bulbs to offshore oil industry equipment.
Herreveld bought the first DAF 2600 in the UK when it began in business in the UK in 1973.
The company handles full loads and groupage business from Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds and will be opening a new depot in Glasgow this week.
Major contracts involving the delivery of paper and rolls of self-adhesive material throughout Europe are among the loads handled by Herreveld.
