mac12:
What about the youngest truck with high mileage,was on 58 reg last week with 979000 on clock
I drive a Merc Axor, have had it from new (61 plate, September 2011) & it’s currently on 115000k. How on earth has a 4 year old truck clocked up nearly a million ks? That would be nearly 3000 miles a week!!
2 drivers doing 700kms a shift is 1400kms every 24hrs.
So a truck is doing 440 (approx) miles twice a day? Not very likely in the UK mate!
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Might not be the norm but it’s possible. Parcel companies would be the most likely to rack up that kind of mileage on a truck I reckon. Constantly trunking between their hub and depots.
I’m not saying it’s not possible, just unlikely. I used to drive for Securicor Omega out of the Manchester depot. The night trunks were to hubs in Coalville, Newcastle, Glasgow, Bristol & London. If they used the same truck for each destination + return (and they ran 6 nights a week) not one of them would get anywhere near that sort of mileage. Most parcel companies have 2-3 different tractor units for each trunking route…when you have guaranteed time deliveries you cannot afford to run only 1 truck per route!
Born Idle:
I’m not saying it’s not possible, just unlikely. I used to drive for Securicor Omega out of the Manchester depot. The night trunks were to hubs in Coalville, Newcastle, Glasgow, Bristol & London. If they used the same truck for each destination + return (and they ran 6 nights a week) not one of them would get anywhere near that sort of mileage. Most parcel companies have 2-3 different tractor units for each trunking route…when you have guaranteed time deliveries you cannot afford to run only 1 truck per route!
i used to work nights on the flt at the coalville depot 1998
shuttlespanker:
a friend of mine has got a 1998 DAF XF SSC 4x2 that is well in to it’s third time round the clock
i know that one too and thats with the fuse in lol …
what are you trying to say about The Flying Scotsman, Craig?
he dont do so much flying now as he did when he was on euro pulling fridges
this is very true, even Tesco’s pass him on a motorway
he’s happy enough plodding along at 50mph all day on the motorways
yer think hes trying to see who will last the longest him or the truck …i know he said he couldnt stand spending to much time at home with the mrs …known him since i was a kid used to go with him in his flat roof f10 on coulthards
Born Idle:
I’m not saying it’s not possible, just unlikely. I used to drive for Securicor Omega out of the Manchester depot. The night trunks were to hubs in Coalville, Newcastle, Glasgow, Bristol & London. If they used the same truck for each destination + return (and they ran 6 nights a week) not one of them would get anywhere near that sort of mileage. Most parcel companies have 2-3 different tractor units for each trunking route…when you have guaranteed time deliveries you cannot afford to run only 1 truck per route!
i used to work nights on the flt at the coalville depot 1998
I’ve probably delivered your badly stacked pallets then!
Driver came in from another depot in a 62 plate and was talking about their older trucks, 58 plates with 500,000km on. He thought this was a lot until I told him our 11 plate units have clocked 330,000 already.
Not very likely in the UK mate!
that’s a baby though for sure? 
