Seems a bit of a strange thing to do, everyone knows its a daf, they either have the badges black or removed completley, anyone know why they bother to do this ?
Because they don’t like being associated with one particular brand plus back in the early days none of the package cars ever had branding and its a tradition that has continued, the only time they show manufacturer badging is when removing it would ruin the look of the vehicle i.e. the Mercedes vans we have now, when they first arrived the badges were removed but people started to think they were stolen so they were put back on. My new truck has the model badge replaced with a blank plate which looks more factory fitted
Thanks for the reply !
Do you still use them non-descript american style delivery vans ■■ most of them round here were around a P plate so i guess there kicking on a bit now and being replaced ?
Those vans are built on bought in chassis, when I was flogging Mercs we had loads of them coming through for registration and PDI work. I believe the bodywork is the same all over the World, it’s designed to be as fast and effortless as possible for the delivery driver 
I know that UPS routes all its US based delivery vans so that they never have to make a left turn unless it’s strictly necessary as it speeds up the job (they don’t have to stop at red lights when turning right, well they do have to stop, but don’t have to wait for a green light) is this the same for right turns in the UK 
If only we were sensible enough to have left turn on red here…
We don’t have the room for the size of the junctions here. Plus some people have no ability to comprehend traffic lights as it is. 
Didnt Bass brewery do the same thing
hitch:
Didnt Bass brewery do the same thing
Whitbread certainly used to take the badges off their lorries.
Bernard
Hanbury davies (glyn davies) always had all the fleet de-badged when i worked there even the model and power badges off the doors
Is it UPS that is owned by Mormons who don’t believe in buying things on credit so everything is paid for upfront with cash? FBI investigated UPS years ago suspecting them of money laundering for the mafia but found no proof.
Its also because they don’t want anything to get in the way of their corporate image.
The drivers are not even allowed to wear their hi viz while driving as it gets in the way of the brand image.
newmercman:
I know that UPS routes all its US based delivery vans so that they never have to make a left turn unless it’s strictly necessary as it speeds up the job (they don’t have to stop at red lights when turning right, well they do have to stop, but don’t have to wait for a green light) is this the same for right turns in the UK
If they’d have done that at the old Feltham depot they’d have turned left at Hatton Cross lights.Then left at the lights at clockhouse roundabout then left at Minimax Corner and left again at ■■■■■ Road which would have brought them back to the depot. 
well Mr carry fast, its just as well that Feltham is not in USA then 
But he’ll spend all eternity telling you it is! 
harry:
Is it UPS that is owned by Mormons who don’t believe in buying things on credit so everything is paid for upfront with cash? FBI investigated UPS years ago suspecting them of money laundering for the mafia but found no proof.
That’s the funniest thing i’ve heard for a long time, UPS isn’t owned by anyone, its a stand alone company run by a board. The reason the vehicles are bought up front is because they are built specifically for the company and not sold on, plus they have the cash so why not buy up front instead of having credit payments? If i had £50k spare i would pay up front for a car instead of paying monthly for it. Also, UPS wasn’t investigated by the FBI, The Teamsters union was, which most UPS drivers are a part of but it had nothing to do with UPS or its drivers.
The left turn thing has saved the company a lot of money, in the US it has saved 98 million minutes of engine idle time. They also use package flow software to load the vans and plan the routes for maximum efficiency, since its introduction the software has shaved 28.5 million unnessacery miles from its delivery routes.
The badges are blanked off because if a traffic warden cannot enter the make of vehicle the ticket isn’t valid
JCB debadge or certainly used to do so on their trucks. The only badge they carried was the JCB logo.
I’ve driven the package cars and artics for UPS and the badges are still intact never seen one minus the badges…
newmercman:
I know that UPS routes all its US based delivery vans so that they never have to make a left turn unless it’s strictly necessary as it speeds up the job (they don’t have to stop at red lights when turning right, well they do have to stop, but don’t have to wait for a green light) is this the same for right turns in the UK
It was a similar system in East Berlin when I was playing soldiers back in the 70’s, good idea, you don’t cut across traffic and helps keep things moving
IPEC used to do this before they merged with TNT as they didn’t want to give the truck manufacturers free advertising . Asked them to pay to have the nameplate on vehicle when they refused IPEC took the badges off only left engine model badges on