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Publication: Truckstop News'
lssue: June 2O!7
EUZUS HEIP LAKES SGAFFOTDI]UG
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W i?'{sistr ['P"]if l o u"" o for a brand-new 16-plate 3.S-tonne lsuzu
construction company Lakes Scaffolding Grafter.
now runs an all-lsuzu fleet handling Since then the Kendal company
scaffolding contracts covering Cumbria has replaced its two older 7.S-tonne
rigids with brand-new lsuzu Forward
and the South Lakes. 7.S-tonners as the incumbent vehicles
"Since we switched to lsuzu with the had outlived their useful working life.
arrival of three brand-new vehicles over "Following the success of the 3.S-tonne
the past 12 months, our customers have lsuzu Grafter, we had no hesitation in
commented on the quality of our vehicles taking lsuzu again when we needed to
replace our 7.s-tonne trucks. The lsuzu
when arriving on site. We operate on 7.s-tonne rigids carry at least one tonne
many top-end contracts for high-profile more payload than their predecessors,
customers, so our trucks must reflect and the smaller overall footprint of the
our business and the new lsuzus have vehicle and body makes them ideal for
certainly had a positive impact," said ease of access on so many sites within
Simon Shaw, director, Lakes Scaffolding. rural Cumbria," Shaw said.
The switch to lsuzu started about 1B "The three lsuzu trucks are absolutely
months ago when the firm purchased brilliant. I wouldn't even think about
its first lsuzu, a second-hand lsuzu buying any other make of truck and I do
3.S-tonne Grafter, for evaluation. Shortly literally recommend lsuzu to everyone I
afterwards, Lakes swapped the vehicle know," he concluded.
