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Bagley Gets a Lift From Mercedes Axor
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A Kent company is going up in the world, after investing in a Mercedes-Benz truck that’s already making life a great deal easier for its workforce.
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Bagley Plastering’s 6x4 Axor 2633 is fitted with a hefty Palfinger 15500 crane which is capable of lifting 6.2 tonnes and boasts a maximum reach of 18.7 metres.
This means that instead of having to carry unwieldy plasterboard sheets up flights of stairs, Bagley’s operatives can now employ the crane to lift them up to the first and second floors of the buildings in which they are working.
Ashford-based Bagley Plastering bought its Axor from local dealer Sparshatts of Kent. The 26-tonner also has a dropside body by C&D Fabrications, of Faversham.
It replaces a 16-tonne Mercedes 1617 tipper that had given outstandingly reliable service for no fewer than 19 years – Sparshatts took back this vehicle in part-exchange and it was quickly snapped-up by a buyer in Africa.
Bagley Plastering was founded more than 40 years ago by Thomas Bagley and his son John, who is still Chairman. The company primarily serves commercial clients in Kent, although it also ventures into south London, Surrey and Sussex.
The need to guarantee service levels was Bagley Plastering’s number one priority when it came to order its new truck. “We won’t rely on builders’ merchants because often they don’t turn up on site when they say they will and when that happens you end up with teams of lads kicking their heels,” says Director Rick Wilson.
“So we prefer to be as self-sufficient as possible. We run a small fleet of vans and pick-ups but this is our only truck, which means it has to be reliable. And because our previous tipper never let us down in the 19 years and one month that we owned it, we were only ever going to buy another Mercedes.”
The new truck will be serviced by Sparshatts and Mr Wilson has only praise for the dealer’s truck sales executive John Nicholls. “John was brilliant in terms of helping me to configure the vehicle, and bringing in the crane guys and bodybuilder. He even delivered the truck on time!”
Although the new Axor has a double-drive chassis, Mr Wilson admits: “It won’t be used off road very often. But we’ve been around for a while and we wanted a vehicle that’s going to go out and come back again, day in, day out.
“So we hope that by over-specifying our Mercedes, we’ve built in a bit of a margin in terms of extra strength and durability. After all, it’s not as though we buy a new truck every day!”
This means that instead of having to carry unwieldy plasterboard sheets up flights of stairs, Bagley’s operatives can now employ the crane to lift them up to the first and second floors of the buildings in which they are working.
Ashford-based Bagley Plastering bought its Axor from local dealer Sparshatts of Kent. The 26-tonner also has a dropside body by C&D Fabrications, of Faversham.
It replaces a 16-tonne Mercedes 1617 tipper that had given outstandingly reliable service for no fewer than 19 years – Sparshatts took back this vehicle in part-exchange and it was quickly snapped-up by a buyer in Africa.
Bagley Plastering was founded more than 40 years ago by Thomas Bagley and his son John, who is still Chairman. The company primarily serves commercial clients in Kent, although it also ventures into south London, Surrey and Sussex.
The need to guarantee service levels was Bagley Plastering’s number one priority when it came to order its new truck. “We won’t rely on builders’ merchants because often they don’t turn up on site when they say they will and when that happens you end up with teams of lads kicking their heels,” says Director Rick Wilson.
“So we prefer to be as self-sufficient as possible. We run a small fleet of vans and pick-ups but this is our only truck, which means it has to be reliable. And because our previous tipper never let us down in the 19 years and one month that we owned it, we were only ever going to buy another Mercedes.”
The new truck will be serviced by Sparshatts and Mr Wilson has only praise for the dealer’s truck sales executive John Nicholls. “John was brilliant in terms of helping me to configure the vehicle, and bringing in the crane guys and bodybuilder. He even delivered the truck on time!”
Although the new Axor has a double-drive chassis, Mr Wilson admits: “It won’t be used off road very often. But we’ve been around for a while and we wanted a vehicle that’s going to go out and come back again, day in, day out.
“So we hope that by over-specifying our Mercedes, we’ve built in a bit of a margin in terms of extra strength and durability. After all, it’s not as though we buy a new truck every day!”
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