SFS and Dennis Eagle deliver first Euro 5i RCV Fleet to Teignbridge District Council

SFS, leading contract hire and fleet management specialists, working in conjunction with Warwick-based specialist vehicle provider, Dennis Eagle, has supplied the first local authority RCV (refuse collection vehicle) fleet equipped with its latest Euro 5i emission compliant engines to Teignbridge District Council.

Serving to meet the emission levels required by next year’s impending Euro 5 legislation, the new vehicles will help Teignbridge Council reduce its carbon footprint by bringing into operation one of the cleanest and most environmentally friendly fleet of waste collection vehicles in the country.

Procured by the council’s vehicle supply partners, Northampton-based SFS as part of a 31 new vehicle intake, the 12-strong replacement fleet of Dennis Eagle RCVs are being powered by the Volvo Penta Euro 5i, 7 litre, in-line six diesel engine with its 290/213 hp/kW power rating. In addition to featuring the very latest in OBD (On Board Diagnostics) for the monitoring of the engine exhaust gas process, NOx emission levels have been reduced from 3.5g/km to 2.0g/km.

Cllr Gordon Hook, Teignbridge Executive Spokesperson for Environmental Services said: “We were delighted to become the first Local Authority in the South West to reach 50% recycling rates, and now we’ve achieved another first by becoming the only local authority to deploy an RCV fleet that has the very latest engine technology when it comes to lowered emissions. We have a long-standing commitment to addressing climate change and reducing the council’s carbon footprint; and deploying vehicles equipped with the Euro 5i engines will help contribute positively towards this.

“Having operated Dennis Eagle’s RCVs for the last five years, we are delighted to be continuing our association with both them and SFS. The service that we have enjoyed from SFS over this period has been excellent and the Dennis vehicle has been very reliable. As such, we are confident that this latest generation of vehicle that SFS has supplied will prove instrumental in helping us deliver a better and greener waste collection service for our residents.” he added.

Supplied to the council by SFS over a five year contract hire period with maintenance contracted back into the council’s own workshops, the new fleet takes in a combination of narrow and standard width RCVs. The contract has been achieved at no extra cost to the council than its current arrangement.

Alongside four standard width Dennis Eagle P2 23 general compaction bodies fitted to the Elite 6 x 4 chassis, is a further four P2 15 narrow bodied RCVs and two P2 12Ns equipped with the narrow variant Elite 6 x chassis. Completing the vehicle line-up is an additional two P2 9Ns specified with equivalent Elite 4 x 2N chassis. All of the new RCVs feature the Elite 2 driver plus three crew cab, with the general compaction bodies specified fitted with Terberg bin lifts.

Deployed to cover some 56,000 households across Teignbridge, the new RCV fleet is being used to support the collection of residual waste in black 240-litre wheeled bins and organic waste in the form of garden material, food and cardboard, using equivalent green wheeled bins, on an alternate weekly basis.

In addition to supplying Teignbridge District Council with its new green RCV fleet, SFS has also supplied an additional 19 vehicles. Indeed this will result in SFS supplying a variety of vehicle types that includes skip loaders, sweepers, tippers, Transit 350 and Connect crew and normal vans.

Comments SFS Managing Director, Bob Sweetland: “The Teignbridge contract reflects how closely we work with our public sector local authority clients when it comes to helping meet their bespoke fleet requirements.”

Standing as one of the UK’s leading specialists when it comes to the supply of vehicles and plant on long-term contract hire to central and local government, SFS continues to enjoy consistent growth and today has responsibility for a contract hire and plant fleet that is in excess of some 1700 vehicles. In addition to the supply of vehicles, SFS places equal importance on the areas of servicing, maintenance and repair, with an increasing percentage of its customer base contracting SFS to manage this aspect of their fleet management by instructing them to undertake the role preferred maintenance supplier.

Concluding, Bob said: “We continue to gain respect for our ability to supply comprehensive vehicle provision, management and maintenance solutions and this is something that we aim to continue to build upon in the future.”

Contact:
Sophie Chamberlain
sophie.chamberlain@sfs.co.uk
Tel: 01604 234601
Fax: 01604 234921

Author: SFS   Date: 2008-04-01