The reason why Maritime runs some older trucks while selling the newer ones is because the older trucks are on 4 or 5 year contract hire deals which is how they used to get new trucks. Most of their trucks are now bought outright and they sell them so soon because they actually sell them for what they have paid for them. Because Maritime have such huge buying power, they get huge discounts. The same works for Hanbury, the MANs and Mercs are usually contract hire over 3 years, but the DAFs and Volvo’s you see for sale at Riverside are all purchased outright, Hanbury might buy say 50 at a time, they then use them for a year, or rent them out to Goldstar, CSM etc then they sell them for what they paid for them, sometimes even making profit out of them. So they are effectively getting brand new trucks for free for a year!! Or, in the case of when they rent them to Goldstar etc, they make money on them whilst they are rented, then sell them for a profit!!!
Aaron
Hope this clears things up!
Sounds like a company with there head screwed on making a profit off the trucks!!!
never mind the loads !!!
Ther`s a guy from Sheffield bought a few North East firms over the last couple of yrs Freeway , Galaxy David Park, Gallarchers, Van Hee & he has replaced a few moters with Ex Maritime doesnt seem to have any probs.
I think AaronR is spot on .I went for a job at Maritime last summer in the Truck sales side cos it was growing as quick as the container business.They had already ordered their trucks for 2008 and the fact that they buy 50-100 at a time at preferrential prices allows them to run them for a year sometimes less and still sell them at a profit .Add to that 18months plus to put a new Volvo Daf Scania on the road and they’ve cracked it.They were even taking calls from main dealers to buy their used trucks.I also think the analogue tacho issue is a major reason as everyone doesn’t like change .And don’t forget Maritime are only speccing top of the range models with interiors to match which are an obvious attraction to potential O/d looking for a truck and the work to go with it!!
Carl:
bulmers im told will be selling their 07 ssc 105,s and due to the lead times of new dafs
,with digitach and analogue i think its down to the gear you need to use the digitach ,you need to by the software then the card readers then the cards all of which are expensive and if you have a fleet of motors that have analogue tachos and you buy one with a digitacho all of you drivers have to have a digicard which is more expense and hassle
I think this is more likely the reason for people selling newish trucks, Almost all manufacturers seem to have lead times of about a year, but a big haulier will always have trucks on the production line so will get a constant supply, so it make sense to try and sell units to smaller hauliers who can’t get a new truck at a profit.
This might also be to do with the fact that Bulmers have been advertising in every magazine and paper for weeks and months for drivers in Ipswich. Maybe the North East wages are even a bit scary for Suffolk carrot crunchers
Thanks for the ‘Maritime’ replys. Sounds like the right place to go for a decent truck but the wrong place if they won’t budge on price. As for the digi tacho debate, I dont mind either ,but get the feeling Big Brother will use this technology more and more to get even more info about things they have no right knowing. (Time will tell).