29-06-2010
100 new Scania’s for Butter Group
Marc Nijdam, director and co-owner of the Butter Group, recently signed the purchase contract for 80 new Scania’s, on top of the 20 Scania’s of which was ordered in the spring of 2010. These new trucks are partly for increase of the rolling stock and partly for the replacement of older tractor units.
Butter Group has chosen for Scania type R400, with full automatic gearbox. This truck is the light weighted, technically advanced and very reliable. Also, these trucks meet the highest environmental standards, without the help of chemical additives (Ad blue). Other truck brands need to use Ad blue to meet the required Euro-5 standard. The Scania engines are developed further, so an Ad blue tank is not required. This means less weight and less costs.
Butter Group appreciates a nice appearance and therefore we have chosen for the combination of a Scania tractor unit and an own built W-concept belted bulk trailer. Butter Group will put on the road another 100 W-concept bulkers to provide the new trucks with new trailers. Butter Group builds this patented trailer of only 4960 kg in our own workshop in Holland, in cooperation with Knapen Trailers in Deurne (NL).
The increase of rolling stock among others is required, while Butter Group signed a contract with chips producer Mc.Cain for the transport of raw potatoes to the factory in Bethune (F).