The business is based in Michaelston Y Fedw, Cardiff, and provides a full range of tree services, along with grounds and estate maintenance and landscaping.
The company’s new Canters were supplied by local Mercedes-Benz dealer Euro Commercials – the German manufacturer’s dealer network is also responsible for sales and support of the Fuso range in Britain.
The new Canters are 3C13 models with Comfort day cabs and 3.0-litre engines that produce 130hp and offer 300Nm of torque at low revs. They also feature the Idle Start/Stop function and an engine brake as standard.
TR33’s new Canters are fitted with bodies by Dragon Fabrications, of Newport, and have locking cupboards immediately behind their cabs, for storing power saws and other equipment.
One, which at 2,500 mm has the shortest of the four available wheelbases, has a high-sided tipping body with ladder rack, purpose-designed for tree surgery work. The other has a 2,800mm wheelbase and dropside body.
TR33 works primarily in South Wales and the South West, but has completed assignments as far afield as Sheffield. It runs a fleet of 16 vehicles, most of which are 3.5-tonners by another manufacturer. This is despite the outstanding reliability of its first Canter.
“That vehicle has been amazing,” said founder David O’Brien. “She was involved in an accident early on but she came back from that and has never let us down. Even now, we’ve only taken the Canter off active duty – it will still be useful as a spare and as a yard vehicle.”
“Unlike the majority of 3.5-tonners, the Canter is not a van but a proper little truck,” added O’Brien. “The fact that it does not have a bonnet meant we were able to specify the bodies we needed yet restrict the overall length of the vehicles. This makes life a lot easier for our crews, particularly when they’re working in built-up areas.”
Also key to the smallest Canter’s appeal for operators like TR33, is its high towing capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes. “We’ll regularly tow trailers with push mowers, strimmers, blowers and sprayers, as well as chippers and stump grinders, so this is another very useful feature,” explained O’Brien.
He added: “The Canter is attractively priced and has proved to be highly cost-effective to operate. Euro Commercials’ Sales Executive Huw Salway was very helpful when we came to order and specify these new vehicles, and we are optimistic that the Dealer’s after sales service will prove similarly professional.”
Arboriculturalist branches out with more FUSO Canters
South Wales arboriculturalist TR33 has taken delivery of two new 3.5-tonne FUSO Canter models to replace its original – 13 years after it commissioned its first 3.5-tonne FUSO Canter.
The business is based in Michaelston Y Fedw, Cardiff, and provides a full range of tree services, along with grounds and estate maintenance and landscaping.
The company’s new Canters were supplied by local Mercedes-Benz dealer Euro Commercials – the German manufacturer’s dealer network is also responsible for sales and support of the Fuso range in Britain.
The new Canters are 3C13 models with Comfort day cabs and 3.0-litre engines that produce 130hp and offer 300Nm of torque at low revs. They also feature the Idle Start/Stop function and an engine brake as standard.
TR33’s new Canters are fitted with bodies by Dragon Fabrications, of Newport, and have locking cupboards immediately behind their cabs, for storing power saws and other equipment.
One, which at 2,500 mm has the shortest of the four available wheelbases, has a high-sided tipping body with ladder rack, purpose-designed for tree surgery work. The other has a 2,800mm wheelbase and dropside body.
TR33 works primarily in South Wales and the South West, but has completed assignments as far afield as Sheffield. It runs a fleet of 16 vehicles, most of which are 3.5-tonners by another manufacturer. This is despite the outstanding reliability of its first Canter.
“That vehicle has been amazing,” said founder David O’Brien. “She was involved in an accident early on but she came back from that and has never let us down. Even now, we’ve only taken the Canter off active duty – it will still be useful as a spare and as a yard vehicle.”
“Unlike the majority of 3.5-tonners, the Canter is not a van but a proper little truck,” added O’Brien. “The fact that it does not have a bonnet meant we were able to specify the bodies we needed yet restrict the overall length of the vehicles. This makes life a lot easier for our crews, particularly when they’re working in built-up areas.”
Also key to the smallest Canter’s appeal for operators like TR33, is its high towing capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes. “We’ll regularly tow trailers with push mowers, strimmers, blowers and sprayers, as well as chippers and stump grinders, so this is another very useful feature,” explained O’Brien.
He added: “The Canter is attractively priced and has proved to be highly cost-effective to operate. Euro Commercials’ Sales Executive Huw Salway was very helpful when we came to order and specify these new vehicles, and we are optimistic that the Dealer’s after sales service will prove similarly professional.”
