Harrier Express

Fresh chilled and frozen reefer transport specialists, Harrier Express, was established back in 1983 by owner, Simon Wilkinson. Running 14 tractor units from their base in Faversham, Harrier Express transport reefers throughout the UK and the continent. Looking to add a unit to his all-Volvo fleet, Simon came to Secondhand Trucks to source his next vehicle.

We've been trading for 31 years now, with our trucks covering long distances so we needed to add a specific truck to handle the loads we transport, a 460bhp Volvo FH13 Globetrotter. High quality FH13's of this spec are few and far between, but the choice at Secondhand Trucks meant that Matt had exactly what we were after. We run Volvo's because they are an all-round sound truck with a great dealer network and the units Matt had to offer ticked all of the boxes.

The fuel demands on the long distance work means we needed a larger fuel tank than the standard, which Matt was able to source and fit no problem. He also painted the front grills in our blue to match the rest of our fleet. Coincidentally, we have a similar colour scheme so it was only a very minor tweak and we've got our very own bespoke truck. It's all been very good value for money.

We're very pleased with the finished article, it's a dead-straight, first-class truck in excellent retail condition. We will look to Maritime to be a source for our fleet renewal programme going forward and we know that adding trucks will be very easy; we'll simply ask Matt for more of the same.

"We're very pleased with the finished article, it's a dead-straight, first-class truck in excellent retail condition..."