Lettuce specialists, Salad Ways, have recently taken delivery of a brand-new DAF 18 tonne LF 290 rigid unit.

Situated just outside Rush, in North County Dublin, Salad Ways currently have approximately 6 hectares of glass under production.  Their products are grown and packed on site, for all the major supermarkets.

The highly spec’d vehicle includes:

• DAF white
• Day cab
• Roof hatch
• Reinforced cab suspension  
• Bluetooth
• Rear axle differential lock
• Translucent external sun visor
• Front spring suspension
• Daytime running lights
• Integrated bumper mounted fog lights
• Luxury comfort air suspended driver seat
• Soft grip steering wheel
• Cruise control, forward collision warning, advance emergency braking system and reverse warning
• Px-7 engine 290 hp engine
• 6 speed AS Tronic automated gearbox, hill start
• 340 litre fuel capacity
• Air passenger seat
• Rear axle air suspension
• Rear LED tail lighting
• Full DAF three year factory warranty

Additional work carried out:

• DAF Kearns & Murtagh, Co Louth
• Body supplied & tail lift supplied by Cafco, Ballycoolin
• Rethink Graphics, Calbriggan

Martin Jones, Managing Director at Salad Ways, joined us at DAF Kearns & Murtagh for a handover from DAF Trucks Ireland Regional Sales Manager, Paul O’Reilly.

Many thanks to Martin and Salad Ways – happy trucking!