Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have purchased the latest in capital equipment and systems technologies to increase the efficiency of its gully cleaning operation. Centring on the use of Whale Tankers’ upgraded GULLYWhale MVC (medium volume combination) tanker, the Council’s new generation gully cleaner is also equipped with an intelligent onboard GPS/GIS system. As Blackburn [...]
Not only is Solihull-based Whale Tankers continuing to buck the recession here in the UK, the specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries is enjoying a sunny outlook when it comes to its export activities. Indeed Whale has recently seen another if its popular VacuumWhales leave our shores for Malta, the third Whale tanker [...]
Renowned for its innovative approach to designing and developing bespoke vehicle concepts, Solihull-based Whale Tankers has played a major role in delivering a specialist fire and rescue service appliance, believed to be the first of its kind in this country. Specified by Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service, the emergency appliance has been designed to operate [...]
Whale Tankers of Solihull – a specialist manufacturer to the waste and cleaning industries – has recently fulfilled an order for its biggest and most advanced Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling. Joining the 40-strong tanker fleet of Taylors Industrial Services Ltd of Aberdeen – one of the largest family owned waste [...]
When it comes to commercial vehicles designed and manufactured to satisfy the needs of a niche application, a highly specialised tunnel washer must rank amongst the most pioneering. Demonstrating the design engineering capabilities of Whale Tankers – the Solihull-based specialist manufacturers to the waste and cleaning industries – the tunnel washer is a vehicle as [...]
Whale Tankers of Solihull has supplied an ADR approved 2600 litre rigid tanker unit for long-standing utility customer, Anglian Water geographically the largest waste and wastewater company in England & Wales covering an area of some 27,500 sq kilometres. Mounted on a Mercedes Atego 816 4 x 2 7.5 tonne chassis, the new tanker has [...]
Lanes for Drains – the UK’s largest independent drainage specialists – has continued to show its faith in Whale Tankers having recently taken delivery of another Kaiser-Whale sewer cleaning Jet-Vac with continuous dirty water recycling. This latest move reaffirms the company’s intent on deploying the most technically advanced and durable equipment available. Supplied by Whale [...]
In response to difficulties implementing some aspects of the Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 (2006) and after receiving authorisation from the Department of Transport, Lancashire County Council and Whale Tankers have devised an innovative means of incorporating a rear mounted, lightweight lighting warning arrow on the Council's latest GullyWhale fleet newcomers. Using King Highways Products' [...]
Devon-based Gregory Distribution Limited has recently added its first Whale tankers to a 400-strong vehicle fleet. Joining the company’s Environmental Services Division, the two Whale newcomers are both non-hazardous tipping vacuum tankers equipped with high pressure jetting. Serving to bolster Gregory Environmental Services’ fleet to in excess of 75 vehicles, the new tankers have been [...]
CE Electric UK - responsible for delivering electricity to over 3.8 million properties across the North East of England, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire - has recently taken delivery of a bespoke rigid road tanker from Solihull-based Whale Tankers Limited. Used for the collection and delivery of electrical insulating oil from electrical distribution sub-stations predominantly within [...]