Mar-Train

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd is a family run business, established in 1978 to provide a local plant haulage service. Based outside Lisburn in Co. Down, the company has expanded rapidly since 1993, to meet the requirements of a niche found in the market. Since then, the company has specialised in heavy haulage and the transport of wind farm components throughout Ireland, UK and Europe.

The fleet now consists of over 20 units and over 60 trailers. The young fleet of tractor units are mainly Volvo and quite often bespoke due to the demanding weights these vehicles carry.

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd was the first haulage company in Northern Ireland to invest in modular equipment. Such capital investment has enabled Mar-Train to be at the forefront of heavy haulage. The company now has a solid customer base within the plant machinery manufacturers and the wind farm industry. The company have successfully delivered hundreds of wind turbines in the past 23 years to locations such as Orkney and surrounding islands, Inner and Outer Hebrides, main land Scotland, England, Wales and Southern Ireland. A lot of these sites have been some of the most arduous sites and very often in very remote locations.

This latest generation T cab truck is based on a Scania S650 Highline and is a rebuild by Vlastuin. The cab is set back and the bonnet is Vlastuin's own design.

Seen on the M6, Near Cranage.
Photo courtesy of and copyrighted to Ade Portlock.

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