The Royal Tour That is Powered by Chip Fat Diesel

September 7th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in General News

Today sees the start of a grand tour of the UK. This grand tour though is not taken from an 18th Century novel or diary of that time, but instead is a real live modern grand tour instigated by Prince Charles. The main thrust of his journey around the UK is to promote the START initiative.

The means of transport for this road show will be the Royal Train and in keeping with the thrust of the initiative the train will be powered by vegetable oil based diesel. The world market in biodiesel is increasing year on year and the Brazilian producers have recently auctioned over 23million litres in the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) biodiesel auction, held in August this year. The ANP said that, in total around 430,000 tonnes of biodiesel had been sold by August 31st, 2010 in the first part of an auction that will be completed this week. This first lot was specifically reserved those producers in the Combustivel Social Program, this means that they would have had to buy their oil seeds from small family farms only.

The presence of the Prince on this promotional tour has already sparked controversy with regard to the cost of running the train. Many have remarked that the journey in itself is not green and therefore detracts from the initiative itself.

We contacted the owner of United Vans of Bristol for a comment on this initiative and the use of biodiesel. He commented “It is great when an initiative like this comes to the public’s attention, quite often it seems that we need someone like Prince Charles to attract enough publicity to make the initiative work. The whole biodiesel situation is not one that I would like to comment on. Suffice it to say that it has its proponents as well as its opponents.”

The Prince’s journey is expected to last for 5 days and will cost the taxpayer around £80,000. Whether you support this initiative or not it seems that it will create much furore over the next 5 days.

About United Vans of Bristol:

Bristol’s United Vans is a licensed vehicle dismantlers and recycling yard. Whenever you feel the need to declare ‘sell my van‘ they should be your first port of call for fair advice on the value of your van. Many satisfied clients have approached them to find the Vauxhall Brava value and how much their old transit t350 is worth. They have a reputation for recycling a high percentage of the materials recovered from their dismantling facility.

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Mercedes Vans Are The Most Viable Van For Vehicle Dismantlers Says United Vans Of Bristol

November 29th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Press Releases

= For Immediate Release =

BRISTOL November 2009

It comes as no surprise in these days of tighter budgets that people are reducing the amount they spend on everything from business expenses to household budgets. Now you may expect that more people would be opting for second-hand spares to repair and maintain their vehicles. Sadly due to the ever increasing complexity of most vans this is not particularly a DIY situation. With most repairs and part replacements needing the services of a mechanic the cost savings made by buying second-hand parts are not always enough to encourage the use of second-hand parts.

This has an effect on the van manufacturers that vehicle dismantlers are prepared to break for parts and then store for future sale. The exception to this, at United Vans, is Mercedes Vans. These van spares are of immediate use in the van parts resale market. The fact that Mercedes parts are generally built to last and the longevity of the vans themselves keeps them on the road for longer than most makes, it seems that more individuals and companies are prepared to maintain them using second-hand parts. This in turn makes it viable for the firms that run vehicle dismantling businesses to pay for the disassembly and storage of these parts.

At United vans they actively seek out the old and new models of Mercedes Benz vans and will collect them from customers after their useful life has passed. As a licensed End-Of-Life vehicle dismantling firm they are ideally placed to do this and if they can recycle the parts then we all benefit from less landfill and useless scrap. Mostly all parts of a vehicle can be recycled but it is the prohibitive cost that means that for a lot of vehicle scrap there is no choice but to crush it and dispose by other means. When a second-hand part is genuinely re-used it is kept out of the system for another lease of life. This is real world ecological recycling; re-using something is always preferable to spending time, money and energy reforming it to a new shape or raw material. Where ever possible we can all take this on board, whether it be a van or a cardboard tube, re-use, re-use, re-use.

About United Vans:

A vehicle salvage company and stockist of both second-hand automobile parts and second-hand vans, United Vans is based in Quarry Garage, Bristol. United Vans is one of the UKs top specialists in the salvage and dismantling of everything from cars to trucks. They deal with vehicles from all over the UK, dismantling 100s of vehicles every month; from Mercedes Vans to rigid body HGV’s!

For Further Information Please Contact:

United Vans.
T: 01761 452177
F: 01761 453993
sales@unitedvans.com
http://www.unitedvans.com

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