European haulier Vos Logistics hates AdBlue so much that it is prepared to sacrifice colossal savings in order to avoid using the urea solution.
When I spoke to company president Wim Vos earlier today he explained that his company could save “hundreds of thousands of Euros” on the German road tolling system if it only ran Euro 5 trucks. But since Scania, its preferred vehicle supplier requires AdBlue at Euro 5, he is buying its Euro 4 EGR trucks instead. “The potential savings are not enough to make us change our minds on AdBlue” says Vos, who has just placed an order for 1,000 Euro 4 Scania tractors. And Vos speaks with experience too, having seven SCR-equipped Scanias on its 3,000-strong fleet.
This is one of several anti-SCR stories I’ve heard from operators over the past few weeks. Why is it that operators using EGR-equipped trucks are more vocal than those using SCR? Is it that the latter group don’t have anything to shout about? Is a winner beginning to emerge from the great EGR v SCR debate?
Maybe you’ve got some positive AdBlue experience. If so, I would love to hear about it.

One thousand Euro 4 Scania R-Series tractors will join the Dutch operator's fleet in 2007.