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That Agent Reg, he's a boy isn't he? He certainly knows what Biglorryblog likes anyway--a nice selection of carefully-crafted truck photos in an interesting location. A naturally these one of the new FM-480 6x4 tractor that's entered service with South Wales forestry firm Karl Jones & Sons of Crumlin, near Newport fits the bill nicely. In fact, it's their sixth truck complete with a rather natty forestry crane mounted behind the cab, that's been added to the all-Volvo fleet.

Karl Jones, who has been in business 20 years this year tells me: "I started off by buying used Volvo's and we've just taken an 'M' plate vehicle off the road. They're a really hardy truck and I started to become a real fan then. We got our first new Volvo four years ago and have been running with them ever since." And why not? As Karl says: "The new FM is such a rugged looking truck, there's plenty of room inside and the low overall cab height is good for the work we do in the forest as it helps avoid overhanging trees. The cab size and height was a major factor in choosing the FM. They're reliable trucks that don't fall apart on tough jobs like forestry. We couldn't really go anywhere else than Volvo."

Now click through here for another great picture a a quick pie quiz based on the 'wooden wonder'.