A Sydney delivery driver has been so impressed with the 20 years and 1.2 kilometres of hard work shouldered by his Oveco Daily, he has traded the old machine in for a new Iveco Daily
Yarrack Skowron, saw it as a case of out with the old and in with the new when he recently replaced his 2006 Daily 50C van which had logged more than 1.2 million kilometres of hard work in the hands of Skowron.
He recently traded his old Daily for a new model at Iveco Sydney, driving away in a new Daily 50C to replace his trusty old workhorse citing the excellent performance of his first Daily as the reason for again turning to Iveco when he finally did decide it was time for an update.
The owner driver reckoned he had no need to consider any other brands.
“My first Daily has definitely proven itself, giving me almost 20 years of reliable service and over that time covering an enormous number of kilometres,” Skowron said.
“For me the decision to update to the equivalent new model 50C Daily was easy.”
Skowron achieved the impressive high kilometres on the old van mostly working in Sydney CBD’s start in stop start traffic as well as in surrounding inner city suburbs. Adding to the challenge was that the fact that the van would begin each day at its maximum payload of around two tonnes.
“I deliver paper for printers and copiers to private businesses and government organisations, anything from A4 and A3 size paper to full oversize stock, and each morning we load up, then I split and deliver each drop with the trolley and because paper is heavy there was never an easy day, for either the van or for me,” . Skowron explained.
A mechanic by trade, Skowron partly attributed the reliability and longevity of his first Daily van to adhering to a regular service schedule and his belief in preventative maintenance
“I would do a lot of the work on the van myself and go to the dealership for anything I needed support with and I always used genuine parts,” he said.
The new Daily 50C has a 12 cubic metre volume capacity, just like Skowron’s old Daily, but with the passage of time most other features of the new Daily van are vastly superior, including better driver appointments, safety equipment, fuel efficiency and emission performance.
Skowron’s biggest change will probably be the transition from the old manual to the new Daily’s eight-speed fully automatic transmission,
“After so many years of driving a manual in city traffic, I probably won’t know what to do with my left leg,” Skowron said with a laugh.
“If I get anywhere near the same performance from this new Daily as I did the old, it will definitely see out my working days,” he added.
