ETS Trucks

Welcome to ETS Trucks Ltd, a family business established in 1994 by Colin and Darren Gale operating from premises in Dawkins Road, Poole.

ETS Trucks quickly built up a reputation for reliable, cost effective, commercial vehicle maintenance and repairs and were soon appointed Service Agents for both Foden and Dennis Vehicles. In our 11th month of trading we acquired the adjoining premises and expanded to form the six bay workshop that we operate from today.

In 1997 the Foden and Dennis marques were dropped in favour of MAN when we were appointed as Service Dealer for MAN covering Dorset and the surrounding area. Following MAN’s purchase of ERF we were appointed MAN-ERF Service Dealers during a period of rationalisation of the MAN-ERF Network.

We remain completely commited to providing full support for operators of all makes of commercial vehicle, including trailers, buses and coaches etc.,

As part of the MAN-ERF Network we can provide a range of services to optimise the cost effectiveness of buying and maintaining a new or used MAN-ERF vehicle. Either by choice of Finance Package,Telematics, Contract Hire, Contract Maintenance or Extended Warranties, whichever is most suitable.

Welcome to our new website which has been created to keep you, our customers, in touch with recent and future events at ETS Trucks. We hope to be able to bring you special offers and promotions, not only for our service and parts departments but also for New and Used Truck Sales. Please register your e-mail address in the section provided, this will help us to send out the latest information about special offers and promotions as well as our News Articles section where we hope to keep you up to date with things going on at ETS Trucks as well as MAN-ERF and the rest of our industry.

Parts and service can now be reached by their own dedicated phone numbers.

Service is 01202 330680 and Parts 01202 330681. These numbers are in addition to the usual number 01202 669339 which is, as always, available to contact these departments 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

ETS Trucks are pleased to announce that we have completed the relevant training and purchased the equipment to qualify as a WABCO service point. This will enable us to trace and rectify faults on WABCO braking equipment including EBS,(electronic braking systems). ABS,(anti-lock braking systems). ECAS (electronically controlled air suspension) and all other aspects of the WABCO range.

The start of 2007 saw a few changes at ETS Trucks as people changed jobs and new staff arrived to fill the gaps.

Chris McDevitt has moved from workshop technician to being our Contracts and Warranty Manager. He takes over from Mike Vincent who retired on 28th February and took a well earned rest by visiting friends and relatives in Australia for a month. He now comes in on a part time basis to assist Chris with the difficult job of making sure all warranty and contract maintenance claims are processed correctly and invoices prepared for work that has to be charged to customers.

About the same time we recruited two experienced technicians in the form of Norman Selby and Julian Trevitt. Both well known, with over 60 years experience between them, they will enable us to continue to deliver first class service to our customers, and we wish them every success with our company.

Just a note to our customers running newer vehicles with common rail fuel injection systems. These systems are now common equipment on at least 90% of vehicles registered in the last 2-3 years and that applies to all makes, not just MAN-ERF.