Ashbourne Truck Centre celebrates 35 years 

21/08/2025

Celebrating 35 years in business, Ashbourne Truck Centre is known across Ireland for the sales, service and maintenance of semi-trailers. 

The successful family-run business, which is fronted by father-and-daughter Joe and Sarah Mooney, is sole Irish sales and service partner for the Faymonville Group, which includes the Faymonville, MAX Trailer and Cometto ranges. It is also a tipper specialist for Schmitz Cargobull as well as a sales and service partner for Feldbinder. From humble beginnings in 1990, Ashbourne Truck Centre has become a byword for excellence in its field. 

Based in Ashbourne, Co. Meath, and only 15km from North Dublin and the M50, Ashbourne Truck Centre’s state-of-the-art premises features a seven-bay workshop where its fully trained and specialised team carries out pre-delivery inspections. The company’s large premises allows it to stock a huge variety of trailers and to carry out all repairs, servicing and maintenance of trailers. 

Ashbourne Truck Centre is proud to have flown the Faymonville flag in Ireland for over 20 years. The Belgium brand is the world’s leading manufacturer of vehicles for heavy load transport and specialised transport. Faymonville semi-trailers, lowbed trailers, modular vehicles, and self-propelled vehicles can be used to transport anything that is exceptionally heavy, long, wide or tall, with payloads from 15 to 25,000 tonnes….and more. 

Faymonville customers value their reliability and flexibility in offering tailored transport solutions, even in the face of difficult challenges. Faymonville vehicles excel with their technical quality and sustainable production methods. Faymonville is constantly investing in the future, working to improve and renew ideas of products and designs for an ever-changing market. Since the early 1960’s to this day, Faymonville remains a family-owned and run business which boasts five production facilities with a capacity to build 3,000 vehicles per year.    

Faymonville are the parent company of MAX Trailers, a range that consists of two- to eight-axle vehicles, for the transport of more standardised loads. It comprises the MAX100 Semi-Trailer, the MAX200 Flatbed Trailer, the MAX300 Drawbar Trailer with Central Axles, the MAX410 Ballast Trailer, the MAX510 Lowbed Trailer, the MAX600 Turntable Trailer and the most recent addition of the MAX710 range of low bed trailers, available in configurations of 2 bed 4, 2 bed 5 and 3 bed 5, this is setting a new standard in compactness, tare weight, flexibility and price/performance ratio. We are looking forward to seeing some on the Irish roads soon.  

“Over the last few years, the Faymonville range has become a daily sight on the roads in Ireland, the market share has grown consistently. This we believe is down to our loyal customer network, a superb product in the Faymonville Group and a good after sales service," Sarah Mooney says. 

Ashbourne Truck Centre is also well known for the sales and service of Schmitz Cargobull trailers, especially the tipping trailer range. Lately they have expanded the range of stock to include a variety of bulk tipping trailers as well as the standard aggregate size steel tipping trailers. These bulkers include 70 cube alu body, 60-65 cube alu body, also steel scrap transport bulkers. Also offered as an option is the plastic liner & vibration system for the quicker & easier movement of goods out of the trailer, prevents the load sticking in the trailer and offers more flexibility for the types of products transported.  

Feldbinder, meanwhile, develops and manufactures customer-specific specialised silo & tanker trailers, including tipping silos, liquid, hazardous, and foodstuff tanks. Feldbinder also manufactures tanks and silos for use in rail & container operation. 

A full range of parts are stocked to suit Faymonville, MAX Trailer, Schmitz and Feldbinder products, including a range of parts for Gigant, SAF, BPW & Rotos Axles. In addition, the Meath firm offers a full range of diagnostics for all trailer braking systems, including Knorr-Bremse, Wabco and Haldex. 

Furthermore, Ashbourne Truck Centre has a wide selection of second-hand trailers in stock, all sold fully serviced and CVRT’d. The service to customers also includes trailer hire, spare parts, servicing and after sales which the company places a strong emphasis on to build and maintain long-lasting relationships with customers. 

The family business has invested heavily in its trailer hire department which continues to go from strength to strength. The fact that they are willing to hire trailers for any length of time, long or short-term, is a major plus for the customer. Specialising in the hire of semi-low loaders and tipping trailers, Ashbourne Truck Centre can hire them out for a day, a week, a month or a specific period the customer requires.  

Ashbourne Truck Centre retains existing customers and attracts new ones by providing an unrivalled service. Joe and Sarah have worked hard on their aftersales service over the past three-and-a-half decades and feel this is a hugely important part of the business in ensuring complete customer satisfaction. 

“Repeat business has been key to our longevity and success,” Sarah explains. 

“The same customers come back to us time and time again for sales, maintenance, parts and trailer hire. Our large and modern workshop is always busy servicing, repairing and doing CVRT preparation checks for owner-drivers and fleets alike. 

“We also stock a massive range of trailer parts and ensure our customers don’t have any waiting time for the part they need. We offer a nationwide delivery service on all parts and are available at all times to take calls regarding parts, dispatch or any other queries you may have or advice you may need. 

“Our customers know that they can pick up the phone at any time and give us a call. Whether it be just for some advice or an interest in purchasing something, we will do our best to guide them in the right direction.” 

Boasting a nationwide customer-base, Joe and Sarah have no intention of resting on their laurels. 

“We have customers from all over Ireland,” Sarah continues. 

“Our client-base has grown massively in the last few years, much quicker than we could ever have anticipated. We’ve been an agent for Feldbinder since 2022 which has led to increased tank sales and bigger availability of parts. Our customers include plant hire, haulage, civil engineering, agri dealerships and crane hire companies just to name a few. We have a fantastic team who can cater for all their needs.” 

Ashbourne Truck Centre would like to take this opportunity to thank their customers, suppliers and staff for their continued support, and hopes everyone has a great weekend at The Full of the Pipe Truckshow in Mondello Park on July 12/13. 

Here’s to the next 35 years and many more! 

Ashbourne Truck Centre 

Ballymadun, 

Ashbourne, 

Co. Meath, 

A84 Y898. 

Tel: +353-1-8350573 

Mob: +353-87-2556677 

Mob: +353-86-2556677 

Email: [email protected] 

Web: www.ashbournetruckcentre.com 

First published in Irish Trucker magazine July/August 2025, Vol 28-4