Truncating Laravel tables before seeding them

DatabaseSeeder.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
    protected $toTruncate = ['users'];

    public function run()
    {
        Model::unguard();

        foreach($this->toTruncate as $table) {
            DB::table($table)->truncate();
        }
        $this->call(UsersTableSeeder::class);

        Model::reguard();
    }
}