Mercedes Tractor Unit Standard Truck News (56)

You wouldn’t think that a truck that looks that clean and modern could be around seven years old. Well, the Scania R450 Topline 6×2 tractor unit is a 2017 model and is heading for Protruck’s big Harrogate drive through sale on the 4th October at 10am. See all the details on page 19 of this…

G.C. Rickards have a pair of these smart Mercedes Actros 2545 sleeper cab tractor units for sale. these 6×2 trucks are fitted with the lightweight midlift axle for maximum payload. Combined with the relatively compact sleeper cab, the 2017, Euro 6 models should perform well on payload. See all the details on page 11 of…

Here’s a truck that would make an excellent flagship – or at least any owner driver mightily proud. It’s a 2553 Mercedes Actros 6×2 with a great specification and colour combination. Clearly well loved by a former owner, the truck is resplendent with its lightbars and is fitted with a fridge and a microwave and…

Whilst the European tour for the eActros appears somewhat more demanding at 15,000 kilometres, the UK saw a right hand drive electric version cover 1,400 miles in five days. Hauling a standard road trailer, and fully freighted at 40 tonnes GVW, the eActros 600 easily saw off the challenge of this year’s EV Rally event….

Mercedes fans will like this week’s front cover truck – it’s an Actros 2545 – nothing unusual abou that – except this one has a huge three pointed star on the side of the cab. The 2014 truck is a 6×2 midlift, looks well maintained and is available from Plantmaster – see the full contact…

The keen-eyed amongst our truck buyers will see that the pair of Mercedes trucks on this week’s front cover are not Actros units, but the beefed-up construction versions, the Arocs. Both 2546 models with 460hp, these are 6×2 models from 2015 with day cabs. This type of configuration doesn’t appear every day, but are ideal…

If you are wondering what the ‘L’ means in the Actros L, it now applies to all four- and six-wheeled tractor units with single or double drive axles, and 18- and 26-tonne rigid chassis, that have flat-floored GigaSpace, BigSpace or Stream Space cabs in the wider (2.5m) of the two widths available. Devon haulier Wains…

If the dealer workshop is next door to your site, then it would be foolish to not even consider a truck from that manufacturer. Location made sales consultant Ryan Lockett’s life easier when attempting to get a demo tractor unit into the Browns Distribution fleet. Soon afterwards, three Actros tractor units were supplied by eStar…

There’s a 2018 Mercedes 2545 tractor unit on this week’s front cover. It has a StreamSpace cab and is heading for the Euro Auctions sale on 25th October where it will be joined by a 2014 Volvo FH540 6×4 heavy haulage tractor unit plus tractor units from MAN, Renault and DAF. The sale is unreserved,…

This is no longer a concept truck or one that’s undergoing secret testing. Mercedes have revealed their eActros 600 tractor unit for long distance haulage. You can place an order for one today – and don’t mind a left-hand drive, 4×2 one – it will be built at the end of 2024. That’s a similar…

Company’s First Mercedes Actros for 22 Year Old From driving a delivery van to behind the wheel of a brand new Meredes Actros tractor unit inside a year, all at the ripe old age of 22 is no mean feat for Old Transport’s driver, Shay Wheeler. Old Haulage’s first Mercedes-Benz Actros has gone to the…

After having moved away from buying Mercedes trucks, Northern Ireland based McGimpsey Removals have bought their first Mercedes tractor unit since 2017.  Instead of the usual 6×2 configuration seen with the StreamSpace cab, the removals truck is a 4×2 configuration and pulls a tandem axle trailer. In the removals business a truck will usually cube…

Best Tractor Units for On-Off Road Applications It’s not just 8-wheel tippers and hook loaders that have to venture into quarries, waste depots and onto building sites. There are many occasions when a tractor unit has to venture ‘off-road’. That doesn’t mean scaling ridiculously steep slopes, but simply entering areas that require improved ground clearance,…

When Sheffield-based haulier Toutes Directions needed a new fleet flagship, they chose to ‘tick every box’ on the options list to reward a long-serving driver. Plated for operation at a gross combination weight of 68 tonnes, the Actros 2553 arrived via the local branch of Dealer Northside Truck & Van. It has a range-topping, flat-floored…

Why buy new?  With almost immediate availability and a 20 month warranty, container haulier Vicovanu has put another brace of Mercedes Actros out to work after being impresseg with the fuel returns from its first five Mercedes tractor units.  All pre-owned Actros supplied under the Mercedes-Benz Certified banner, they wear an eye-catching, high-visibility green and…

McLaren truck driver Ian Hodges has been reunited with the 25-year-old Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor unit he once piloted to race circuits throughout Europe, thanks to the stunning efforts of ace restorer Dominic Newby. Ian joined the Formula One outfit in 1997, the year in which the very first examples of the truck range hit UK…

Carmarthenshire haulier M&M Greene has marked its 40th anniversary by commissioning a very special Mercedes-Benz flagship. Euro Commercials was proposing to use the Actros L for demonstration purposes… until it took the highly-specified tractor unit to the Convoy Cymru truck show, which was held in May at the Pembrey Circuit, near Llanelli. So impressed were…

In terms of payload, distance and routes, heavy-duty long-haul transport is the most demanding segment in road freight transport. At the same time, there is great potential here to reduce CO2 emissions. Following the market launch of the eActros for heavy-duty distribution transport in 2021, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is now igniting the next stage for battery-powered…

West Country haulier Willmotts Transport has become one of the first UK customers for Mercedes-Benz trucks equipped with new, improved MirrorCam technology. The Shepton Mallet-based operator has purchased five Actros L BigSpace tractor units from City West Commercials, one of which was showcased on the Dealer’s stand at Truckfest South West earlier this month. Willmotts…

PAV Haulage turned to Dealer Motus Truck & Van for another pair of pre-owned Actros tractor units These were the first to be supplied to the company under new the Mercedes-Benz Certified banner. Buying New & Used PAV Haulage provides container transport services from its base at the port of Tilbury, and from the nearby…