Mercedes Actros Tractor Unit Standard Truck News (36)

It looks like an electric eActros 600, but High-profile haulier Elddis Transport has taken delivery of the first diesel engine Actros L ProCabin to hit the roads in the North East. The Actros L 2548 is the first of a batch of eight ProCabins, all to be supplied to Consett-based Elddis by Dealer Bell Truck…

Truck hire specialist MC Rental has put pen to paper on a landmark order for 100 Mercedes-Benz Actros L tractor units with the new ProCabin taken from the electric eActros 600. The purchase will be the UK’s biggest yet for the truck with the most distinctive design on the road. The ProCabin’s smooth front panel…

Plenty of used trucks and trailers for sale in this week’s edition of Truckpages magazine, from the box and curtainside rigid trucks from Chris Hodge to the 8×4 Scania and Volvo tippers on sale directly from operators, crane trucks from specialists Vehicle Loader Services plus details of all the upcoming auctions from Malcolm Harrison, Eddisons…

Take a look at the futuristic truck on this week’s front cover – If you are in the market for a brand new tractor unit and want to have the most modern look on the road, then Northside Truck & Van can get you on the road immediately with the new Mercedes Actros L with…

History shows one indisputable fact for leading haulier RT Keedwell – when it comes to fuel efficiency, the Mercedes-Benz Actros just keeps getting better. The Somerset-based operator has been running Actros tractor units as a mainstay of its fleet of more than 400 trucks since 2012, and has seen consistent improvements from each generation. “Our…

A drastic improvement in fuel performance from its first two Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units brought Casterton Haulage to the inevitable decision to invest in a third. Sheffield based Casterton took its first pair of Actros from Dealer Bell Truck and Van last year – both are highly specified 4×2 units for work across Europe. Managing…

Amazon has placed its largest-ever order of more than 200 battery-electric heavy goods vehicles – and has selected the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 – also the largest order for electric trucks in the history of Mercedes-Benz Trucks. Over the next 18 months, the eActros 600 trucks will be deployed across high-mileage routes in Amazon’s middle-mile network…

In the same week that we read about MAN’s first series produced electric truck hitting the road, we learn that the eActros 600 long distance trucks are also finding their way to customers in Germany. UK operators will have to wait a little longer. Series production of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 started at the end…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…