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If the standard crew cab is too long to fit a full-length body, then order a sleeper cab that has a seat-bunk combination fitted.  That’s what R&S Recovery Services’ did with their new Mercedes-Benz Atego which now has a cab that’s roomy enough to accommodate five passengers, but not so long that it eats into…

It’s a great-looking truck. Blinged to the eyeballs, the Mercedes Arocs 3248 should turn heads wherever it goes.  Jason Ward, owner of H&C Haulage must like his son in law, Rhys Ford.  Not only has he provided work for the 29-year old in the family business, but also has given him the ‘Muck Monkey’ to…

If your business is all about attention to detail – you wouldn’t want a staircase built by a slapdash joiner – then the choice of truck also goes under the microscope for Aberdeenshire’s Urquhart Joinery Services. The company enjoys an enviable reputation for the high quality of its work – and demands the same exemplary…

Every business has been impacted by the COVID pandemic – some positively – more negatively.  Mercedes-Benz tell us that they are well placed to continue meeting operators’ needs for R&M through every one of their dealerships – still ‘Open all hours’. Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK Managing Director Wolfgang Theissen, said: “COVID-19 continues to affect our everyday…

If you operate in greater London after the end of February, you need to consider the direct vision standards that are coming into force.   Check out the details here. This means a lot of aftermarket camera systems required for many. However, thanks to the manufacturer fitted MirrorCam system on the latest version of the Mercedes…

Mercedes Truck & Van dealer, Midlands Truck & Van has been showing off their all-new £7 million dealership site in Smethwick, West Midlands. It looks impressive – and so it should.  The site is the first to follow a new design concept taken from the Mercedes passenger car division. Visitors to the site are greeted…

Germany has introduced a generous scrappage scheme aimed at helping both the German truck operators and the German truck manufacturers alike. The government is focusing more strongly on the environmental & safety benefits that the scrappage scheme can bring – we all know that a Euro 6 truck produces 80% less NOx than a Euro…

We love to see a tenacious sales executive work to get a deal.  That’s what happened with Bell Truck & Van’s Truck Sales Executive Alex Wordsworth in closing a deal for an Atego 1530 recovery truck for Alpha Recovery. Alpha Recovery has operated Mercedes-Benz trucks of various size in the past, but more recently most…

We are all accustomed to seeing the large power generating turbines dotted around the UK – a sight that is set to become more familiar over the coming years.  A rarer sight is seeing one of the turbine blades heading down the motorway, let alone a convoy of three of them. Heavy haulage specialist Plant…

As a replacement service point for the Marshall Truck & Van Poole workshop, ETS Truck & Van have taken over the reigns for the area from their Blandford Forum location. It has been more than 25 years since Colin Gale last worked for a member of the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle network Now he has re-established…

Saving fuel and saving water at the same time – that’s a proud boast by the operators of their new ‘Tridem’ Mercedes Arocs 3258. Enviro-Clean Scotland’s latest, eight-wheeled Mercedes-Benz sewer-cleaning truck is a ‘green giant’ in more than one sense – as well as sporting the company’s distinctive verdant colour scheme, it is also reducing…

Here’s a good test of a truck and the availability of new trucks.  Leedale buys two Mercedes Arocs 8×4 tipper grabs and two from a competing manufacturer (who shall remain nameless here). Some ten months on, two more trucks are needed and the deal goes to Mercedes-Benz.  The trucks themselves must have played a large…

As Mercedes-Benz only have 35 Edition 1 limited edition trucks to sell in right hand drive form in the UK, you would realistically expect that all of them would be sold to loyal Mercedes truck operators. It seems that this is not the case.  After Alex Lymer bought an Edition 1 – this was his…

Greener Ealing is a brand new trading company belonging to Ealing Council (West London) and has commissioned 32 Econic refuse collection vehicles as part of a major investment in new equipment. The Econic Specification Supplied by Dealer S & B Commercials, the 26-tonne 6×2 chassis have rear-steer axles that enhance manoeuvrability and are fitted with…

A combination of multiple factors has led to family-owned logistics business, Woodside Logistics Group, buying a dozen new Mercedes Actros to join the 16 already on their 100-strong fleet. Safety systems, such as the high-tech MirrorCam and the Active Brake Assist 5 featured strongly in the decision making, as did the driver feedback, dealer service…

A dairy believes they have found an ideal use for the talented Unimog.  It replaces a high-speed tractor and can travel up to 250 miles a day towing milk tankers. Why not buy a ‘normal’ truck? Firstly, everyone wants a Unimog – you can turn it from left hand drive to right hand drive at…

No six-month wait for the chassis to be made to order, followed by a three-month multi-stage build for the body and crane. Scaffolding specialist Hadley Group ordered their new Arocs using the Mercedes ‘WorkReady’ programme and it arrived inside a fortnight – ready-bodied. To operate in the company’s new waste management the new Arocs is…

We often read about fuel consumption, driver acceptance and dealer service being the driving factors for purchasing a new truck.  Heavy haulage specialist, Alex Lymer saw the limited edition truck, loved the bling and bought it. Some people simply like to buy exclusive things – there were only 35 Edition 1 trucks made for the…

The most impressive piece of news is that local councils are actually investing in infrastructure for providing services to the residents of the borough. Many councils will outsource the work or underinvest in a fleet renewal programme, but the ULEZ is forcing the hands of some boroughs. Lewisham has acquired no fewer than 39 Econics…

Building materials manufactured by some of the biggest names in the industry are now being delivered to sites nationwide aboard Mercedes-Benz trucks that have raised the bar in terms of safety and efficiency. Wincanton’s construction operations received their first 14 new-generation Actros models from East Anglia Dealer Orwell Truck & Van, a regular supplier to…