Mercedes trucks are amongst the most popular for hookloader bodies. This premium brand has the rugged Arocs model that is well suited to the ardent conditions that hookloaders are subjected to. This means waste sites and building sites where the build quality of a typical Mercedes truck becomes clear. The vast majority of the Mercedes hookloaders for sale in the used market will be 8×4 versions, although there will always be the odd 6×4, 26 tonner available. As with all hookloaders, check the operation of the hydraulics and whether the system is fitted with the ‘Easysheet’ system to cover the load – vital for operation is a waste environment.
If you want to show off your product that covers over the worst terrain, you’ll need a truck that won’t get stuck on its way to the demonstration. That’s why UK-based manufacturer of ground stabilisation solutions, FAUN Trackway, specified an all-wheel drive 8x8 Mercedes Arocs to show off their track system to customers worldwide. FAUN Trackway operates from headquarters on Anglesey and took delivery of its 8x8 Arocs from local Dealer eStar Truck & Van. The vehicle is fitted with hookloading equipment by Hiab UK and has a mechanised body capable of laying up to 50 metres of interlocking M150…
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 its first tipper-grab, a 32-tonne 3240 which is now lined up alongside an 8x4 Arocs hook-loader which was supplied six weeks earlier, also in double-quick time, by the same Dealer, Intercounty Truck & Van. Although the Kent-based operator runs a number of other Mercedes-Benz trucks,…