This is the most popular model of tractor unit advertised for sale on the Truckpages website.
This 6×2 tractor unit with the Mercedes 450hp engine was launched back in 2012 with the revised cab designed for Euro 6.
Early models were all Euro 5 until 2014 onwards when they will all be Euro 6.
A favourite of the supermarkets and all other trunking operations, the Actros 2445 comes in a choice of cab size – the most popular being the standard StreamSpace cab, although there examples of the BigSpace and GigaSpace cabs to be found.
To operate inside London and a number of other cities beyond 2024, truck operators have to ensure that their vehicles reach a minimum of three direct vision stars. One way of achieving this was used by the UK’s largest wholesale supplier to the veterinary industry by switching from tractor units with big, flat-floored cabs, to narrower, lower variants. That means the narrow cabbed, 2.3m wide version of the Actros (still easier for us at least to use the now discontinued ‘Antos’ model name to help to understand the size of cab we are talking about). Working from National Veterinary Services’…>
Black Country-based hauler Andyfreight is voting with its feet. This means buying more Mercedes Actros tractor units as they have outperformed other manufacturers’ vehicles on the fleet on fuel consumption. The company has just added another three tractor units to the six supplied by Dealer Midlands Truck & Van last year, and will be taking delivery of a further eight in the spring. With average returns of 11.27 mpg, even Andyfreight’s previous-generation Actros are half a mile per gallon ahead of its trucks by two other manufacturers, while a single unit from a third brand trails a lot further behind.…>
This is the most popular model of tractor unit advertised for sale on the Truckpages website.
This 6x2 tractor unit with the Mercedes 450hp engine was launched back in 2012 with the revised cab designed for Euro 6.
Early models were all Euro 5 until 2014 onwards when they will all be Euro 6.
A favourite of the supermarkets and all other trunking operations, the Actros 2445 comes in a choice of cab size - the most popular being the standard StreamSpace cab, although there examples of...