Supplied by dealer Mertrux, the 4x2 Actros 1843 tractor units have StreamSpace cabs and are powered by 428bhp six-cylinder engines, driving through PowerShift 3 automated transmissions.
The Alfreton-based company has been buying trucks from Mertrux for four decades and, says managing director Andrew Litchfield, "the vehicles and the dealer have always given us first-class service".
Litchfield adds that he is "very impressed" with the new Actros trucks: "In their first few weeks, they were hitting well in excess of 9 mpg, and frequently reaching 10 mpg.
"A couple of months on, and the trucks now having bedded in. They're averaging 10-11 mpg, which represents a significant improvement on our fleet average."
Plated at 40 tonnes gcw, the Actros are now making deliveries across Europe, mainly full-load consignments of palletised items for customers in the electrical and automotive sectors.
