Potter wheels in Mercedes-Benz New Actros truck fleet

Powered by 450bhp engines and fitted with aerodynamic StreamSpace cabs, the trucks arrived via York dealer Northside Truck & Van. They were required after Potter took over the business of York haulier House of James Transport. "Our own policy is to renew trucks every five years, but those on the House of James fleet were a good deal older than this," explains Nick Brightey, general manager at Potter Logistics' transport division and York distribution centre. "So we immediately began the process of replacing the vehicles we inherited... Most of those trucks were by Mercedes-Benz and highly thought of," he continues. "So we decided to evaluate the New Actros against a tractor unit from another supplier." Potter has also taken delivery of a pair of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid 7.5-tonners for urban work in York.