Coastways Atego trucks combine curtainsider and box body 04 September 2012

Belfast-based Coastways Storage & Removals has specified two 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego trucks that, it hopes, offer the advantages of both box and curtainside bodies.

Each vehicle has a curtain on one side – which allows for quick and easy loading and unloading of 8ft high wooden containers by fork lift – while the other side boasts a rigid panel for stacking other loads.

"It may be unusual but we've found this configuration gives us a perfect combination of secure load carrying capability and speedy turnarounds," explains Coastways director Dominic Murray.

Both Atego 816s arrived via Mercedes-Benz Truck & Van (Northern Ireland) of Newtownabbey, with their bodies by Mulligan Coachworks of Dromore. The same combination of dealer and bodybuilder also recently supplied a third Atego 816 equippedwith a standard box body
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Its first vehicles to meet Euro 5 emissions limits, each of Coastways' new Ategos also came fitted with the Mercedes-Benz standard MSS (motor stop start) system, which cuts fuel and emissions by switching off the 160bhp engine whenever the vehicle is in neutral and stationary for more than three seconds.

"We used to run various makes of vehicle," recalls Murray. "But experience proved that the Mercedes last better and are more dependable, while the support we've received from our local dealer, particularly in terms of parts availability, has always been excellent."

And he adds: "This is crucial because around 70% of our work is done with containers. So if one of our vehicles is off the road we can't simply go out and spot hire a box van to replace it."

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John Challen

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