Allegro Transport hits the high notes with Euro 6 Mercedes Actros12 February 2015

Haulage firm Allegro Transport has taken delivery of its first Euro 6 trucks, four Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors, and says the vehicles are already showing a “significant improvement” on fleet average fuel consumption.

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.

Author
Laura Cork

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