Supplied by Mercedes-Benz Truck & Van (NI), the Strabane-based operator’s founder Niall Leitch saw the vehicle at a dealer roadshow and, he says, immediately knew it was “something special”.
The truck has a StreamSpace cab and is equipped with a 12.8-litre, straight-six engine which transmits 510bhp through its PowerShift automated transmission.
The operator’s metallic silver and blue livery is complemented by a colour-coded bumper and roof-mounted light bar, and the truck is fitted with a 65 tonne/metre PM 65 SP crane. The platform body is by Nugent Coachworks, of Dungannon, as is the low-height tri-axle drawbar trailer which it pulls.
The Arocs joins the operator’s five other crane trucks and is being inspected and serviced under a six-year Mercedes-Benz R&M contract at the dealer’s Dungannon worshop.
Leitch attended a roadshow staged by the dealer and recalls: “It was the Arocs cab that really impressed me. The moment I saw it, I thought to myself: ‘Mercedes-Benz have built something special here.’ The business has been going well so, having always purchased second-hand trucks in the past, I eventually decided to bite the bullet and order my first brand new one.”
He adds: “I love the way the Arocs looks, its power and its comfortable cab, while the ground clearance and excellent visibility mean the vehicle is ideally suited to work on rough sites.”