Tag Archives: Mercedes-Benz Arocs

New-start business Frater Urban Quarry specialises in processing and supplying raw material from demolition sites – so it’s fitting that the livery worn by its new Mercedes-Benz tipper could best be described as an ‘explosion of colour’. The Arocs eight-wheeler was supplied to the Bristol-based operator by City West Commercials, …

Barrachander Quarry boss Calum McCrae has been so impressed with the rugged reliability of the 8×4 Mercedes-Benz Arocs he set to work three years ago that he has just commissioned another two from Western Commercial. The Dealer’s customer-focused back-up was also crucial in convincing the Argyll-based operator to add more …

Family matters for Mercedes-Benz fan Jason Ward. He took the initials of daughters Holly and Carly when naming his business H&C Haulage, and in its 20th anniversary year he has just treated son-in-law Rhys to his dream truck. A real head-turner, the 8×4 Arocs was supplied to the Swindon-based aggregates …

Leading independent builders’ merchant James Burrell became one of the first UK customers for the new-generation Mercedes-Benz Arocs when it commissioned a single six-wheeler last October – it is now running four more identical trucks and has just ordered a further six. The Gateshead-based company, whose fleet is dominated by …

Lincolnshire County Council has turned once again to the Mercedes-Benz Arocs for one of the toughest jobs in transport – clearing the roads of snow and ice through the winter. The authority has boosted its fleet in preparation for the onset of the cold season, by taking delivery of four …

When Patsy Ferguson set up a fuel haulage business back in 1968, he decided from day one to invest in the best trucks on the market. Fast forward more than 40 years and the company, which is now run by his three sons, is still the proud operator of a …

Ringway Jacobs will be relying on a fleet of new Mercedes-Benz gritters to keep the roads of Cheshire East clear of ice and snow this winter. The leading highways service provider turned once again to preferred supplier Roanza Truck & Van for the eight new vehicles, all of which are …

New start business Eco-Pan has drafted a Mercedes-Benz eight-wheeler into the front line of the battle to keep sewers flowing in the capital and beyond. Headlines last spring highlighted the discovery of a 100-metre-long ‘concreteberg’, which was blocking three Victorian-era sewers in central London. The mass, which weighed an estimated …

Cornwall’s Brunel Recycling has added the latest string to its Mercedes-Benz bow, in the shape of a high-riding eight-wheeler with volumetric mixer body. Essentially a truck mixer and concrete batching plant rolled into one, the new truck is based on a muscular Arocs 4140K chassis supplied by Dealer Group Rygor …

Doyle Plant & Construction’s latest Mercedes-Benz Arocs is not just any contender – driver Dave Coombes reckons that with striking Rocky Balboa artwork adorning the cab, his new eight-wheeler is a knockout! Dave chose the Sylvester Stallone blockbuster as the theme for the muscular tipper’s graphics, and employer Charlie Doyle …