Supplied by East Midlands Dealer Mertrux, all are 313 CDI models with custom-built dropside bodies by M6 Motor Bodies, of Birmingham – the vehicle beds are extra-wide, to accommodate three-metre fencing panels.
First Fence’s Mercedes-Benz vehicles are working flat out, making multi-drop same- and next-day deliveries nationwide. First Fence started out with used Mercedes-Benz vehicles but has purchased 15 new Sprinters from Mertrux over the last couple of years, as well as a mid-sized Vito which is allocated to its maintenance engineer.
These vehicles are based at Burton, and at its regional fencing centres in Dartford and Bristol, both of which have opened within the last 12 months; other new branches are planned for Birmingham and Manchester in 2016.
Mertrux will be maintaining First Fence’s new Sprinters under a Mercedes-Benz Service Care contract. The new dropsiders are backed by a three-year, unlimited mileage manufacturer’s warranty and, like all Mercedes-Benz light commercial vehicles maintained within its UK Dealer Network, also came with comprehensive MobiloVan breakdown cover, anywhere in the UK or Europe, for 30 years.