Supplied by South Wales dealer Euro Commercials, all are New Actros 2542 models with 420hp straight-six engines and StreamSpace cabs.
NR Evans, a leading temperature-controlled distribution specialist, operates from a network of six depots and annually delivers chilled product worth more than £1bn on behalf of customers such as Dairy Crest, Tesco and Morrisons.
The New Actros represent extensions to the company’s fleet of 160 trucks, the majority of which are 44-tonne tractor units. The vehicles are loaded with foodstuffs to deliver to the regional distribution centres of major supermarkets.
Evans said that the new vehicles are ‘certainly impressing in terms of fuel economy. We tried a demonstration unit from Euro Commercials and that did well. But what’s surprised me is how little time it’s taken for our own trucks to hit the high nines.'
NR Evans gained its first experience of the Mercedes-Benz Actros in 2005. Like its last batch of 18 vehicles, which the operator has now been running for two years, the latest arrivals are fitted with Daimler FleetBoard telematics systems.
'The information is provided in a simple and easily accessed format and has been invaluable in helping us to reduce fuel consumption,' continued Evans. 'Our drivers have embraced the FleetBoard system, and they’ve done so because they’re professionals who want to do the best possible job.'
