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Anglia invests in first Canter
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A Suffolk haulier has broken with its recent practice of buying Mercedes-Benz trucks – but only to take delivery from the same dealer of its first Mitsubishi Fuso Canter.
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Anglia Freight’s new 7.5-tonner was supplied, like its 6x2 Mercedes Actros and Axor tractor units, and Atego rigids, by Ipswich-based Orwell Truck & Van, a leading member of the German manufacturer’s franchised network – Mercedes dealers are also responsible for sales and support of the popular Japanese light truck range in the UK.
Anglia Freight operates from a new depot at Eye and serves a broad customer base for which it undertakes palletised distribution throughout the UK and Europe; small consignments of up to three pallets are shipped via the Palletline System, while the company is also a member of the Hazchem Network.
Its Canter 7C18 is fitted with a curtainside body – emblazoned with the Palletline logo – by GK Harvey, of Attleborough, Norfolk, and an Anteo tuckaway tail-lift.
Anglia Freight operates 32 commercial vehicles, the majority of them 18-tonners. A French brand still claims the lion’s share of the fleet although, as Managing Director Geoff Moulton confirms: “We’ve been moving away from them and over to Mercedes-Benz in recent years.”
Other recent additions include four Mercedes Actros 2544 Long Distance tractor units and a 7-5-tonne Mercedes Atego 816 curtainsider. The company also operates one other Atego and four Mercedes Axor 2540 tractor units, which are now three years old.
Explaining the decision to order its first Canter, Mr Moulton says: “Despite the fact that it has a tail-lift, the Canter still offers a payload of around 3.5 tonnes – that’s a good tonne more than you’ll get on most 7.5-tonners, including our own Atego. It will be used on local distribution work and, because it is relatively compact, particularly in locations that larger vehicles struggle to access.”
Anglia Freight’s Axor tractors also work relatively locally during the day, then trunk at night to Palletline hubs in Birmingham and Greenford, Middlesex, and a Hazchem facility in Rugby. The Actros, meanwhile, are on UK-wide groupage and distribution duties.
Anglia Freight’s Actros are returning around 9mpg, with the Axor closer to 8mpg – “but the figures for the Axor are pulled down by the stop-start nature of the work they’re on during the day,” adds Mr Moulton.
Anglia Freight operates from a new depot at Eye and serves a broad customer base for which it undertakes palletised distribution throughout the UK and Europe; small consignments of up to three pallets are shipped via the Palletline System, while the company is also a member of the Hazchem Network.
Its Canter 7C18 is fitted with a curtainside body – emblazoned with the Palletline logo – by GK Harvey, of Attleborough, Norfolk, and an Anteo tuckaway tail-lift.
Anglia Freight operates 32 commercial vehicles, the majority of them 18-tonners. A French brand still claims the lion’s share of the fleet although, as Managing Director Geoff Moulton confirms: “We’ve been moving away from them and over to Mercedes-Benz in recent years.”
Other recent additions include four Mercedes Actros 2544 Long Distance tractor units and a 7-5-tonne Mercedes Atego 816 curtainsider. The company also operates one other Atego and four Mercedes Axor 2540 tractor units, which are now three years old.
Explaining the decision to order its first Canter, Mr Moulton says: “Despite the fact that it has a tail-lift, the Canter still offers a payload of around 3.5 tonnes – that’s a good tonne more than you’ll get on most 7.5-tonners, including our own Atego. It will be used on local distribution work and, because it is relatively compact, particularly in locations that larger vehicles struggle to access.”
Anglia Freight’s Axor tractors also work relatively locally during the day, then trunk at night to Palletline hubs in Birmingham and Greenford, Middlesex, and a Hazchem facility in Rugby. The Actros, meanwhile, are on UK-wide groupage and distribution duties.
Anglia Freight’s Actros are returning around 9mpg, with the Axor closer to 8mpg – “but the figures for the Axor are pulled down by the stop-start nature of the work they’re on during the day,” adds Mr Moulton.
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