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Leading bed manufacturer Sleepmasters has woken up to the benefits of the Fuso Canter light truck since winning the use of a vehicle for a year.
Sleepmasters landed the prize after Mark Harrison, its director of service and operations, visited Blackburn dealership Ciceley Commercials to test drive the new Euro-5 Canter.
Ciceley is the reigning Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle Dealer of the Year, as well as Motor Transport 's Dealer of the Year, and like other members of the manufacturer's UK network, is also responsible for sales and support of the Fuso Canter range.
The prize draw was open to all those who put the environmentally friendly new model through its paces at launch events staged by dealers nationwide last summer.
Working from Sleepmasters' headquarters in Accrington, the 7.5-tanner will spend the next 12 months delivering beds to homes across northern England and into Wales as well as undertaking one or two 'special assignments'.
Like all Canters, the truck is powered by a 3.0-litre diesel engine that meets not only Euro-5 emissions limits but also the more stringent and voluntary EEV (Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicle) standard.
"We operate a number of Mercedes-Benz vehicles supplied by Ciceley. but this is our first experience of the Canter,' says a delighted Harrison. "It looks the part and has excellent green credentials, which is important as we take our responsibility to the environment very seriously.''