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Webbs' 6x4 Mercedes tipper is one in a million
31st August 2006, Page 10
31st August 2006
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A WEST MIDLANDS bulk haulier has become a millionaire after one of its Mercedes tippers passed the million-mile mark.
Although it's not uncommon for tractor units on long-distance work to break this barrier, it's altogether rarer for a tipper carrying bulk aggregates a market sector that's notoriously hard on equipment to survive for a million miles. However, the 6x4 Mercedes 2527K belonging to Warwickshire firm Webbs of Armscote is still going strong 13 years after it was first put into service.
Boss Derek Webb confirms: "It still drives just as well too; better, in fact. It's the best truck we've ever had and has paid me back many times over."