Evening all, currently applying for our o license and actively looking for a good second hand tractor unit around the £40K mark. We are new to this so apologies if we seem green. Volvo and DAF have been predominantly recommended. Are there issues with Mercedes? It’s a minefield out there and I know any vehicle will go wrong eventually, it’s how much to repair, parts available. etc etc
Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Phil
PhilS69:
Evening all, currently applying for our o license and actively looking for a good second hand tractor unit around the £40K mark. We are new to this so apologies if we seem green. Volvo and DAF have been predominantly recommended. Are there issues with Mercedes? It’s a minefield out there and I know any vehicle will go wrong eventually, it’s how much to repair, parts available. etc etcAny recommendations will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Phil
You will not find a good tractor unit for £40k at the moment , most euro 6 units are £50k plus depending on kms
Give junction 6 commercials in Brum a call as they have a few DAFs for sale and boss brought a 68plt XF there for £70k 2 weeks later it needed a sensor replacing which they paid for and the diagnostics as well no questions asked
Thanks for that… I have seen a Actros advertised for £40K, not huge mileage Euro 6 2015. Is there anything to look out for with Merc’s.
I’m guessing the parts are expensive?
I bought a 2016 XF in 2020 it was exactly 4 yrs old cost £26,000 had done 290,000km ,I would pay the extra for Volvo or Scania but my self I wouldn’t look at the others makes .
In covid 2020 you couldn’t of give it away for £18,000 but now may be I’am in profit at the min 
Just to add I paid extra for 12 month full warranty
PhilS69:
Thanks for that… I have seen a Actros advertised for £40K, not huge mileage Euro 6 2015. Is there anything to look out for with Merc’s.
I’m guessing the parts are expensive?
Back up from experience, and the parts are steep & VOR normally, so don`t expect it back quickly, our local dealer is the nearest to our yard by a country mile, but once bitten, twice shy 
No doubt others may say they dont have issues, but I`m speaking from experience 
Stanley Mitchell:
PhilS69:
Thanks for that… I have seen a Actros advertised for £40K, not huge mileage Euro 6 2015. Is there anything to look out for with Merc’s.
I’m guessing the parts are expensive?Back up from experience, and the parts are steep & VOR normally, so don`t expect it back quickly, our local dealer is the nearest to our yard by a country mile, but once bitten, twice shy
No doubt other
s may say they dont have issues, but I`m speaking from experience
I was only an employed driver, not OD, but every time my Actros went in for repairs at Mercedes, it was always there several days waiting for parts. We weren’t a small firm either, had nearly 700 Mercs at the time.
trucken:
Stanley Mitchell:
PhilS69:
Thanks for that… I have seen a Actros advertised for £40K, not huge mileage Euro 6 2015. Is there anything to look out for with Merc’s.
I’m guessing the parts are expensive?Back up from experience, and the parts are steep & VOR normally, so don`t expect it back quickly, our local dealer is the nearest to our yard by a country mile, but once bitten, twice shy
No doubt other
s may say they dont have issues, but I`m speaking from experienceI was only an employed driver, not OD, but every time my Actros went in for repairs at Mercedes, it was always there several days waiting for parts. We weren’t a small firm either, had nearly 700 Mercs at the time.
Reminds me of the time where I used to work , we had 2 trucks in Marshall’s at Fareham a 26t rigid in there trying to trace why the exhaust ECU was melting , and a tractor unit threat just needed a knock sensor .
The muppets put the sensor on the rigid so had to wait another day
The rigid’s turned out to be a cracked manifold and duff gasket
Thanks all for your comments, much appreciated… sort of setting my sights on a Volvo FH me thinks, or possibly a DAF.
Happy New Year to you all.
Just another Merc foible…
We have 3 of them under 3 months old, and mine went in for it’s inspection the week before xmas, (I wont say where.) from which I was told to wait for it. No problem. I mentioned about the bluetooth being possibly faulty, and they did an update, which took an extra 2 hours!!!
So in essence, 2 hours booked for it’s first 6 weekly, and another 2 hours for a download. Unreal.
Ken.
where are you planning on getting it maintained? if main dealer that makes a huge difference. Ask some other hauliers in the area how they rate the dealer