Australia’s largest shed brand, Easyshed, has added Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks to its fleet as it continues expanding its business.
Easyshed was founded in 1983, with the Australian-owned company building its sheds at its Albury production facility. It’s also been recognised as one of the nation’s fastest growing direct-to-consumer tech companies.
Easyshed has now introduced three Actros 2663 trucks to its specialised ‘Big Sheds’ delivery fleet while it intends to continue adding more over the next year.
The company has also introduced three Fuso Canter trucks to its metro ‘Garden Shed’ delivery fleet and will add three more later this year.
Easyshed CFO Johan Andersson says its transport fleet is central to its D2C offering, choosing to vertically integrate the delivery function to control and maintain their world class levels of customer service.
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“Being an e-commerce business means that the delivery team and their equipment are the face of our company,” he says.
“It’s critical for us that we control that process, to enable us to deliver a high-quality product with the very best customer experience, right across Australia.”
Andersson says Mercedes-Benz Truck and Fuso products are perfect for the task.
“At our core we are a data-led tech company, so it makes sense to use the most technologically advanced vehicles to deliver our products, that prioritise safety, efficiency and connectivity,” he says.
Both the Actros and Canter models feature latest generation active emergency braking technology that can stop the truck in an emergency if it senses a potential collision.
Daimler Truck Australia Pacific Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Andrew Assimo, says Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Fuso are thrilled to provide trucks for Easyshed.
“Easyshed is an amazing regional success story and we are excited Daimler Truck vehicles are delivering its high-quality products to its customers,” he says.
The Easyshed trucks were delivered by local dealership Daimler Trucks Albury, the winner of the 2022 Daimler Truck Australia Pacific Dealer of the Year.
The Mercedes-Benz Actros 2663 sits at the top of the Actros line-up. It features a 16-litre OM473 six-cylinder engine that generates 630hp teamed with a 12-speed Automated Manual Transmission (AMT).
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