EIS Waste

Aberdeen-based EIS Waste Services is looking forward to improved economy after commissioning Scotland’s first Mercedes-Benz Econics to be fitted with the manufacturer’s own, automated gearbox.

Both 26-tonne Econic 2630 models, they were supplied by recently-launched local Dealer BLS Truck & Van, and feature advanced 7.7-litre, 220 kW (299 hp) straight-six engines which drive through smooth, 12-speed Mercedes PowerShift 3 transmissions.

The new gearbox option has been introduced in response to demand from the market, and complements the established, six-speed Allison automatic. It reflects the increasing popularity among safety-conscious operators of the low-entry Mercedes-Benz chassis for distribution applications – while the Allison system remains best-suited to stop-start domestic refuse collections, Mercedes PowerShift is likely to be more appropriate to a trade waste operation that entails covering longer distances.

Like all Econics, EIS Waste Services’ new trucks are fully air-suspended and offer outstanding visibility, thanks to their deep, panoramic windscreens and the low seating position which allows drivers to make direct eye contact with vulnerable road users at junctions and in traffic.

Both are fitted with compactor bodies built by Farid Hillend Engineering, of Dunfermline, and wear eye-catching liveries that underline the operator’s commitment to its home town – one promotes the Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust charity, the other Aberdeen Inspired, the Business Improvement District which represents over 700 city centre businesses.

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