Fleet & equipment
The equipment behind the promise
Mercedes-Benz Actros 6×4 truck tractors, tandem superlink flatdeck trailers, a complete load-securing kit on every vehicle, and live monitoring from loading to offload.
Truck tractors
Mercedes-Benz Actros 6×4
Our horses are Actros 6×4 truck tractors. Three axles with two driven, which is what a fully freighted superlink needs to pull heavy loads over the mountain passes and gravel approaches that come with mill, quarry and site work.
They are specified for load-hauling rather than long-distance line haul, maintained to the manufacturer’s service schedule, and kept in roadworthy condition as a matter of routine rather than as a reaction.
- Configuration
- 6×4 truck tractor
- Make
- Mercedes-Benz Actros
- Duty
- Heavy load haulage on tar and gravel approaches
- Maintenance
- Manufacturer service schedule, roadworthy condition maintained
- Drivers
- Code EC licensed with valid Professional Driving Permits
Trailers
Tandem superlink flatdecks
SAMTOR and ANDER tandem flatdeck trailers in superlink configuration: a shorter front link and a longer rear link, giving roughly eighteen metres of usable deck behind one truck tractor.
An open deck is deliberate. It can be loaded from either side by forklift or from above by crane, which is how bricks, timber packs, steel and granite blocks are actually handled at the yards we collect from.
- Configuration
- Tandem front link + tandem rear link (superlink)
- Front link deck
- Approximately 6 m
- Rear link deck
- Approximately 12 m
- Total usable deck
- Approximately 18 m
- Typical payload
- Up to about 34 tonnes, subject to axle loading and legal limits
- Makes
- SAMTOR, ANDER
- Loading
- Side loading by forklift; overhead by crane or gantry
On every vehicle
Securing kit travels with the truck
Not held at a depot to be fetched when someone remembers. If the load needs it, it is already on board.
Ratchet straps
Rated webbing straps for palletised, banded and bagged freight.
Chains and binders
Hard restraint for steel, granite blocks and anything that can cut webbing.
Corner plates
Spread strap tension across pallet and pack edges so the top course survives the trip.
Tarpaulins
Full sheeting for cement, treated timber and anything that cannot get wet.
Cargo nets
Containment over bagged loads so nothing works loose off an open deck.
Dunnage and chocks
Hardwood under the load and chocks at the faces to stop movement in transit.
Monitoring & security
Your load is never simply out of sight
Freight risk in South Africa is real, and “we will call the driver” is not a security policy. Every vehicle carries live satellite tracking and four cameras.
That means position is available on demand, deviations are visible rather than discovered afterwards, and there is a record of how the load was handled at both ends. Combined with Goods-in-Transit cover, it is the difference between a transport supplier and a transport risk.
- Live satellite trackingFleet-wide, on every vehicle, live rather than a report at the end of the trip.
- Four cameras per vehicleCoverage of the road, the cab and the load, giving an evidence trail if a claim is ever raised.
- Goods-in-Transit insuranceEvery load carried under GIT cover. Certificates supplied before you release freight if your procurement requires it.
- Planned stopsRest and refuelling planned rather than improvised, which is where most freight risk is actually created.
Need this equipment on your load?
Tell us the freight, the route and the timing. We will confirm what the combination can carry and what it costs.