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Leading next-day business-to-business delivery specialist Tuffnells Parcels Express has been delivering parcels for 100 years.<\/p>\nLeading next-day business-to-business delivery specialist Tuffnells Parcels Express has been delivering parcels for 100 years.<\/p>\n
Unlike many of its peers in the logistics sector, Tuffnells\u00a0has\u00a0not previously operated Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans, but following a successful trial, the company has switched a portion of its 100-strong van fleet to the\u00a0German marque.<\/p>\n
Tuffnells’ first\u00a022 Sprinters are finished in a modified version of the firm’s\u00a0familiar Big Green Parcel Machine\u2019 livery, which highlights its 100 years of operation.<\/p>\n
Supplied by North-West Dealer Enza, all are 313 CDI models with advanced 129 hp engines driving through smooth 7G-Tronic automatic transmissions (N.B. It’s interesting to see\u00a0a big van operator choosing\u00a0an automatic transmission — these have been popular in lorries for some years now, and are the default choice for many truck\u00a0operators)<\/em>.<\/p>\n Although the vans are high roof, extra-long body models, Tuffnells has also arranged for the passenger seats to be removed from its van, enabling loads in excess of six metres to be carried inside the van — essential as one of the company’s customers is a blind manufacturer which makes blinds\u00a0up to six metres wide.<\/p>\n Each van is expected to cover around\u00a050,000 miles per year,\u00a0and the vans have been purchased through a contract hire package that includes full\u00a0maintenance agreement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Andrew Morton, Tuffnells’ National Fleet Manager, says:<\/p>\n “The contract hire package was competitively priced and we had some very positive feedback from those drivers who tried the demonstrators \u2013 they liked the Sprinter\u2019s performance and handling, while more than one reported the experience as being more like driving a car than a van.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Tuffnells has 34 strategically located depots throughout the UK and Ireland and offers a wide range of guaranteed delivery services, with online electronic proof of delivery available within seconds for the majority of consignments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" B2B parcel delivery specialist Tuffnells Parcel Express has taken delivery of its first Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1892],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6971,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions\/6971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}