An Easy Choice for Easyshed

In-depth

26 Aug

Easyshed chooses Mercedes-Benz Actros for its direct-to-consumer model.

Australia’s largest shed brand is adding Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks to its fleet as it expands its business.

Easyshed is a regional success story, building its sheds at a state-of-the-art production facility in Albury New South Wales. The company, which was founded in 1983 and is Australian-owned, has been recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing direct-to-consumer (D2C) tech companies. As such, delivering its products is a critical part of this customer-first offering.

Easyshed has rolled out three Mercedes-Benz Actros 2663 trucks to its specialized ‘Big Sheds’ delivery fleet and intends to continue adding more over the next 12 months. 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.

“Being an e-commerce business means that the delivery team and their equipment are the face of our company” he said. “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.”

Johan said 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.”

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, said 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.”

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 a16-litre OM473 six-cylinder engine that generates 630hp teamed with a 12-speed Automated Manual Transmission (AMT).

The engine meets Euro 6 emission standards. In fact, Mercedes-Benz became the first manufacturer to offer a complete range of Euro 6 heavy duty trucks in Australia with the new generation Actros all the way back in 2016.

To meet Euro 6 emission standards, truck engines must produce 70 per cent less hydrocarbons and 77-80 per cent less oxides of nitrogen (NOx), as well as 50-66 per cent smaller particulates.

While some manufacturers are just now introducing Euro 6, Daimler Trucks, including Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner and Fuso have notched up a combined 3 billion customer kilometres with Euro 6 (or equivalent) drivetrains on Australian roads during the last eight years.