This 2018 Mercedes-Benz Antos 2535 is a beavertail truck — sometimes referred to as a beaver tail or flat-deck recovery transporter — designed to load, carry, and deliver heavy plant, machinery, or vehicles. The beavertail body style features a sloping rear deck that allows wheeled or tracked equipment to be driven or winched directly onto the bed without the need for a separate ramp trailer. Mercedes-Benz is one of the world's most recognised commercial vehicle manufacturers, producing a broad range of heavy trucks widely used in construction, logistics, and specialist transport across Europe and beyond.
This example was built to a Sterling Shawtrack specification, meaning the beavertail body was supplied and fitted by Shawtrack, a well-regarded British manufacturer of heavy-duty plant transport bodies. The body is equipped with hydraulic flip toe ramps, allowing the rear ramps to be raised and lowered hydraulically for efficient loading, and a winch to assist with pulling non-runners or tracked plant onto the deck.
The truck runs a Euro 6 engine, the most stringent European exhaust emissions standard at the time of production, and is fitted with an automatic gearbox, making it well suited to road work and easier to operate across varied driving conditions. A reversing camera is also fitted as standard. The vehicle was an original build — meaning the body was specified and fitted at the time of manufacture rather than retro-fitted — and has covered just 235,000 km from new in the hands of a single owner. A full service history accompanies the truck. The drivetrain is configured as a 6x2 axle arrangement, providing a rear tag or lift axle for load management and compliance. The truck is currently located in Ireland and is offered in used condition.
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