New Canter for Wester Ross

So impressed was Wester Ross Fisheries with it first 7.5-tonne FUSO Canter that when the time came to stand the vehicle down it was always going to choose a like-for-like replacement.

Key to the Canter’s appeal for the oldest independent salmon farmer in Scotland are its market-leading payload, and the strength and durability which make it ideally suited to operation in the wild, rugged and remote north-west Highlands.

Ullapool-based Wester Ross Fisheries operates three seawater sites in Loch Kannaird, Loch Broom and Little Loch Broom, as well as a freshwater smolt production unit at Elphin, in Sutherland, a processing unit in Dingwall and a sales and administration office at Auldearn.

The company bought its first Canter in 2009. Five years on, its replacement has just arrived via Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Aberdeen – the German manufacturer’s UK dealer network is also responsible for sales and support of popular FUSO light trucks.

The new vehicle is a range-topping Canter 7C18 model and powered by a clean, efficient 175 hp engine which drives through a DUONIC gearbox. The first twin-plate, dual-clutch automated transmission to be fitted to a light truck, DUONIC provides smooth shifting and economical performance with none of the frictional losses found in traditional automatic gearboxes.

The Canter is fitted with a 20ft alloy platform body by JWR Coachworks, of Airdrie, which is part of the same group as the dealer. It will be serviced under a five-year Repair and Maintenance Contract at Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles’ workshop in Nairn.

Wester Ross Fisheries began trading in 1977 and following the founders’ retirements is now owned by four of its original employees, Gilpin Bradley, Colin Milne, Hugh Richards and David Robinson.
 

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