Flatbed truck (MB NG) "Spedition Schmidt"

Flatbed truck (MB NG) "Spedition Schmidt"

The little brother of the New Generation from Mercedes-Benz

And now the little brother: The MB NG used to haul for the Schmidt forwarding company from Gevelsberg and gained a reputation of always delivering the bulky goods on time. With this miniaturised version of the cab-over-engine lorry of the seventies, WIKING is adding yet another short-distance companion to their familiar line of long-distance combinations.

It ranks among the companies with the richest tradition in the logistics sector: Ernst Schmidt established the forwarding company that bears his name in Gevelsberg in 1893. The first branches were opened in Hamburg and later in Bremen in 1953 and 1954, respectively.

The first export groupage services to Europe and the Middle East commenced in the mid-sixties. The company fleet had grown to nearly 70 vehicles as early as the nineteen eighties and also included the Büssing BS 16 and the MAN Pausbacke.

Year manufacture 1973-80

Character of model Latest generation of the Gevelsberg forwarder

Driver's cab and flatbed grey blue. Fenders and lower part of drivers cab as well as chassis with cardan shaft, but also the wheel rims carmine red. Silver radiator grille, headlamps painted silver underneath. Flatbed insert silver grey, interior black. Window grey tarps. Vehicle number 135 on the driver's cab sides. Driver's cab front with Schmidt lettering, flatbed sides with Schmidt Spedition lettering and stripe underneath with a light blue design running the length of the flatbed. Rear with Schmidt lettering and light blue stripes running the length of the rear.