Hi Keith,
My Merc does well over 30mpg, but it doesn’t have any kit aboard like yours, also a 5 cylinder 156 bhp engine, so I’m in a high gear most of the time, saying that my transit with 80 bhp does about the same, both have auto boxes, transit has done 240,000 and doesn’t use oil.
I don’t know many Shropshire hauliers, but I do know Norman Jones from Ludlow, who has some old F88’S , will have a word with him, he’s bound to have some pics.
I expect a lot of Shropshire hauliers pics have been on other threads, long before I came on here, seen a few of Cadwalladers and other Oswestry hauliers on the photo forum.
Cheers Dave.