Arocs up to 500 tonnes
Very impressive.
This truck makes it easy for you when things get difficult: the Arocs for heavy-duty transport moves up to 500 tonnes of gross vehicle weight to the construction site and supports you on the road with numerous features.
Highlights
Move heavy loads easily.
With the Arocs up to 500 t, you can also move really heavy loads to your destination – whether forwards, backwards, uphill or downhill. With smart technology, high comfort and easy operation.
- Sensitive manoeuvring
- Working and living comfort
- Application-oriented driving programmes
Thanks to the turbo retarder clutch, you can manoeuvre with impressive precision. It protects the load with almost jerk-free transport and finely calibrated braking characteristics – and supports you in being able to manoeuvre with precision.
Should your assignments last longer than one day, you can also choose from two spacious options with the StreamSpace and BigSpace cab variants.
Whether you’re driving an empty truck or under high load through the challenging terrain of a construction site: with three selectable driving modes, A‑STANDARD, A‑ECONOMY, A‑HEAVY or the MANUAL driving programme, several options are available to help you drive your heavy-duty truck even more precisely.
Technology
Power meets precision
Your Arocs up to 500 t is equipped with powerful and reliable technology so that you can get heavy loads to their destination in comfort: With efficient and reliable engines, PowerShift Advanced automated gearshift and turbo retarder clutch, the Arocs up to 500 t will not let you down even on extreme trips. With its highly resilient drive, it delivers the performance required in heavy-duty transport even at maximum load. To achieve this, your truck is equipped with a particularly robust chassis, suspension and frame design.
The turbo retarder clutch
Manoeuvre sensitively and to the millimetre.
Almost wear-free moving off, almost jerk-free transport and finely metered braking characteristics: the turbo retarder clutch protects the load and makes manoeuvring comfortable. At walking pace, the primary retarder provides continuous brake operation with high braking power.
You can manoeuvre particularly precisely when carrying out manoeuvres that require driving in the opposite direction to the engaged gear: this allows you to reverse with millimetre precision while a forward gear is engaged without applying the service brake. You control how fast you roll with the accelerator pedal.
The reverse is also true: if you drive forwards with a multi-vehicle combination in reverse gear when driving downhill, for example, the vehicle behind the trailer can brake and keep the entire combination stretched out. You also brake using the accelerator pedal here, without having to use the service brake.
Inlets in the side panelling ensure a very good supply of cooling air – so that your truck doesn’t break a sweat even during heavy-duty use.
Pushing instead of pulling? No problem: a register coupling is installed in the reinforced front trailer bracket. As an option, a Rockinger heavy-duty coupling can be fitted, which is approved for a gross train weight of 500 t when driving slowly.
Long-lasting LED headlights or halogen headlights – the choice is yours. Both variants provide good illumination and impress with a striking light signature on the road. You also have the option of ordering work lights that light up to the rear, front and sides to give you a clear view when loading heavy goods.
Steel suspension on the rear axle is the right choice for higher payloads. It can carry loads of up to 16 t and absorb up to 18 t.
Your truck will use very little compressed air when carrying out finicky manoeuvres, even on uphill or downhill gradients. The turbo retarder clutch operates permanently, temperature-stable and almost completely wear-free. This allows you to move the truck forwards and backwards hydraulically or to stop the truck even with very heavy loads. The advantage for you: in these kinds of demanding driving situations, you’ll rarely have to use the service brake.
Pulls almost everything you attach: The RO56 heavy-duty trailer coupling is designed for you to get your tractor/trailer combination to its destination at low speed with a gross vehicle weight of up to 500 t. The RO58 trailer coupling can be used as an option to achieve a towing capacity of up to 1,000 t.
Even when operating at maximum capacity, your Arocs up to 500 t never loses its cool: two coolers keep your truck’s cooling system thermally stable over longer distances and with heavy loads. Your diesel fuel is also kept in the efficient temperature range by the additionally installed fuel cooler. This means that the performance of your engine remains constant and your fuel consumption can be reduced.
With the heavy-duty sliding device, you can adjust the fifth-wheel coupling position to suit different axle load distributions.
Safety
Attentive helpers on board.
At the construction site and on the way there: innovative assistance systems keep you safe on the road. This allows you to detect dangers at an early stage, brake in good time and maintain an overview of the traffic situation.
A step forwards for safety: the advanced version of Active Brake Assist is now even better at detecting obstacles and critical situations and reacts with appropriate measures – from clear warning signals to automatic full-stop braking. You will also be notified if the system is not yet fully active.
Safety on both sides as standard: the latest generation of Active Sideguard Assist provides even better support when changing lanes, overtaking and turning in complex situations.
Keeping an eye on everything: Front Guard Assist monitors the area in front of the vehicle and supports the driver with warning signals in the event of possible hazards – for moving off, manoeuvring and turning more safely.
Maintain a safe distance: Proximity Control Assist can monitor the distance to the vehicle in front and automatically adjust your speed. Additionally, Predictive Powertrain Control can proactively regulate the distance as needed to take advantage of momentum phases without dropping below the safe distance.
Always alert: everyone gets tired on long, monotonous journeys – but Attention Assist 2 does not. The system can keep an eye on your concentration and recognise when you become inattentive or tired. It can warn you acoustically and visually.
Advice and services
PERSONALISED. EVERY TIME.
This means that your truck stays where it earns money for longer: on the road. Individual bookable service contracts, an ample workshop network and Mercedes-Benz Trucks Service24h all help keep your downtimes as short as possible. During maintenance – and even in rare breakdown cases.
Mercedes‑Benz Trucks ServiceContracts
More to offer for a long service life.
Mercedes‑Benz Trucks Complete ensures that your truck is profitable while on the road. And all for up to 96 months or a total mileage of 1 million km. The complete service package includes maintenance, repairs, replacement of wear parts and much more.
Digital services
Give yourself some digital help with vehicle management to make the processes surrounding your truck more profitable: with smart services like Mercedes‑Benz Trucks Uptime, Fleetboard, TruckLive and the customer portal: My TruckPoint for Mercedes‑Benz Trucks. For improved maintenance planning, shorter workshop visits, more transparency on the road – or dynamic route planning based on real-time traffic data. As an aside: even our Mercedes‑Benz Trucks Service24h is at the scene faster in the event of a breakdown if it can access your truck’s digital data.
Digital services.
Fleetboard
Fleetboard allows you to increase the efficiency of your fleet and reduce costs and wear. This fleet management tool provides real-time data so that you can move your truck in everyday transport in a particularly environmentally conscious and fuel-saving manner. Even if your truck is already very economical, the Fleetboard application analysis service can reduce fuel consumption even further. Fleetboard carries out a detailed assessment of your drivers’ individual driving styles in order to generate important insights and driving recommendations. These lead to an improved driving style and with that, efficient consumption.
Warranty
The warranty for countless scenarios.
In addition to the 12-month warranty with unlimited mileage for the complete vehicle, the extended Mercedes‑Benz Trucks warranty extends to 36 months for parts of the drivetrain. It covers parts groups in the engine, transmission, drive shaft(s) and drive axle(s) up to a maximum of 250,000 km depending on the type of use.
Technical information
The Arocs up to 500 tonnes in detail
The right truck for your tasks. Find out more about the technical details of the Arocs up to 500 t.
Technical information
The Arocs up to 500 tonnes in detail
| Axle configuration | Horsepower (PS) |
| 6x6, 8x6, 8x8 | 420 - 630 |
| Gross Vehicle Weight (t) | Emission Norm |
| 33 - 48 | Euro III, Euro V, Euro VI |
| Vehicle Type | Transmission |
| Tractor Head | Automated Powershift 3 (12-speed, 16-speed) |
| Cabs | Rear Suspension |
| 2.3m L-Cab (ClassicSpace, StreamSpace) 2.5m L-Cab (StreamSpace, BigSpace) | Steel |
| Engine Type | Steering |
| OM460, OM471, OM473 | Left, Right |
| Engine Displacement (L) | |
| 12.8 / 15.6 | |
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1 Assistance systems can only support drivers. The driver is always fully responsible for driving the vehicle safely.
2 Standard in the EU.
3 With special equipment S2J, the deactivation option of the Active Brake Assist 6 emergency braking systems can be disabled by the system.
5 Special equipment, only available for certain vehicle configurations.
6 Active Brake Assist 6 will be replaced by Active Brake Assist 6 Plus as of 02/26.
7 Available from 02/2026.