Anybody used a 7.5t cab with a ‘bed/bunk’?
Can’t be a lot of room if it’s going to be your ‘Home’ for 4/5 days??
Used to drive an 814 merc with double bunks plenty of room!
Depends on the vehicle in question.
The Daf and Renault cabs are useless as sleeper cabs, fine as a ‘rest bunk’ to take a 45 in, but not much use for sleeping IMHO.
On the other hand, we have had both Merc Atego and MAN 7.5t car transporters with the big cabs, and whilst they are no Megaspace or Man XXL there was still a decent amount of storage, good night heaters and the bunk was more than adequate for a decent nights sleep. I’ve taken both all over the UK for days at a time and was reasonably comfortable.
Some 7.5 ton cabs are the same as the 17t, just without the mudguard wings.
The MAN 7.5t is not to bad have done some night out in 1
It was a bit smaller than the artic we had but more than enough room for me & what I needed & most of the lad were the same but was much the same size as the 18t we had just a shorter body
Thanks for the replies.
Sounds OK, I just pictured a small 7.5t with a tiny bunk in it and no room to move.
Cant be any worse than the 3.5/7.5 tonners with pods on that a lot of polish use. Granted I wouldnt want to spend all week every week out in 1 but for an occasional night out then no problem. At least with being a rigid you can put some gear in the back without having to move it every time you change trailer. A mate of mine takes a camping toilet in the back of his rigid (18 ton I think) which he spends all week out in.
Ponden Mill used to have a few 7.5 Man L2000s. Used to do a spot of agency there. The longest I did was 3 nights in one, seems its the standard sleeper on that model. You have to push the seats forward all the way. Only the centre of the bed is kept in position, the parts that fit behind the seats are attached to the wall, so you slot them in behind the seats. Building that with the seats forward and you hunched down on the engine cover is some form of art. Then its a case of stacking your luggage from the back to the front somewhere, then you have to accept your mostly trapped in the back. Going to the toilet requires a squeeze between the back of the seat and what bit of the door that is available, normally ends in a nose dive out the vehicle. Its not great, its requires a lot of work to get from one place to other, if you have a bag or two.
A fella in the village has a 10 ton Renault something, that has a short sleeper, but the cab has a raised roof with cupboards on the back wall. The seat backs fold down and the bunk is hinged on the back wall, so it looks like an easy process, at least to you can stand up in the thing. The cab is an option the raised roof was done by a company that does the top pods…
I use to live in one… Well a 7.5ton atego… went all over europe in it and it was a great lorry… I could fully stand up in it and had everything i needed in it even a wash basin attached to the wall of it… The storage space in it was addiquate for just one person was a lovely lorry n would have it again
acceptme:
I use to live in one… Well a 7.5ton atego… went all over europe in it and it was a great lorry… I could fully stand up in it and had everything i needed in it even a wash basin attached to the wall of it… The storage space in it was addiquate for just one person was a lovely lorry n would have it again
This is the other end of the spectrum, I drove one for a removal firm delivering beds and chairs around the UK, thats a nice way to live in a small truck for sure.
Oooo, sounds quite OK then. I’ve never seen a sleeper 7.5t unit.
Thanks for the comments.
skids:
Cant be any worse than the 3.5/7.5 tonners with pods on that a lot of polish use. Granted I wouldnt want to spend all week every week out in 1 but for an occasional night out then no problem. At least with being a rigid you can put some gear in the back without having to move it every time you change trailer. A mate of mine takes a camping toilet in the back of his rigid (18 ton I think) which he spends all week out in.
I drive a sprinter with a pod on and been all over europe in it you have more room in the pod than a sleeper cab,the bed is the full width and length of the cab so like a big single bed
Done all of Europe and not a problem in Atego 818. Loads of storage, good wide bed, good night heater, good blackout and comfy all round. 
My first truck before I did my LGV was a 7.5 ton MAN with sleeper cab, I was up the road 4 nights a week for 6 months and loved it! The cab was almost the same as the 17tonner that I had next.
When it was briefly off the road I was given a rental Iveco 7.5 with a sleeper pod on top, did one night in that and refused to do more as I just did not feel safe!
Martin:
My first truck before I did my LGV was a 7.5 ton MAN with sleeper cab, I was up the road 4 nights a week for 6 months and loved it! The cab was almost the same as the 17tonner that I had next.
When it was briefly off the road I was given a rental Iveco 7.5 with a sleeper pod on top, did one night in that and refused to do more as I just did not feel safe!
because… ■■?
bigvern1:
Done all of Europe and not a problem in Atego 818. Loads of storage, good wide bed, good night heater, good blackout and comfy all round.
Gotta ask, what kind of goods require a 7.5 tonner to deliver them to Europe?
Oh, and BTW, you is uglier than moi!
No…I am handsome. And to answer your question. I used to deliver helicopter parts to Westland factories. Poland/italy, and collect tooling from Denmark. We also used Sprinters for gas turbine engines. We delivered shopfittings and general haulage too.
billybigrig:
Martin:
My first truck before I did my LGV was a 7.5 ton MAN with sleeper cab, I was up the road 4 nights a week for 6 months and loved it! The cab was almost the same as the 17tonner that I had next.
When it was briefly off the road I was given a rental Iveco 7.5 with a sleeper pod on top, did one night in that and refused to do more as I just did not feel safe!
In my opinion…Pods are very claustrophobic.
My first truck when i started driving was an old shape Ford Cargo 0813 on a D reg with a sleeper cab…then i graduated onto a H reg Leyland Roadrunner flatbed with a sleeper cab…i lived in this all week and it never broke down or let me down in any way…brilliant truck…then i got spoiled and got a brand new N reg Iveco Eurocargo flatbed with a factory sleeper…that truck absolutely flew…it had the 180bhp engine and 6 speed 'box.
RobRob:
Gotta ask, what kind of goods require a 7.5 tonner to deliver them to Europe?
Goods that don’t want to be held up and inconvenienced by Sunday, Public Holiday and summertime driving restrictions is one example.
Thankyou.