Denis F:
do those small axles actually do the job at 44t ? I always thought they were just a way of getting cheaper tax when you were running at low weights !
Not at all Denis, the whole point of them is to get more payload as far as I’m aware. A lot of the tipper operators are getting them now as in some cases they will save you as much as 700kg, which for a bulk tipper on grain work works out to at least 3k a year in extra earnings.
People like Suttons and Turners have been running them on tanker operations at 44t for 10 years or more now - there are plenty of old EC11 ERFs in Turners livery kicking around on the second hand market from around ten years ago with nearly a million km on the clock.
Paul
that’s ok then they look bloody silly on a rigid though
on the weight thing ( and I know Rigids are different to artics) my Premium and the old Daf were almost identical weights ( just under 10 tonnes)
Denis F:
that’s ok then they look bloody silly on a rigid though
They look pretty daft on a unit too but the gain in productivity wins over on looks for me. The more payload I have the better the chance is of it working out.
Denis F:
that’s ok then they look bloody silly on a rigid though
They look pretty daft on a unit too but the gain in productivity wins over on looks for me. The more payload I have the better the chance is of it working out.
Paul
nice thinking
so we won’t be seeing it at truckfest any time soon
Denis F:
that’s ok then they look bloody silly on a rigid though
They look pretty daft on a unit too but the gain in productivity wins over on looks for me. The more payload I have the better the chance is of it working out.
Paul
While visiting a friend on the west coast of Scotland, a artic tipper came to collect from his farm. It was quite a blinged-up DAF 42 or so I thought. I spoke with the OD and asked about 42, weights etc. “Nah mate, it’s 6*2!”
Turns out that he needed 62, needed to be as light as possible but hated the look of the small wheels. Hence the skirts that made the cab look like a 42 but was actually a 6*2 with the small wheels hidden! I guess that the skirts were much lighter than a set of big wheels.
Denis F:
so we won’t be seeing it at truckfest any time soon
Hehe, I very much doubt it. I don’t do shiny/bling. I like to keep things clean and tidy but I can’t see it ever seeing anything more than a jetwash and TFR.
Denis F:
that’s ok then they look bloody silly on a rigid though
They look pretty daft on a unit too but the gain in productivity wins over on looks for me. The more payload I have the better the chance is of it working out.
Paul
While visiting a friend on the west coast of Scotland, a artic tipper came to collect from his farm. It was quite a blinged-up DAF 42 or so I thought. I spoke with the OD and asked about 42, weights etc. “Nah mate, it’s 6*2!”
Turns out that he needed 62, needed to be as light as possible but hated the look of the small wheels. Hence the skirts that made the cab look like a 42 but was actually a 6*2 with the small wheels hidden! I guess that the skirts were much lighter than a set of big wheels.
If you notice any of Van Bentums powder tankers, they have the 6 stud wheels under the skirts, they lift up when empty and you hardly see them.
Denis F:
so we won’t be seeing it at truckfest any time soon
Hehe, I very much doubt it. I don’t do shiny/bling. I like to keep things clean and tidy but I can’t see it ever seeing anything more than a jetwash and TFR.
Wheel Nut:
If you notice any of Van Bentums powder tankers, they have the 6 stud wheels under the skirts, they lift up when empty and you hardly see them.
Wheel Nut:
If you notice any of Van Bentums powder tankers, they have the 6 stud wheels under the skirts, they lift up when empty and you hardly see them.
…and speak of the devil…
IIRC Klunk/■■■■■■■ had the same on his Volvo. toy wheels hidden behind the side skirts
they look bloody silly on a rigid though 
