Loaded up and trucking!!

[smcapstick]

I just had a crisis.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I just need a lie down…..

 

[grainboy]

That would look good with a spreader on the back,

 

[grainboy]

Plus tyre size, doesn’t really match the rest of the machine,

 

[Cab-over Pete]

That would look good with a spreader on the back,

I’m drooling now….

 

[kiwi pom]

Just a Volvo nowadays aren't they?



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[quattro]

Anyone know what that would cost in comparison to a full spec machine over here??

 

[CPF]

Anyone know what that would cost in comparison to a full spec machine over here??

It’s not on the market yet late 2024
I am going to take a guess$450,000 to 500000.
It will I have the capability to haul 200 tons.

 

[smcapstick]

Just a Volvo nowadays aren't they?



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Same way as Kenworths and Peterbilts are just DAFs

 

[76masseyman]

It’s not on the market yeah late 2024
I am going to take a guess$450,000 to 500000.
It will I have the capability to haul 200 tons.

And in right hand drive

 

[smcapstick]

And in right hand drive

 

[Roger Perry]

Same way as Kenworths and Peterbilts are just DAFs

All part of the U.S, Paccar corporation.

 

[Bob lincs]

Could a truck like that actually be used on uk roads ? Obviously it would be a lot heavier than a standard uk truck so what could it legally carry ?

 

[grainboy]

Might get a few pallets on the 5th wheel.

 

[smcapstick]

Could a truck like that actually be used on uk roads ? Obviously it would be a lot heavier than a standard uk truck so what could it legally carry ?

It could carry the same weight as anything else.

Load it well, though, as you would just need to resort to a dinky little 20 foot trailer behind it to be within length limits.

 

[grainboy]

Good review,
10.4 ton

 

[CPF]

Good review,
10.4 ton View attachment 1157003View attachment 1157004

I look at that, and the video’s

 

[kiwi pom]

Same way as Kenworths and Peterbilts are just DAFs

Very true, although chuck a Cummins in them and a 13/18 speed as they like to do, and they are a little different.
Interestingly Volvo's don't seem to have a great reputation there but the cabovers in the rest of the world do.
American manufacturing perhaps, as they make the hood trucks there?

 

[Roger Perry]

Very true, although chuck a Cummins in them and a 13/18 speed as they like to do, and they are a little different.
Interestingly Volvo's don't seem to have a great reputation there but the cabovers in the rest of the world do.
American manufacturing perhaps, as they make the hood trucks there?

Those Chinese axels they fit don't help, not very durable.

 

[kiwi pom]

Those Chinese axels they fit don't help, not very durable.

Volvo's survive in much tougher applications at higher weights in other parts of the world though.
US ones seem to struggle running 80,000 lbs down the interstate.
I think dealer back up could be an issue too though, doesn't seem the number of techs, trained up on them.
Don't know why they've never looked at Euro trucks, with the big cabs nowadays, they'd do a lot of jobs well.