handed the keys to the scania back and gone onto summat completely different after 12 years on cars! got myself a 12 tonne rigid merc instead! now that is one hell of a change! proper gearstick and clutch again!
I have a 08 Daf 105XF 460 auto i only got it last Wednesday the last driver was getting 6.8 i"ve managed to squeak it up to 7.9 which is apperently quite good for our work on bulk tippers but mine is fitted with a blower too so i have twin PTOs which kills the mpg
My employers bought 2 Volvo FE7 320s 2 years ago as they were cheaper than DAF 75s. I had a day on my Foden, one on a Volvo and one on the DAF. Foden with 12l CAT 345 hit 9.6, Volvo 8.0 and DAF 9.0. The Volvos recently had new diffs fitted to make them pull better and to my knowledge has made little difference to the mpg. So much for the smaller engines being more economical than the “big old fashioned CATs”.