Yestertday evening I was crawling back along the M5 towards the Midlnds when I was overtaken by a German-riegtered sleeper cab Atego 7.5t with tilt body. Nothing suprising about that, but the badges said 828. I first though it had got badges taken off an 1828 Atego so I wasnt too surprised.
However when I got up to Hopwood services for a break, it was in the Truck Park having a 45 break and I was parked close to it so I went and had a look. Talking with the driver, he said that his company had a number of them, working in rapid transport of aircraft parts throughout Europe.
My comment is “forget the power race for tractor units” - is 279bhp too much for 7.5t since we are all limited?
Yestertday evening I was crawling back along the M5 towards the Midlnds when I was overtaken by a German-riegtered sleeper cab Atego 7.5t with tilt body. Nothing suprising about that, but the badges said 828. I first though it had got badges taken off an 1828 Atego so I wasnt too surprised.
However when I got up to Hopwood services for a break, it was in the Truck Park having a 45 break and I was parked close to it so I went and had a look. Talking with the driver, he said that his company had a number of them, working in rapid transport of aircraft parts throughout Europe.
My comment is “forget the power race for tractor units” - is 279bhp too much for 7.5t since we are all limited?
Any thoughts/comments?
Ed
Not really, a firm I worked for had 250bhp 7.5t’s a few years ago, 220bhp was about standard, and that’s going back a few years.
My car’s got 193bhp and doesn’t and never will weigh 7.5t, looked at a Hybrid the other day that was knocking on 350bhp.
Torque figures mainly matter in haulage, and I know my little 3 litre diesel isn’t going to compete with a 7.5t 6 litre engine.
I have a powerfull car to tow my caravan, which it does with ease but still drops a gear on most hills and lost 2mph on the A34 coming back north
I don’t think its too much. Might be useful for twisty steep roads as these vehicles are permitted coach speed limits on minor roads - 50 mph on single carriage ways and 56(60 mph)mph on dual carriageways.
A Volvo 12 metre coach weighting 13 tons empty can have 420 installed horsepower
EDSHARK:
working in rapid transport of aircraft parts throughout Europe.
That explains it then. AOGs (Aircraft on Ground) are not cheap. Boeing estimate a 2 hr AOG costs $10,000.
By the time all the costs are dealt with it can be as much as $150,000
This of course excludes Ryanair who would charge you for the privelage of being delayed.
gogzy:
Didnt scottie have a 240hp ateco 7.5t or something? its only 52hp short of what my car has.
Yup, I had the 824 atego and to be honest, for local work it was overpowered and had a crap payload, but on long distances it came into it’s own, knocking 30 minutes off a trip from Aberdeen to Bristol (making it possible in a 10 hr drive) which in our line of work saved having to send 2 drivers, and averaging 17-18 mpg (compared to 13 on the 815 it replaced).
