Mercedes about to launch ANOTHER new truck range

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Actros, Antos and now this:

truckingtopics.co.uk/mercedesarocscon.html

Are they aiming to be not just the biggest, but the only, truck manufacturer in the world?

Makes you wonder!

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Lets hope they have the sense to leave out the electronic crap thats already causing drivers headaches judging by postings here, we’ll see.

Lot to be said for KISS especially in the construction and off road in the back of beyond markets where laptops fear to tread.

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Let’s see…
Arocs 8w tipper, lightweight alloy aggregate body+ automatic sheet, +automatic tailgate +uprated this and that…
=Rubbish payload.

Substitute the alloy body for a heavy duty steel one?
You might aswell buy a 6w or better still, keep your old motor.

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Followed the link and then through to the Antos and it states…

“On display at the recent IAA Show in Germany was the Antos Loader 1835 LS 4x2 tractor with ClassicSpace cab and aluminum wheels (super-singles on the drive axle), which weighs in at around six tonnes, and is capable of operating at GCWs of up to 40 tonnes”.

Super-singles on the drive axle on an 40t artic??

TC

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Those are the tyres that look like scaled-up versions of an F1 racing car rear tyre. They have the same footprint as conventional duals, but save weight by being lighter than two conventional wheels/tyres.

They look like this

mercedes-benz.com.cy/content … b0008.html

Not sure if they have ever been used in the UK.

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THe likes of SWIFT a mega company & other mega carriers in the usa have used super single drive for yrs now.
jimmy

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Actros MP3 was available with them in Germany and some other market for several years now, but they do not comply with UK C&U regulations, which say that an axle with a capacity of over 9000kg, must have twin tyres.

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Thanks for the super-single replies, understand now, I thought I’d never seen any over here

TC

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Wonder if the 7.5t Atego will get a new model?

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GasGas:
Those are the tyres that look like scaled-up versions of an F1 racing car rear tyre. They have the same footprint as conventional duals, but save weight by being lighter than two conventional wheels/tyres.

They look like this

mercedes-benz.com.cy/content … b0008.html

Not sure if they have ever been used in the UK.

I think they are called MegaSingles which aren’t legal on drive axles in the UK but I have seen them on timber lorry trailers presumably to reduce tram lining