DAF This Oaf 85.460 FTP 6x2 for Redruth haulier Mitchell
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& Webber uses the narrow, single-wheeled 4.4-tonne mid-lift axle. Compared with the FTG version, it takes up less chassis space and saves 600kg. Equipped with ZF's 12-speed AS-Tronic and lntarder to cope with Cornsh hills, it has the shorter of two wheelbases at 3.85m, It offers good manoeuvrability and should certainly appeal to ADR fleets involved 41 forecourt deliveries. Oaf builds 240 alltype chassis a day, but demand is still increasing, especially in Germany, Italy and the emerging Eastern European markets.
LAKELANDTAN KERS Lakeland's Innovator remains the only British-built large petroleum tanker on the market, and this is one of six ADR trailers ordered by Suttons for its contract with Harvest Energy. To overcome an access problem, its length is reduced by a metre — cutting payload to 37,600 litres. Despite the shortage of trailer axles, Lakeland is building around seven tankers a month and has orders taking it through to the end of August.