Thread: IVECO Road Train Pic???

Originally Posted by BMKal

Not that I've ever been caught doing such a thing.

'Nuff said!

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Thanks Ron, great pics!!! However the Powerstar is made in Brazil, so isn't as interesting for the guys at Iveco Germany.

That is why I am trying to get a pic of the German made eurostar as a road train:

Actually Ben the Powerstar was designed in Dandenong, for the Southern hemispere. Then built in Australia and Brazil.

The cab is the Eurostar simply pushed back along the chassis and a bonnet added up front.

What Vern said about the building of the trucks is correct for the bulk of the trucks. There are a few fully imported Stralis the Eurocargo's are fully imported and the Dailys.

Originally Posted by Phil633

Thinking about it Ben, I don't think I will find a photo of a eurostar as a triple roadtrain as I believe they only had a 105 tonne max rating.

But I may be able to get a double Roadtrain.

Would you be interested in a Stralis?

Stralis would be fine also!!!

Freightliners are usually seen pulling b-doubles on line haul, not road trains in the north & west. Freightliner's creed, at least before becoming part of Daimler-Benz, was low tare weight. They used lots of aluminium and high tensile steel components to reduce tare weight often at the expense of relaibility and durability. The very low tare Freightliners beloved of North American operators simply did not withstand the stresses of Australian operations and a more conservative philosophy was required to successfully enter the Australian market.

Heavy truck operators favour normal control trucks over high cabover trucks because of the far better ride from the longer wheelbase and lower driver position. These give less driver movement both vertically and in the arc of pitch. Maintenance is also perceived as being easier with an engine that sits up on its own with the bonnet open. Radiator frontal area can be greater with a normal control design as the width restrictions of a cabover do impose limitations in this area. you have to fit a driver in alongside the radiator.

Fiat do make some very nice diesel engines that find their was into trucks. Fiat do not seem to be able to successfully make the rest of the truck (or car) though.

This a Stralis as a Triple roadtrain

This is a Stralis as a B Triple

http://www.aulro.com/app/data/500/CEVABTriple.jpg

This a Stralis as a Double Roadtrain

THANKS PHIL!!!!