Arden Wood Shavings looks for efficiency gains with DAF10 May 2011

Optimising journey times and overcoming wind resistance when carrying high sided containers are the main reasons behind Arden Wood Shavings choosing the highest power rating available in its new 44-tonne DAF drawbar outfit.

Arden Wood Shavings has specified a 510bhp power rating of the 12.9-litre MX engine in the truck, the highest power rating offered by DAF. This not only helps deal with the issues of wind resistance, but also ensures that good average speeds can be maintained to optimise journey times without compromising on fuel consumption.

The CF85 6x2 FAN model truck features a self-steering rearmost axle. The improved manoeuvrability that this provides is appreciated by driver Dean Hewston when collecting from sites where access is restricted. The DAF runs with a tri-axle trailer built by A Couldwell & Sons of Sheffield and plated for 24 tonnes.

AITB roll-on, roll-off hooklift equipment with a 20 tonne capacity is fitted to the DAF and is designed to be able to lift the boxes onto and off both the drawing unit and the trailer. This is made easier by the fully retractable VBG coupling that enables truck and trailer to be brought together so that the hooklift system can reach beyond the trailer to lift boxes onto or off it more easily.

To avoid the risk of overloading and because some collection sites do not have a weighbridge, the DAF is fitted with an axle load monitoring system. Fitting a nine tonne front axle also adds a further margin against inadvertent axle overloads.

Author
John Challen

Related Websites
http://www.daf.eu/uk/

Related Companies
DAF Trucks Ltd

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