Author Archives: Iep van der Meer

Volvo FMX Euro-6 10×4

At Volvo the exhaust unit for Euro-6 can be split. This way the catalyst is placed between axles 1 and 2, while the particle filter is standing behind the cab. This clears the way for an extra axle like on this Volvo FMX 10×4. The extra axle is an original Volvo axle that was built…Continue Reading

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BIGtruck online magazine

BIGtruck online magazine is a free online magazine that is published every month. We started last year and there are four editions out now! You can read them and watch the movies at www.bigtruck.eu. The magazine is in Dutch language, but we are working on an international edition in English. Keep checking Iepieleaks for news,…Continue Reading

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Meanwhile in Le Dakar

Gerard de Rooy is still leading the Dakar Rally in Latin America. Today he finished with his Iveco Strator in second position behind Karginov in his Kamaz. Gerard is still in the lead in the final results but he only has 13 minutes left of his lead. The time gap between the numbers two and…Continue Reading

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Huge orders for Scania UK

Scania has a good start of the year in the UK. Two companies ordered no less than 1500 new Scania trucks! The order, which will be filled over two years, follows a new joint-procurement agreement between Scania and the two companies. The first such agreement was signed in 2010 and was updated in 2012. Under…Continue Reading

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The short life of Sterling

The truck brand Sterling is probably the brand with the shortest life ever. Once Sterling was an independent brand but in 1953 it was taken over by White Trucks. Now White was taken over by Volvo, but DaimlerChrysler took the brandname Sterling over and started using it again. That did not take very long, and…Continue Reading

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Truckspotters alert!

Ok Truckspotters and Iepieleaks spies, on the job! I just got information that there is a Swedish wrecker truck on its way to The Netherlands to the National Air- and Spacelab between Vollenhove and Marknesse. This is the spot where a lot of brands do their windtunnel test. Behind the wrecker was a truck with…Continue Reading

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Scania design for the future

Now this is a design study that Scania released. It shows that Scania is still on the same design track for future generations with a very familiar design line. The writing says that we can espect the powerfull V8 machines also in the near future when the new models arrive. Interesting are the rear view…Continue Reading

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BIGtruck online magazine

Bigtruck magazine editie 2 2025

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