At the BAUMA 2016 show BAS Mining Trucks from Holland will present their Volvo FH16 12×6 dumptruck. The massive truck is built together with Dutch constructor Terberg. The axles are original Volvo exept for the first driven axle which is from Sisu. Of the four rear axles the last one is non-driven. Two axles are…… Continue Reading
Nissan is picking up on selling vans again in Europe. The next NV300 for the European market is going to be another kloon of the succesfull Renault Trafic van. Production will start this year in Sandouville. That means the production will grow with about 100.000 units until 2026. The plant produces the Renault Trafic, Opel…… Continue Reading
And again two photo’s of field test Scania trucks were sent in. This time a very acurate truckdriver caught the truck in his mirror and while it was overtaking him. Dont let the camouflage fool you because that makes it look like the cab we all know. What is realy new is the flat floor…… Continue Reading
PACCAR Inc, parent company of DAF Trucks N.V., announced that Preston Feight has been promoted to the position of president of DAF Trucks N.V, effective April 1, 2016. Preston Feight is succeeding Harrie Schippers, who has been promoted to PACCAR senior vice president with responsibility for DAF Trucks and PACCAR Parts at the corporate office…… Continue Reading
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has decided to end it’s truck business. In 2011 Caterpillar started to build it’s own trucks with the help of Navistar, known for it’s International truck brand. Caterpillar appears not prepared to cough up huge investments that are needed to keep it’s line of vocational trucks competitive in the market. Caterpillar…… Continue Reading
At the New Delhi Truck Show, Ashok Leyland unveiled this stunning looking new Europe-like truck, featuring a completely new engine, called Neptune. The Neptune engine generation looks like India’s first common rail diesel engine. It should muster around 380 hp in it’s strongest version. Other details are unknown still. Some sources say this is the…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz has delivered a couple of Econic wastetrucks to customers in Australia with two steering wheels in the cab. The Australian Mercedes-representative says: ”Dual control allows drivers to control the vehicle from the side of the cab closest to the kerb and enables a better view when picking up bins using the side loader system.”…… Continue Reading
This picture makes us think like a very well known truckbrand, but it isn’t. This is the Chinese Foton Super Truck, a concept featuring the latest sustainable and ecological technology. It is known that Daimler and Foton collaborate in China and this might very well have led to the new model here in this picture.…… Continue Reading
Usually, at Iepieleaks, we are no ‘advertisers’ for trucks which are for sale, anywhere. But here’s the exception. In Holland, there are three brand new six axle Actros chassis for sale, with a length of fifteen metres/45 feet. These exceptional trucks are often used as a basis for mobile concrete pumps. The trucks are entirely…… Continue Reading
The biggest Tatra truck ever built, this massive eight axled vehicle. Now for the correct info, this is a 16×8 configuration but Tatra is letting us know that a 16×16 truck is just as simple to build as this one when the market demands it. It was built for the German manufactorer Streicher Drilling Technology.…… Continue Reading
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