A light Euro-1 Cummins L10 engine, narrow 3000 Series cab
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and Sandbach pedigree has put Foden's latest 3325 eight-legger at the top of the 32-tonne CM league table.
Commercial Motor brought you the first full test of Foden's lightweight eightwheeled tipper—the L10-powered 3325—just under a year ago (CM 29 April-5 May 1993). The narrow cabbed, rubber-suspended 8x4 was one of the first to cover CM's tipper test route at the new 32-tonne GVW weight limit and the extra weight certainly didn't stop it from shining.
We found it to be "a fast, flexible eight-legger with a high payload which promises an earning potential to give a good return on investment". Who could ask for more?
But nothing stands still. Cummins has been busy revamping its trusty 10-litre engine to Euro-1 certification; its Euro-1 line-up was unveiled last June.
We were keen to see if the Euro-1 L10 was lean as well as green so we've retested Foden's 3000 Series 8x4 with the latest Euro-1 L325 straight-six. The truck in question, Melda Princess, is operated by Litlington Transport, the sister company to Foden service agent Foulgers of Royston, Herts. It came straight from work after a major service, having coy ered more than 21,000km since it was commissioned last November. An insulated tipper body and Harsh underfloor gear suit its duties, running at 32 tonnes with loads of sand and aggregates.
Our tipper was run at 60mph on motorways; it was registered last year and specced for the higher speed limit. Future tests will be conducted at the 90km/h (56mph) motorway limits now imposed on newer trucks.
All CM's eight-wheelers now run at 32 tonnes—which makes this truck's fuel, speed and performance results all the more impressive.
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TipCon 1992 marked the debut of the 3000 Series eight-wheelers. This was the first time Foden showed the light and narrow cab already developed for the 2000 Series 17-tonner atop a four-axle chassis. The 3325 badge seen here denotes the presence of the air-to-air charge-cooled L10, though it can equally signify a 12-litre Perkins Tx325 engine (originally tested in the 3000 Series in February 1993).0