ON THE ROAD Kicking off from Michaelwood services, on the
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M5 north of Bristol, our circular route took in the city, Chipping Sodbury, Yate and Stroud. With the 020 developing 395hp and 1,900Nm of torque, the drive was effortless.
Muckaway trucks, famed for stiff suspension and harsh road running, earn their corn on construction sites, deep in the quarries or transporting bulk waste. As one operator in the Lake District put it: "As long as it doesn't break, it'll do." On the road, however, this model drives like an aggregates tipper— useful because muckaway does include onroad activity. Overdrive-geared transmissions help you go easy on the clutch, forcing down the revs to optimise better fuel economy. The final axle drive is increased to 4.00:1, which comes thanks to more power and torque.
The standard manual transmission makes sense. Its safety start, which offers no revs if you try to take off from a standing start in the top range, minimises damage, in keeping with