Faster Iveco Ford 300.30 eight-legger
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• Among the latest revisions to the Iveco Ford Truck range is the option of a faster rear axle ratio on the company's 228kW (306hp) 300.30 eightlegger. It can now be ordered with a 3.96:1 back axle, in place of the standard 4.26:1 ratio.
The faster 3.96:1 ratio reduces the 300.30's engine speed from 2,150rpm to 1,990rpm, running at 971on/h with 11R22.5 tyres. Maximum geared speed with 11R22.5s and the 3.9:1 is now 111km/h, compared with the 4.26:1equipped chassis' geared speed of 103km/h.
Iveco Ford marketing director David Gill says the faster axle option is intended for those tipper and balker operators with a high percentage of motorway running who are looking for maximum fuel economy at top speeds.
Through its Special Vehicle Operations division, Iveco Ford has also developed a low height 10-tonne GVW tipper chassis, based on its 1011 and 1013 Cargo, specifically for municipal operators.
The SVO conversion is supplied with flitching already fitted, removing the need for the bodybuilder to add longitudinal runners to the chassis along with the tipping body. The result is an overall loadbed height of around 1,016mm.
Another addition to the Cargo range planned for this year is the option of the day cab on the recently-launched 112kW (150hp) 7.5 tonne GVW 0815 chassis, which is currently only available with a sleeper cab. The day-cab 0815 is expected to be shown at the Birmingham Motor Show in October. Gill claims that the Cargo still has one of the most modern cabs on the market, which will help take it well into the second half of the 1990s. Minor external revisions, however, are expected to be made to the cab next year.
Iveco Ford will continue to build its own Dover engines for the Cargo for the foreseeable future. It will only consider using an outside supplier where there is no suitable Dover power unit. He says: "85% of Cargo build is with Dover. It is capable of meeting all future (noise and emission) legislation and we have no plans to replace it."