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VOLVO
FL10 320
• GEORGE JONES drives a Mercedes 2538 for Leanings. "A big bloke like me needs a wide bunk like this but it stops the seat going right back," he remarked. It's nicely laid out but it's all a IA tightfor me. You can't stand up to get dressed. Mine hasn't got this big hump in the middle." He took off in third gear: That was easy," he said, but approaching the first hill he added: "Now I can feel the lack of power. This
model was geared to run at 60mpti so at the 56mph limit engine revs arelust toe low. It slows down on hills and can't keep up with the big boys in the centre lane. The brakes are not up to much. The pedal sinks a long way down before they start to bite and the suspension dips at the front. it's very quiet and there are no rattles. It would make a useful truck for light local distribution work." st
The FL cab is a wendy house" said ADAM THURSTON from Cambridge as he stepped out of his Scanialld 380. "But the
320 is OK for light work at about 28 tonnes; it's not man enough for 38 tonnes with only eight gears. The temperature on the gauge is where it should be. Everything works, even the diff-lock. It would do as a parcel carrier for a further five or six years. This bunk is better than the one in my Scania and it's got a good driving position but the plastic edges to the seat will make you sweat in the summer."
• COLIN VERYARD from Dagenham, driving a new Actros, used to run two trucks of his own. "The 6p a litre hike in the fuel prices finished off a good business," he told us. With 220,000km on the
clock this is worth every penny of .C15,000. Two years ago I might have bought it. Visibility is good and it's easy to drive but with the sun in the wrong direction the top of the dash can reflect back from the nearside window."