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• Two high-volume truck chassis featuring a specially shortened S cab are being launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week.
The specially developed cab is 1.46m long, about 0.11m less than the standard S cab, but Mercedes claims interior dimensions "relevant for the driver and vehicle operation" are identical.
Two major modifications were made to the cab to achieve the space saving: the front bumper has been moved backwards by 0.03m (3cm) and the cab rear wall has been re-designed to provide a saving of 0.08m (8cm).
The cab is available with the large-volume chassis versions of the 1733 L and 2433 L trucks, providing wheelbases of 5.54m and 4.54m respectively.
Both versions of the highvolume Mercedes are powered by the OM 441 LA V6 249kW diesel engine, chosen for its compactness. The engine has been designed with crankpins offset at 30° in the left and right cylinders to permit an ignition spacing of 120°.
The vehicles have an offset front axle, low-air bellows, low profile tyres and frame heights between 0.869m and 0.9m (it can be adjusted from the cab using the air suspension). Factory-fitted sleeper cabs weighing 145kg are available, designed to improve the aerodynamics of high-bodied trucks.
Mercedes says the 1733L and 2433L high-volume trucks can be used to carry up to 40 Europallets within the current EC drawbar length limit of 18rn using the complex Phillips coupling.
Li The company will also unveil a drawbar vehicle based upon the Mercedes-Benz 1320 EZ 55 at Frankfurt. Designed for carrying light, high-volume goods, the drawbar unit can carry 40 Europallets. The single-axle trailer is connected to the rear of the truck by means of a fifth-wheel coupling.