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Dropframe Volvo FL6
15th June 1989, Page 13
15th June 1989
Page 13
Page 13, 15th June 1989
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• Volvo Trucks (GB) has produced its own dropframe version of the FL 617 rigid chassis for Whitbread.
The conversion is fitted with a Don Bur curtainsided body in Heineken livery. It has a 6.4m wheelbase and an overall length of 10.26m; deckheight is reduced to 580mm.
Inclusion of Volvo's four-bag rear air suspension accounts for about 60kg of the nominal 150kg overall reduction in body/payload allowance. With 150kg allowance for driver and mate, payload is 9.83 tonnes.
As well as improving the ride and providing a consistent ride height, the rear axle air suspension in this application also minimises wheelbox intrusion into the load space. Ll Coca-Cola has just ordered nine dropframe FL617s.