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Revolutionary new engines Beaver, Bison, Lynx. Three great new truck ranges from Leyland covering the entire heavy-duty spectrum, from 16 to 32 tons, powered by revolutionary new engines.
British hauliers have never seen such advanced trucks. Once again, Leyland set the pace.
Take a good look at the power unit in the new 16 ton to 28 ton Lynx and the 22 ton Bison. It's the new Fixed Head 500 Diesel— the engine with everything except a cylinder head gasket. You get more, much more, power per litre. Tight-fisted fuel consumption. Easier maintenance. Excel!ent lubrication. Better thermal efficiency. In short—an engine that's engineered with highest quality metals for a long life with reliability as never experienced before.
But a great engine isn't the only thing in the Lynx and Bison. The advanced new range of gearboxes, matched parts of the power train, take care of all the extra power with ease. The 28 ton Lynx tractor has the new Rangechange gearbox, providing swift, no-miss changes right through its ten ratios. Other Lynx and Bison trucks have a superb all constant-mesh six-speed box, 30 years of Turbocharging Experience The new 32 ton Beaver tractor's power unit is a .
turbocharged version of the proven Leyland 680 Diesel, specially designed to make the most of the extra power that turbocharging produces. It gives a cool 240/260bhparound 8bhp per ton in the 32 ton Beaver, making it one of the most powerful engines for its size on the British market. And Leyland's 30 years of turbocharging experience make it the most reliable.
All three truck ranges have other features that make them the most sophisticated on the road. The Beaver has a 10-speed semi-automatic gearbox with 2-pedal control that takes the swear and tear out of gear-changing, new spring-type emergency and parking brakes and a load sensing device that reduces the chances of jack-knifing.
The Lynx and Bison have new higher tensile steel chassis frames which give enormous strength with greater flexibility, new spring type emergency and parking brakes, and a redesigned Ergomatic cab which increases still further the standards of driver comfort, Cost conscious operators and their accountants will feel pretty happy with the new Leylands. All these features add up to greater operating economy, higher productivity, greater reliability, less downtime' and a long, long life.