M ercedes-Benz, for example, is offering new centre-steer/lift-axle models on vee-eight-powered
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tractive units, and non-steer centre lifters on vee-sixes and vee-eights. Three new CV security system options are available now and Merc's retrimmed, restyled heavy truck cabs will be out next month. They will be followed in the Autumn by a 150tonne GCW 2644S 6x4 for STGO work and next February by a 4x4 814DA T2 7.5-tonne panel van.
But this is as much a show for component makers as for truck and body builders.
There was a new on-board weigher for loading shovels and fork lifts from RDS Technology of Gloucester; Brigade Electronics showed a low-light camera for its Backeye CCTV system; and Vaculug debuted a drive-axle tyre for municipal work. It's designed for heavy waste operations with an extra 10mm-deep sidewall collar which has a depth indicator hole to minimise kerb damage.