Dodge launches new 500 Series model

23rd September 1966, Page 87

23rd September 1966

Page 87

Page 87, 23rd September 1966 — Dodge launches new 500 Series model

Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

AN additional model in the 500 Series has been announced by Dodge Bros. (Britain) Ltd. This carries the designation K1000 and is designed for a gross weight rating of 16 tons.

The model marks a departure from the normal 500 Series by having a Perkins 6.354 engine as the only power unit available; on all other chassis in the range a Chrysler /Cummins V6 or VS is standard and the only rigids available with the Perkins 6.354 have been those with a gross rating of 15 tons or less. The K1000 is, in effect, a lower-powered version of the K1100 16-tonner. a model in which the Perkins unit was not originally offered. Three wheelbases are available-12 ft. 3 in., 17 ft. 1 in., and 19 ft. 1 in.—and the engine drives through a five-speed constant-mesh gearbox to a two-speed axle.

Braking is by a full-air system with separate circuits for the front and rear axles and the handbrake is power-assisted from a separate air circuit. This is another aspect where the K1000 differs from the other 500 Series rigids with a gross weight of 16 tons or over which have doublediaphragm actuators all round to provide a secondary system which is a duplication of the main system.

Prices for the K1000 start at £2,460, which includes the Dodge all-steel tilt cab.