Cab comfort
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It's unusual to have a sleeper cab on a 7.5-tonner—let alone one with two bunks—but this vehicle is used to set up exhibition stands and the crew often has to hang around overnight. With the 1./I cab's high roof and almost-flat floor there was certainly enough headroom, though the space between the passenger seat and the dashboard was not quite as generous.
Cab access was straightforward with a single step, well placed grab handle and wide opening door. Mind you, with the door opening past 90 you're obliged to lean a long way out of the cab to close it, which we didn't like.
Forward visibility is excellent through the large windscreen, while the collection of sun visors (three internal, one external) offer good protection. Visibility to the rear would be fine via the large wing mirrors if they both responded to the electric adjustment; in this case the offside mirror didn't.
The fully adjustable seat and steering wheel combine with well placed controls and instrumentation to provide a pleasant driver interface, and noise levels inside the cab were comfortable except when the electrically controlled sunroof was open.
The twin bunks are a decent size and, thanks to the highroof cab, storage options are many and varied, including three large under-bunk areas (One partly taken up with the night heater), huge lockers above the seats, a fold-out table in the fascia, cup holders, lowlevel bins under the dash, a removable rubbish bin, door pockets and a large, multi-compartment central storage area between the seats.
The cab was well rounded off with effective lighting in the bunk area and high up above each door.