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• MAN is gearing up for the start of 17-tonne operations on two axles, which becomes legal from April next year. It has launched a more-powerful fourwheeler — specifically for solo 17 tonne running — as a stopgap until its new M90, 17 tonner becomes available later next year.
The latest 17.192 has a maximum design weight of 17-tonnes GVW and is based on the existing 16.192 two-axle drawbar chassis, having the same 141kW (189hp) turbocharged and charge-cooled 5.68-litre MAN D0226MKF/192 engine. This engine will be replaced in the M90 by the new DOS engine (CM last week).
Unlike the 16.192 drawbar chassis, the 17.192 solo rigid has a six-speed ZF S6-65 gearbox instead of a 12-speed splitter box, and a faster 4.2:1 standard rear axle ratio than the drawbar chassis' nomial 5.26:1 rear axle ratio.
The 17.192 also comes with low-profile 295/80R Michelin XZA tyres on 8.25 wheels as standard, in place of 11R 22.5 tyres previously fitted all-round on MAN's 16-tonners.
These changes will allow
MAN to offer the 17.192 with a front axle plated at 6, 700kg and a 10, 500kg capacity rear axle, enabling it to operate at 17tonnes GVW.
MAN says that as the new 17.192 will require no modification to run at the higher weights operators will only need to submit a VTG10 notifiable alteration form to the Department of Transport in Swansea and arrange an inspection of the vehicle in time for the 1 April changeover.
The 17.192 will be offered in five wheelbases from 3.6 to 5.9 metres, with the longest 5.9m wheelbase rigid having a kerbweight of 4,883kg including a full tank of fuel.
Prices will range from 227,039 for the 3.6m model to £27,339 for the 5.9m-wheelbase chassis. A sleeper-cabbed version costs an extra £1,238.
In conjunction with the 17.192 launch MAN is uprating its existing 125kW (168hp) 16.170 solo and drawbar chassis, and the 141kW 16.192 drawbar rigid. These are now rebadged 17.170, and 17.192, respectively and, like the latest solo 17.192, gain low profile tyres and 8.25 wheels to allow them to run at 17 tonnes GVW.
MAN says that operators of existing 16.170 models can adapt them for 17-tonne operations by simply fitting the latest tyres and wheels and submitting a VTG10 to the DTp in Swansea.