New Mercedes front loader
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• The first of four Mercedes-Benz 3025K eight wheelers to go into service with Cleanaway is equipped with a 31.5m.' airspace frontloader, suitable for use with a variety of waste containers from 1.5 to 7.7m3 capacity.
Ready for the road with Shelvoke-Dempster equipment, and powered by the I84kW (247hp) yee-eight Mercedes engine, the vehicle weighs in at about 18 tonnes with a 6.62m outer axle spread.
Ted Dobie, the company's northern engineering manager, favours the Mercedes for front loading applications because the less-than-fullwidth cab provides adequate clearance for the lifting arms.
The timing gear case power-take-off at the rear of the vehicle's 0M422 engine provides direct drive via a simple shaft for the Dumpmasters hydraulic system, allowing the compactor mechanism to be operated on the move.
Stationary PTO running is monitored so that engine maintenance schedules can be planned more accurately.
The 30.5 tonne vehicle will serve industrial waste customers within an 80 to 100km radius of the company's Leicester depot.
Three further Mercedes eight-wheelers are to be equipped with rear-end loader equipment.