CLASH OF THE LIGHT IINS
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The struggle between East and West continues at 7.5 tonnes as Mitsubishi Fuso takes on MAN in the second round of CM's Tipper Light test. Colin Barnett referees.
The turnout of larger tippers for this year's Tipper Light event was disappointing thanks to manufacturers concentrating on their Euro-4 heavies, but we did end up with two totally different ways of doing the same 7.5-tonne job. DaimlerChrysler provided a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter 75 to demonstrate the farEastern 'big-van' approach.while the European 'smalllorry' camp was represented by the MANTG L. We filled them to the max and took them for a run that encompassed most types of road in just one hour of driving.They have the same gross weight, but that's where the resemblance ends... •