Truckheads: Torque matters
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t loads Anything from £60k for the cheaper brands like Mercedes through to £80k for Volvo et al.
As you can well imagine there are lots of various options and configurations to choose from. Easy to spend well north of £100k on just the tractor unit. My father has just purchased a new Volvo and the brouchure was mind bending!
As you can well imagine there are lots of various options and configurations to choose from. Easy to spend well north of £100k on just the tractor unit. My father has just purchased a new Volvo and the brouchure was mind bending!
TonyHetherington said:
Are the options on lorries to do with luxury (eg beds, power, tv etc.) or technical things - like gears, hydraulics/air etc?
Both really. Built in flat screen televisions to low range gearboxes and everyting inbetween. A tractor unit really can be a bespoke device.martin mrt said:
Options can be from seats to the ratios of the drive axle, there are so much things to consider when buying one
6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
I want the price of a new one. 6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
V8mate said:
martin mrt said:
Options can be from seats to the ratios of the drive axle, there are so much things to consider when buying one
6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
I want the price of a new one. 6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
L100NYY said:
V8mate said:
martin mrt said:
Options can be from seats to the ratios of the drive axle, there are so much things to consider when buying one
6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
I want the price of a new one. 6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
6x4, with at least a 440 motor. They're more than £50k at 3 years old.
6x4 tractors tend to be rarer than 6x2's aswell so may command a higher premium.
ETA: As someone has said day cab tractors which are 6x4 are favoured by the construction industry - like this one:
http://trucks.autotrader.co.uk/axleconfig/6x4/cabt...
ETA: As someone has said day cab tractors which are 6x4 are favoured by the construction industry - like this one:
http://trucks.autotrader.co.uk/axleconfig/6x4/cabt...
Edited by Fun Bus on Thursday 18th November 13:50
V8mate said:
L100NYY said:
V8mate said:
martin mrt said:
Options can be from seats to the ratios of the drive axle, there are so much things to consider when buying one
6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
I want the price of a new one. 6x4 day cab, good luck that's not exactly a common configuration and if you do find it, it will likely be an ex council landfill Volvo ERF or Foden
6x4, with at least a 440 motor. They're more than £50k at 3 years old.
God knows how much my father's fully optioned Globetrotter XL was then.........
I only drove them, but I'll be honest I don't think you will see much change from £90-100k at least, but ultimately it depends what you intend to do with it, for example a 6x4 on landfill work will not be suitable for heavy haulage applications so as such you can't really put a "how much" label on one
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