VOLVO vs SCANIA vs DAF vs MAN

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  1. venodaren

    venodaren Bobtail Member

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    i'm using the truck for pulling average of 70 ton and the truck will use about 30 % off road..
    which brand and the model is better??GIVE ME A GOOD REASON IF CAN...:biggrin_25525:
     
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  3. Pablo-UA

    Pablo-UA Road Train Member

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    Highway truck is made for 80000LBS (38-40 000 kg) weight limit.

    you need a truck of SD version.

    But there are fat trucks, like Titan, Volvo FH16, KW T500, Russiam KZKT ore MZKT with Cummis QSX engine.... ore Australian road train truktors!
     
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  4. 98989

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    that depends where are you from and what is most popular there

    here two most popular trucks are MAN and mercedes , and when you look at everything they are best choice especially for offhighway operation

    i dont think that these are best trucks , far from that but when you look at price , price when you want to sale it , price of parts, number of mechanics which can work with them,availability of parts, availability of used and aftermarket parts how easy is to sale them they become best choice , especially mercedes

    man is very good here because of only one things, man services are only here at european level

    if i have to pull 70t 30% off road HERE i would chose mercedes due its robustness and from economic reasons , man trucks are not that strong , man axles tend to worn very soon , it is big shame on them for stop using ZF europa axles , man have weak drive shafts you will hard find any man used in offroad that never crack drive shaft , man have small brakes while every mercedes use 22cm wide shoe ,mercedes have much stronger bogies and suspensions ..........

    also volvo and scania trucks are quite robust double frames and other things are almost always standard


    but always first look what is cost effective
     
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  5. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    Also,look which brand has the best dealer in your area.
    The best brand without a decent dealership to support it is useless.
     
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  6. venodaren

    venodaren Bobtail Member

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    The MAN truck not using the eropa axle anymore???then what they using...
    Mercedes still uaing eropa axle is it??
     
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    98989 Road Train Member

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    man build their own axles since early 90s

    mercedes adopt zf technology and build those axles
     
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  8. venodaren

    venodaren Bobtail Member

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  9. dieselroarmt875b

    dieselroarmt875b Medium Load Member

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    i had read somewhere(commercial motor magazine ,dont remember the issue) that M.A.N. hypoid rear axles was designed by Eaton .
    The ones with plannetar hub reduction was developed togeather with and is produced by Mercedes,dont know nothing about the differentials though.
     
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  10. 98989

    98989 Road Train Member

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    dont know anything about hypoid axles

    but man have its own hub reduction axles , they used before zf axles shared with mercedes , but since 3series man have its own differentials which look similar to old ones but not same ....too bad
     
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