Cabovers

omg! really old rig!

 

and probably one of better trucks

really trouble free

 

btw do you have any info about om444LA v12 engine

 

this is rare engine. Used ov fat trucks only. And Mercedes install WSK (Clutch with big torque converter), becouse this engine easily burns any clutch of convinient design with iverweight load.

 

i know for one but used in stone crusher rated at only 660hp

but there was some versions of trucks with om404 also v12

om404 with 420ps and 134kgm
and om404a with 525ps( that is about 538hp) and 188kgm gearbox was 4s150gpa

 

this kind of engines are used on fat trucks not for peak horspower, but for high low end torque. To use V12 on highway now... really there is no reason, becouse with regular load this engine will not be faster common semi trucktor.

 

not now but in past when fuel prices were low

 

one interesting picture trucks for export

 

here guys from Arabian countries look for and purchase old Mercedes trucks.... what do they like them?

 

also here , but this go thought our resellers, so if you want to sell your old mercedes ng 2626 or 2632 and it is in really bad condition and it is not anymore cost-effective to operate that +/-35 year old truck , and one guy find this truck and he call his boss in germany or any other country and he said i find truck and i give him 500€ for down payment.....

and truck cost 7000€ for example (35year old mercedes in bad condition is about that )

after that his boss send to him money and he bought it ( and he grab 500-1000€ to himself)

than truck is loaded on trailer on other truck on semitrailer depending on situation

that cost maybe max 1000€ for shipping to germany , than trader paint it but not good ( he want to make it as cheapest as possible) repair something if it is really necessary and this truck now cost 17000-19000€ so he can earn 8000-10000€ per truck. Why? ( because people from arabian conturys cant get visas to enter in europe so someone resells trucks to them....after that trucks are shipped to ports like hamburg rotterdam and it cost another 500€ to port and shipping to final destination is about 1000-1500€ and truck

but when truck arrive to afganistan it will cost 27000-30000€

which is really expensive coparing to first price and condition

they buy almost anything from small truck of 5ton to biggest truck traders dont like 4axle tippers because shipping and transport of them is more expensive

if truck is so useless they will cut it for spare parts ZF "Europa" differentials are really popular world wide ( and they are probably best ever made on world)

lot of conventionals L or LK mercedes are converted from hypoid diff to AP diffs

also rear end complete with cut of chassis are send in US for heavy haulage and also to australia , south america because of their tough condition asia africa , arabian countries


also it is quite popular to sell rear drive axle housing to those countries because they will put them to trailers because that axle can easily take more than 20ton per axle which is 44000+ lbs

also cabs are popular because of often traffic accidents engines gearboxes anything

just check link below ( works only in IE)
http://www.toprun.ch/truck/09-2006/West-Africa/

and this

http://www.baumaschinenbilder.de/forum/thread.php?threadid=30963

but those people are possessed, they dont see anything except mercedes man from that time is almost same truck MTU developt engine from both of them, same gearbox same rear axles , mercedes had better cab chassis and rear springs but this is not too many difference

there is plenty of good and better trucks from that time than mercedes

also now man f90/f2000/fe2000 as tractor with high cab is quite popular because it is easy to remove top of cab while transport them

for 1991/2 2635 sk tipper you can get about 22000-25000€

for 2638 2644 SK you can get even 32-35000€ here



and not too overloaded but still about 90ton max 95ton 200000-210000lbs trucks from Egypt