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Astra HD9 86.56 Bauma 2016 in Commercial Vehicles Side 2 - 5
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INTERNATIONAL<br />
No easy mission<br />
Designed for heavy<br />
duty operations, the<br />
560 hp Astra HD 9<br />
86.56 8x6 with a GVW<br />
of 60-tonnes can<br />
replace a dumper in<br />
opencast mines.<br />
Story by:<br />
Gianenrico Griffini<br />
66 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong><br />
The Astra HD9 86.56<br />
8x6 is by no means<br />
a conventional offroad<br />
truck. Premiering at<br />
the Bauma fair in Munich,<br />
Germany, which is dedicated<br />
to construction <strong>vehicles</strong><br />
and machines, and mining<br />
equipment, the Astra HD9<br />
86.56 is among the top<br />
models in the portfolio of the<br />
Italian truck manufacturer. The<br />
Astra brand belongs to the<br />
CNH industrial Group, and has<br />
been designed for heavy-duty<br />
missions in extreme working<br />
environments typical of the<br />
mining-extractive sector in<br />
which it can replace a rigid<br />
dumper. The opportunity to<br />
test it presented itself recently<br />
in a quarry in Northern Italy<br />
near Piacenza. Equipped<br />
with a Cursor 13 Euro 6<br />
12.8-litre six-cylinder in-line<br />
engine that produces 560<br />
hp at 1,900 rpm, and a peak<br />
torque of 2,500 Nm at 1,000<br />
rpm, the Astra HD9 86.56<br />
looks remarkable.<br />
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