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Renault Premium Lander Optitrack<br />
driven axles and a steering,<br />
lifting, rear axle. BOCM Pauls<br />
are operating four 8x4 Renault<br />
Lander tridems on animal feed<br />
deliveries out of their Preston<br />
site. They see it as the best<br />
combination of paylo<strong>ad</strong>, traction<br />
and manoeuvrability. It looks<br />
like a regular eight legger at first<br />
glance, but a second look reveals<br />
that three axles are moved to the<br />
back and the familiar twin steer<br />
singles up front are missing. This<br />
chassis layout is an attempt to<br />
maintain the paylo<strong>ad</strong> but improve<br />
the manoeuvrability. It could be<br />
a candidate for mixer operators<br />
who are looking for better urban<br />
access than a twin steer will give.<br />
If you’ve driven an eight wheeler<br />
with any regularity, you’ll know<br />
that it can take some shunting<br />
to get it around tight corners.<br />
So the set up here is a single<br />
steer axle at the front and then<br />
a three axle bogie at the back.<br />
Axles two and three are a regular<br />
double-drive pair, like you’ll find<br />
on a standard eight wheeler, and<br />
then the rear axle is a singletyred<br />
steering and lifting affair.<br />
This means the truck handles<br />
more like a six wheeler, but it can<br />
still carry the lo<strong>ad</strong> of an eight.<br />
Xtrem<br />
For operations where a 41 tonne<br />
Kerax 8x4 is just not enough,<br />
Renault have wheeled out their<br />
new Extrem. Based on the heavy<br />
duty Kerax that we use in the UK,<br />
it has h<strong>ad</strong> an extensive workingover<br />
to beef it up for the toughest<br />
of conditions. With 8x4 and 8x8<br />
versions, the chassis is heavily<br />
flitched for almost its entire<br />
length and axles, shock absorbers<br />
and springs are all heavier.<br />
With a GVW of 50 tonnes and<br />
a GTW of “between 80 and 90<br />
tonnes”, this is a truck that is<br />
he<strong>ad</strong>ing for the global off-ro<strong>ad</strong><br />
markets where weighbridges<br />
are few and far between. Aimed<br />
at logging operations, mines<br />
and oil field duties it reverts to<br />
a manual sixteen speed box<br />
and and intarder. We’d love to<br />
see one in its natural habitat.<br />
Renault do have one operating<br />
in the UK, somewhere deep<br />
in a South Wales mine.<br />
Like the rest of the industry, the<br />
spectre of Euro 6 is approaching<br />
and the buy-forward expectation<br />
is growing by the month. With<br />
an on-cost of over £10,000 on<br />
tractors and probably not much<br />
less on rigids, there are a lot<br />
of operators who are having to<br />
make tough decisions on fleet<br />
replacement. If you have an<br />
ageing tipper fleet, we guess that<br />
it’s make your mind up time.<br />
Renault Midlum 4x4<br />
test report<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> & <strong>Civil</strong> EnginEER<br />
Renaults Construction Range Spre<strong>ad</strong>.<strong>indd</strong> 59 18/07/2012 14:27<br />
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