32 tonne trucks or 32 tonners are also known as 8-wheelers, four axle rigids or 8×4 (or 8×2) trucks. The ‘32 tonnes’ relates to the gross vehicle weight (total maximum weight of the truck chassis, body and load). These trucks help to build our country. They are extremely popular in the construction sector – from an 8×4 tipper on road building fitted with an insulated tipping body for Tarmac to an 8×2 truck with a heavyweight truck mounted crane for heavy lifting jobs about the site. Other key sectors include waste and bulk feeds and grain – anything that you need to cram into a bulk truck body! Used 32 Tonne Trucks: If you are interested in narrowing down your search further, you can view the two main types of rigid truck that make up the 32-tonne category.
These trucks only have one drive axle – of the remaining three, one, two or all three of them could be used for steering. The configuration could vary, depending upon the loading requirements of the truck’s duty cycle.
Think beavertail/cheesewedge plant trucks or heavy machinery movers with large cranes. With only one drive axle, it is unlikely that these trucks are suited to off road building site work. That’s the job of an 8×4 32 tonner.
These 32-tonne trucks will be happy on and off building sites, as the additional drive axle provides more grip – albeit at the cost of a degree of manoeuvrability. Most of the 8×4 trucks will have all the wheels on the ground all the time, (no lift axles), although Scania launched a rear lift option for their double drive bogies in 2021.
This week's front cover shows one of the three 2020 Scania P410 XT (construction spec) 8x4 tippers for sale at Peter Gilder's . The trucks are fitted with Thompson bodies and on board weighers and easy sheets. With the passenger floor window, they are geared up for urban operation. There is always a huge choice of 8x4 tippers for sale online at Truckpages.co.uk Click to Read Page Turn Magazine Click Image to Read Use the form at the bottom of the page to add your email address to be advised every time the page-turn is published. Please contact us if…
Calling all cabin transporters, here is a Euro 6, 8x2 DAF CF450 with a drawbar coupling and a Fassi F660RA HE-Dynamic, 6 extension, front mounted crane. It's a 2019 model with a Space Cab and is available ready for work from MV Commercial. Check out their advert on the outside back cover for all the contact details. Remember, there are always plenty of crane trucks for sale advertised at Truckpages online. Click to Read Page Turn Magazine Click Image to Read Use the form at the bottom of the page to add your email address to be advised every time…
If you are looking for a number of well-maintained 8x4 steel tippers, then You'll need to join in at the Malcolm Harrison Prees auction on the 31st of August. there ia a whole series of 2019 Volvo FMX 410 8x4 X-High B-Ride Steel Body Tippers heading through the sale with top specifications and maintenance records. They are N3G Spec with Hyva Rams, Boweld Bodies (Hardox Floor And Ribbed Sides), Boweld Electric Easysheets, NS Sensors, Visiontrack 5 Camera Safety Systems (Including Body), Moba Weighing System (Front & Rear Cells), Auto Tailgate, Engine & Exhaust Brake, and they are CLOCS & FORS…
Northern Ireland-based EJC Contracts has taken delivery of three new DAF CF450 8×4 32-tonne tipper grabs from MV Commercial, each equipped with Thompsons bodies and Palfinger Epsilon cranes. The new trucks follow an identical order MV Commercial supplied into the business last year and join a mixed commercial fleet of around 150 vehicles, which includes 3.5-tonne vans through to tippers and agricultural units. Run by father and son, Edward and Daniel Connolly, EJC Contracts has been a returning MV Commercial customer since 2019. Paul Marley, Transport Manager at EJC Contracts, says: “The reason we keep coming back to MV Commercial…
MV Commercial has supplied specialist rail and infrastructure services provider Readypower Rail Services with three 32-tonne 8×2 Volvo FH460s, mounted with heavy haulage plant bodies and Palfinger PK33002 loader cranes. The three new trucks join the company’s 24-strong mixed commercial vehicle fleet, of which a third have now been supplied by MV Commercial. Cameron Barr, Rail Services Director (Scotland) at Readypower Rail Services, says: “A key reason we decided to collaborate with MV Commercial is that they were able to source what we needed, when we needed it, which combats the issues we previously experienced with delays in acquiring new…