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WHEELS
First DAF XF106 Trucks Arrive in the Netherlands on XLite Forged Aluminium Wheels
resistance and shine.
The ultimate advantages of operating with forged aluminium wheels including
extra payloads, reduced fuel usage, decreased CO2 emissions and less wear on surrounding parts.
Leading Netherlands haulier, HN Post & Zonen has taken delivery of the country’s first DAF XF106 trucks to be fitted with Xlite and Xbrite+ forged aluminium wheels.
The Euro 6 compliant pulling units – described as the benchmark for long-distance transport – have been developed for maximum transport efficiency to, with a new chassis and engine to reduce weight, minimise CO2 emissions, lower fuel usage and ultimately maximise payload. The 4x2 configuration vehicles are fitted with 28 units comprising 20 x 9”x22.5” and eight x 11.75”x22.5” 120mm offset on machined-finished Xlite and Xbrite+ wheels. Fleetservices Benelux, official Xlite partner in the Netherlands for Europe’s leading commercial vehicle wheel distributor, Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD), recommended the wheels were changed from steel to further improve economic and environmental performance. Stefan Jacobs, Owner at Fleetservices Benelux said: “When the vehicles were delivered on steel units the
combined weight of the wheels was 236kg per vehcicle, by adding Xlite and Xbrite+ we have reduced this number to 155.4kg.”
Marco Post , Operational director at HN Post & Zonen, continued: “Add the environmental and economic efficiences of the DAF trucks, coupled with forged aluminium wheels, and the new fleet represents the lightest, most cost-effective option available
to deliver the highest return per kilometre.”
Xlite wheels, which are five times stronger and up to 40 percent lighter than the standard steel equivalent, are forged from a single aluminium billet using a CNC machine to produce a higher degree of production accuracy. Wheels are available in 17.5, 19.5 and 22.5 inch sizes.
Forged aluminium options include machined and polished finishes as well as the technically advanced Xbrite+, which goes through several submersed, technically- advanced automated treatment stages to permeate the metal deeper and deliver a wheel with the highest levels of corrosion
Aspect Wheels –
CV Wheel Specialists
Coleford , Gloucester based Aspect Wheels is one of the largest suppliers of commercial vehicle wheels in the UK. Established for over 25 years, the company has built its reputation based on holding a huge range of products, combined with excellent technical knowledge and customer service.
Cambria Wheels in Cardiff. This union ensured the company remained one of the market leaders, distributing wheels from the ver y best manufacturers in the world including Hayes- Lemmerz, Sudrad, Michelin- Kronprinz and Jantas.
In 2014, Aspect Wheels took the decision to move its head office from Uxbridge, Middlesex to the much larger site at Coleford, right in the heart of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. This has allowed the company to continue improving and expanding its business whilst reaping the benefits of a single site operation.
The company specialises
wheels for lorries, buses,
trailers and large vans as
wheel accessories such as wheel nuts, valves, safety rings and more, whilst also manufacturing wheels for earth-moving, plant , industrial and agricultural vehicles.
In 2003, the company acquired
in trucks, well as
New Speedline Wheel for Megatrailers
Speedline Truck is expanding its range of design-oriented light alloy wheels for commercial vehicles to include a new wheel, the SLT 3598, which the company desctibes as the world’s first wheel specifically designed for megatrailers.
The introduction of the new type of wheel means Speedline Truck is expanding its unique wheel program to include the following dimensions: 19.5 x 14.00“, wheel offset 120 and 10 x 26 and
32 mm bolt hole variants. The new wheel, SLT 3598, is the world’s first aluminum wheel
in this version. With a load capacity of 4500 kg per wheel
and a wheel weight of just
22.9 kg, this wheel guarantees
a key weight advantage of
approx. 17 - 21 kg per wheel compared to corresponding
steel wheels. With 6 wheels
per megatrailer that amounts
to a weight advantage of
approx. 100 - 120 kg per
trailer.
Like all Speedline Truck
wheels, this new wheel is also available in the well-known diamond surface finish – including the special SPEEDLINE TRUCK valve with additional corrosion protection and low torque for lower loads.
The SLT 3598 wheel is available from October 2015 at many trailer manufacturers and at selected replacement parts suppliers. Further information is available from www.speedline-truck.com.
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