This DAF CF 85.480 8x4 tractor belongs to the pilling and foundation company Van Halteren Infra B.V. from Bunschoten in the Netherlands.

At first sight it looks like a normal tractor, until you get a bit closer...

... then you see that the roof of this CF is much lower than a normal roof of a DAF CF 85

Here a better view on the cab. The roof is lowered by Van Halteren, in coorperation with a local truckdealer. Now the booms of foundation equipment can be put over the roof of the DAF during transport. That isn’t possible with the normal CF, those are to high.

Behind the cab is strut to protect the roof for these booms. Also we find a dieseltank and a small storage box there. The axle layout is a bit weird, it’s not a 2+2 but also not really a 1+3.

Behind the tractor hangs a Nooteboom lowloader with 6 pendular axles (3 axle lines, 2 axles per line), that can carry 16 tonnes per axle line (in Holland).

Here it is clearly visible how low the cab has become. A different windshield is one of the changes.

The truck is mainly being used for the transport of their own piling / foundation equipment and excavators throughout the Benelux.