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Early december 2004 this special Iveco of Sauvin Schmidt was standing at a parking place in Switzerland. |
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The tractor is special because of the axle layout, it is a 8x6. These tractors have been made by Sivi (now part of Astra) and are based on a 6x6 chassis. The front axle and the tandem are driven, the 2nd front axle has been placed by Sivi. |
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This is, as far as I know, the only 8x6 Sivi tractor in Northern Europe (others are in Italy and Spain). The tractor is equiped with a ZF WSK 400 torque converter. |
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Heavy drawbar couplings have been mounted to the front and the rear of the chassis. Remarkable is that they mounted the small/narrow Iveco cab (Probably the large unit isn’t available on the all wheel drive vehicles). |
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Behind the cab is the dieseltank, storage compartments and 2 large air filters. A really long slide table for the fifth wheel is mounted on the chassis, it runs from directly behind the tower to almost the end of the chassis. |
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Behind the Sivi hangs a 2-bed-6 Nicolas moduletrailer. The load is a tram of Bombardier. |
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Total length of this transport was about 45 meters. Here is clearly visible how low this special Nicolas trailer is. |
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At the other side of the tower we find the cooling. It consists of a water-air cooler for the engine (the black one in front) and a oil-air cooler for the torque converter (the aluminium colored one behind the other). In front of the watercooler there is a small oil-air cooler for the hydraulics that drives the cooling fan. |
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Another interesting technical detail is the suspension. This Iveco has leaf springs on the front axle and air suspension on the other 3 axles. |
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A rare truck that was on my wish-list for a longer time. Because of a tip of Markus Schär from Switzerland I could photograph it, thanks for that !! |
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