Capital Equipment News April 2021

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The New XF and CF build on the greater standards of driver comfort for which DAF trucks are renowned.

or facelifts of the previous models, but are completely new vehicles, featuring improved chassis, cabs, gearboxes and engines. Efficiency Following local tests conducted from July 4, 2020 to February 20 this year, Gavin says the new DAF trucks have shown an average 10% reduction in fuel costs compared with the previous ranges. Babcock brought in three test vehicles – the CF 430 TT (Lean), the XF 480 TT (Smart) and the XF 530 TT (SuperSpace+) – which together ran a combined 300 000 km on local roads and averaged 2,5 km per litre of fuel. “The testing results were phenomenal. We put the XF 480 TT into a large fleet of more than 100 older XF 105 models. The new vehicle proved to be 12,5% more fuel efficient than the older models, which ran at 2,4 km per litre of fuel. The results were beyond our expectations of 10%,” says Gavin, adding that other client tests of the new vehicle averaged between 5% and 10% depending on application. The vehicles were tested in a variety of applications, mainly long haul as well as stop-start applications. Oil samples were taken every 10 000 km up to 50 000 km

The long-awaited DAF CF and XF series have finally hit the South African highways following last month’s official launch by Babcock

Following local tests conducted from July 4, 2020 to February 20 this year, the new DAF trucks have shown an average 10% reduction in fuel costs compared with the previous ranges

Babcock brought in three test vehicles – the CF 430 TT (Lean), the XF 480 TT (Smart) and the XF 530 TT (SuperSpace+) – which together ran a combined 300 000 km on local roads and averaged 2,5 km per litre of fuel

The new engine and the new gearbox are the two biggest contributing factors to industry leading fuel savings

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