The last round of pictures I took this year at shows held in two small towns that don’t ring the tiniest bell among the readership. Better go straight to the vehicles on display then, like a 2023 DAF XG+ 480 FT tractor with a WEB Trailer tridem semi-trailer from the same year.
The Terberg truck-mounted forklift tries to hide in the local bushes.
A 2018 MAN TGX 24.420 6×2 truck with a center-axle trailer, the combination’s specialism is carrying swap bodies. With a fleet of 1,200 vehicles, Vos Logistics is a big player.
I guess Grandpa Tiny is the driver. His first name doesn’t say anything about the man’s height, he might as well be a giant.
2021 DAF XG+ 480 FT tractor, towing a 2020 Van Eck enclosed semi-trailer with independent wheel suspension.
If you are an experienced truck driver and want to obtain an LZV-certification, you can call this driving school. LZV stands for Lange Zware Voertuigen, long heavy vehicles with a maximum overall length of 25.25 m (82’10”) and a maximum gross weight of 60 tonnes (132,000 lbs).
Elgran’s big rig, from front to back: a 2012 DAF XF 105 4×2 tractor, a 2008 Tracon tridem semi-trailer, and a 2004 Burg center-axle trailer.
An often used synonym for an LZV-combination is ecocombi. No further explanation needed, I guess.
This type of LZV/ecocombi is called a B-double or B-train. The tractor is a 2020 DAF XF 480 FTP.
The ‘link trailer’, coupled to the DAF, is a 2012 Renders.
And last but not least, a 2002 Jumbo tandem axle semi-trailer, connected to the Renders.
Much easier to handle, a 2012 Mercedes-Benz Actros 1842 curtainsider with a slider lift.
2022 DAF XG+ 480 FT tractor.
2023 DAF XG 530 FTG 6×2/4 tractor, towing a Burg tridem semi-trailer with independent wheel suspension, something like this.
Imported into the Netherlands at the end of 2023, a 1986 Kenworth W900B 6×4 tractor, Caterpillar powered.
2023 Mercedes-Benz Actros 2148 tractor.
2019 DAF CF 450 FT tractor and a 2014 Krone semi-trailer with a temperature controlled body and a (barely visible) slider lift.
Two basic 4×2 tractors, a Mercedes-Benz Actros F 2146 and a Ford 4000.
Now over to the Dodewaard show. Just a few images, simply because I arrived too late to get the party’s whole picture.
A mighty fine example of a straight truck endboss, this 2018 Ginaf 10×4 widespread, type X6 5250 CTSE. Three steering axles, a counter-steering (rearmost) drive axle, hydropneumatic suspension, 50 tonnes/110,000 lbs GVWR. The works, not offered by any of the mainstream truck makers.
Same owner, a 2023 DAF XF 480 FTG 6×2/4 tractor.
2019 Scania S500 6×2 truck, equipped with a VDL hooklift system. That’s quite a bin it’s carrying.
Recently, trucker Bart opted for the most powerful DAF with the biggest factory tilt cab on the market, a 2024 XG+ 530 FT tractor unit.
2021 Scania R530 V8 6×2/4 tractor.
The last one for today. Now think Citroën HY van, vegan, and dance festival. Then go all the way -truly all the way- to the other end of the spectrum. It is exactly there where you will find this 1985 Spijkstaal F4506G food truck. Alrighty Mr. Roodbeen, you can take my order now!
The front mudflaps on the Kenworth look odd. Is that just for style on a show truck, or is there some local regulation that requires coverage of the front tires, perhaps for pedestrian or bicycle safety? Certainly the European COE’s have much lower bumpers in that area.
Just for style, the DAF CF tractor (Boumans Bros.) has them too.
Prevents water splash on the windscreen and lights, not only for styling.
I can imagine that on ‘high-speed’ dirt tracks/unpaved roads, certainly with a set-forward front axle. But on asphalt roads, with the set-back front axles of these Euro-cabovers, fairly low-riding, with the wheels completely tucked in?
I can’t imagine the skill required to drive those LZV rigs through populated places.
I remember you posting a picture of that Kenworth here a few weeks ago. I love the fact that it made it all the way to Europe with the Alabama towing & recovery company’s name still intact. Here’s a picture of one of that company’s similar Kenworths in its former locale.
Oh, and Spijkstaal is a new brand for me – and very impressive to keep a vehicle like that running for 40 years!
Thanks for posting that picture!
Those LZV rigs are only allowed to drive on main roads, you won’t find them downtown.
In NL, Spijkstaal is known for their electric vehicles and -above all- for their ‘mobile supermarkets’.
Some more: http://do-eerbetoon2.itgo.com/SRV.htm
Nice display, one more doctors appointment and I hope to be able to play in trucks again
Good luck! I thought you were retired…