Truck Shite

[martc]

Here's some more from the wonderful Views of Paris website -

We're somewhere near the Citroen factory -

 

 

[warch]

Not particularly old but quite a odd design, presumably a repurposed bin lorry chassis.

[5speedracer]

1 hour ago, warch said:

Not particularly old but quite a odd design, presumably a repurposed bin lorry chassis.

More companies who do city work are buying these for the visibility, maneuverability and ease of crew access.

[warch]

 They’re getting a bit flash these scaffolding firms, business must be booming. 
 

Where I live most scaffolders need to serve at least five years in the job before they’re allowed to ride inside the cab.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

4 hours ago, warch said:

Not particularly old but quite a odd design, presumably a repurposed bin lorry chassis.

They look rather odd and unsuitable for the role- I'm thinking ground clearance- especially off road stuff:

 

[warch]

19 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

They look rather odd and unsuitable for the role- I'm thinking ground clearance- especially off road stuff:

 

That's wonderfully odd. I can absolutely see the point of the design for trucks like bin lorries where there are several people on board who are constantly getting in and out (and to a lesser extent builders, groundworkers and scaffolders) but Iess of a necessity on grab lorries or tippers which tend to have only one occupant. 

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

it's not just merc doing it with the econic

[warch]

16 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

it's not just merc doing it with the econic

It occurs to me that the visibility down the sides of the vehicle is probably a lot better than a normal lorry, so better around pedestrians and cyclists. Which, having just googled the Econic website is apparently the whole point.

I wonder what drivers think, I imagine proper lorry drivers like the conventional six foot off the ground seating position, but I can see these appealing to new or inexperienced drivers or drivers with mobility issues (the average age of a lorry driver in the UK is now mid-50s). The seating position relative to the steering axle looks very like that on coaches to me. 

[sutty2006]

They put the 936 engine in those econics and coupled up to the merc gearbox they are utter garbage. I road tested an empty bin wagon and struggled to hit 30mph on a slight uphill but very long slip road. It was hell on wheels. I was glad to get back to work that day and felt sorry for the drivers. They’re better with the Allison gearbox but not many around in econic flavour. Most of those are repurposed bin trucks, as second hand bin trucks are harder to sell. I’m sure there’s a company repurposing them, or there used to be anyway. 

[busmansholiday]

Had a DAF XF10 electric tractor unit pull up alongside me today. Other than the fact it appeared almost silently it was only the fact it said "electric" on the side that made it stand out . 

 

What's the crack with these compared with the diesel units, @New POD.

 

 

[quicksilver]

2 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

it's not just merc doing it with the econic

Those low cab trucks sure are ugly and I really can't see how they're practical as tippers. Take one into a quarry or any slightly uneven building site and that huge front overhang is just going to ground out immediately. They must be about half the height of a normal 8x4 tipper.

[High Jetter]

High speed bumps might be a concern too.

[New POD]

4 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Had a DAF XF10 electric tractor unit pull up alongside me today. Other than the fact it appeared almost silently it was only the fact it said "electric" on the side that made it stand out . 

 

What's the crack with these compared with the diesel units, @New POD.

 

 

No oil changes ? 

[High Jetter]

5 minutes ago, New POD said:

No oil changes ? 

Yup, even steam powered needs oiling, moving parts need lube.

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[danthecapriman]

3 hours ago, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

I wonder what happened to the Thames!?😄

[Metal Guru]

20 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

I wonder what happened to the Thames!?😄

It’s still in London and goes out to sea near Southend. 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

It’s still in London and goes out to sea near Southend. 

🙃 well done 😄

[Crackers]

On 13/01/2026 at 19:30, quicksilver said:

Those low cab trucks sure are ugly and I really can't see how they're practical as tippers. Take one into a quarry or any slightly uneven building site and that huge front overhang is just going to ground out immediately. They must be about half the height of a normal 8x4 tipper.

99% of them will probably never go into a quarry or similar. 

AFAIK these are becoming more common because of the Direct Vision Standard requirements in London (etc) which, from memory, require certain lower windscreen heights and a full array of cameras to improve the driver's line of sight to pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles etc. "Normal" trucks that don't comply have to pay a higher rate of VED I think - if not VED then there's definitely some other financial incentive to use higher DVS-rate vehicles. 

That's one of the main reasons all the fleets have cameras and those ridiculous "vehicle turning left" sounders - they all improve your DVS score. 

Most of these low-cabbed tippers and flatbeds will be running from a paved/surfaced yard where they're loaded, to inner-city construction sites which are likely to be unloaded roadside or directly from internal site roads. The worst surfaces they'll probably ever encounter is speed bumps!

Someone who knows more about DVS can probably correct me or add more.

[worldofceri]

On 13/01/2026 at 17:11, Noel Tidybeard said:

it's not just merc doing it with the econic

 

On 13/01/2026 at 19:30, quicksilver said:

Those low cab trucks sure are ugly and I really can't see how they're practical as tippers. Take one into a quarry or any slightly uneven building site and that huge front overhang is just going to ground out immediately. They must be about half the height of a normal 8x4 tipper.

There’s no way that Scania is at its normal ride height. It will have air adjustment on all four axles and have been dropped all the way down to look slick in the photo.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Dodge belonging to the Oslo Sporveier electricity department.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Here's a challenge, what kind of trucks are these? The photo was taken in my village and I am struggling.

The one at the back looks like a Volvo Viking and that could be as I know a local here only drove Volvos. The cabover truck nr 3 looks like a DAF or Fiat, I think most likely a DAF.  No. 1 front and 2 I struggle with. No. 2 may look like a Bedford or possibly a Borgward but I'm not sure. No. 1 is a challenge the design says German or similar to me and then Bussing but they don't have any models that fit it either Steyer, and Sisu have some models that are similar but not quite.

Edit found them.

Truck nr 1 and nr 2 are the same Steyr and could be these two that still exsist and is not to far from where the photo was taken.

Edited January 20 by Dyslexic Viking

[primeradoner]

Is  No3  A Scania Vabis  LB76 ?

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, primeradoner said:

Is  No3  A Scania Vabis  LB76 ?

I don't think it's similar.

Scania

 

 

 

Truck no3.

 

It's a blurry picture but the grille makes me think it's a DAF T1600 like bellow.

 

Fiat 682 bellow is another one I've thought of but the grill doesn't look similar.

[The Old Bloke Next Door]