Commercial Vehicle Thread

Ram · 10th August 2007, 15:15

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Originally Posted by AMATMO

... which company/brand is this? Does it belong to some existing well known brand?

i dont know anything about these trucks
(Even though i am a truck enthusiast )

Read my post, AMATMO.

AMATMO · 10th August 2007, 15:32

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Originally Posted by ram

Read my post, AMATMO.

thats funny your post wasnt there when i posted the last time

anyway thanks

Ram · 10th August 2007, 15:38

The Rosenbauer Panther CA-5 six-wheel-drive vehicle was designed by "Spirit Design" of Vienna, Austria.

It meets standards and safety requirements necessary to cope with Airbus A380 accidents.

Here are interior shots of the Rosenbauer Panther.

Features
* Wide door openings with opening angle of 90 degrees for rapid ingress and egress of the crew
* Optional solenoid-operated swiveling doors, which close and lock automatically on reaching 5 km/h.
* LCS (Logic control system) facilitates single person operation.
* 24V electrics for chassis and fully implemented CAN bus tech.
* Fully computer-automated operation of all emergency functions.
* Pistol grip and/or Joystick controlled jetting operation for precise aiming of the fire extinguishing agents.

By 31st March 2008, Rosenbauer will supply a total of 29 Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 vehicles to India for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Trivandrum airports.

Ram

Ram · 10th August 2007, 15:45

Forgot to mention, they cost € 8,43,750 a piece.
That's Rs. 4.70 crores each.
So the order of 29 vehicles is worth Rs. 136 crore!

Ram

hormaz · 10th August 2007, 16:11

OMG! the interior pics are great, looks like a mini cockpit.

hvkumar · 10th August 2007, 17:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by ram

Forgot to mention, they cost € 8,43,750 a piece.
That's Rs. 4.70 crores each.
So the order of 29 vehicles is worth Rs. 136 crore!

Ram

For that kind of money, you can buy fire engines for almost every single city in India! What a waste of money!

1100D · 10th August 2007, 19:59

Ram, do you have pics of the undercarriage?

AMATMO · 12th August 2007, 23:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

Special High Speed fire trucks at MBP , waiting to be transported to delhi .

madmonkey i can see a white coloured truck besides the crane,which truck is it? well actually in this pic you can only see a part of the cabin of that truck.

sreenivass · 13th August 2007, 00:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by hvkumar

For that kind of money, you can buy fire engines for almost every single city in India! What a waste of money!

Bigger the deal better for the middlemen and public loots (read servants).

Ram · 13th August 2007, 07:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by hvkumar

Quote:

Originally Posted by ram

Forgot to mention, they cost € 8,43,750 a piece.
That's Rs. 4.70 crores each.
So the order of 29 vehicles is worth Rs. 136 crore!
Ram

For that kind of money, you can buy fire engines for almost every single city in India! What a waste of money!

You guys are cribbing about the price of an airport crash tender -- a very specialized piece of equipment.

Won't it take specialized equipment to rescue whatever is possible out of a burning Airbus A380.

The A380 is both, as long as and as wide as a football field.
It carries 550 passengers, weighs 569 tons when fully loaded.
While on the ground, the top of the fuselage is 3½ storeys tall
and the top of the tail-fin is 8 storeys tall.

Heat from aircraft fires can result in searing temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius.

OT: The A380 costs Rs. 1,250 crore a piece.
Kingfisher has ordered five of them (totally valued at Rs. 6,250 crore) which will be delivered in 2010. By comparision, the six-lane Mumbai Pune Expressway, all 93 km of it including five tunnels, cost our exchequer Rs. 1,630 crore.

prashanthyr · 13th August 2007, 14:39

One slightly unrelated observation: Have you noticed that driver seating in most AL buses and trucks are slightly offset to the right? I think this must come from the factory itself since irrespective of body builder, this is the position i have seen. It has to be lesson 1 in 'ergonomic disasters'. Can anyone throw some light on this?

Ram · 13th August 2007, 17:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by prashanthyr

One slightly unrelated observation: Have you noticed that driver seating in most AL buses and trucks are slightly offset to the right? I think this must come from the factory itself since irrespective of body builder, this is the position i have seen. It has to be lesson 1 in 'ergonomic disasters'. Can anyone throw some light on this?

@prashanthyr: Can you provide a picture, please ?

nitrous · 13th August 2007, 17:23

I second Ram,here.
Whats wrong with OUR country having some specialised fire-fighting equipment?
Im sure it would make sense if U were rescued by it.

Monster_BHP · 13th August 2007, 18:02

I have seen these guys on road from chennai port, first i thought its some imported truck or a Volvo, but to my surprise it was a TATA. Looked great though.

AMATMO · 19th August 2007, 09:08

HEY guys, on my way to GOA, i saw a MAN truck with yellow no. plate

no pics the bus was too fast

but i have the pic of the new ashok leyland truck(i'll try to post that)

10th August 2007, 15:38	#198
Ram Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore, Mumbai, Nagpur Posts: 2,166 Thanked: 219 Times View My Garage	Rosenbauer Panther CA-5 6x6 The Rosenbauer Panther CA-5 six-wheel-drive vehicle was designed by "Spirit Design" of Vienna, Austria. It meets standards and safety requirements necessary to cope with Airbus A380 accidents. Here are interior shots of the Rosenbauer Panther. Features * Wide door openings with opening angle of 90 degrees for rapid ingress and egress of the crew * Optional solenoid-operated swiveling doors, which close and lock automatically on reaching 5 km/h. * LCS (Logic control system) facilitates single person operation. * 24V electrics for chassis and fully implemented CAN bus tech. * Fully computer-automated operation of all emergency functions. * Pistol grip and/or Joystick controlled jetting operation for precise aiming of the fire extinguishing agents. By 31st March 2008, Rosenbauer will supply a total of 29 Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 vehicles to India for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Trivandrum airports. Ram
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10th August 2007, 15:45	#199
Ram Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore, Mumbai, Nagpur Posts: 2,166 Thanked: 219 Times View My Garage	Forgot to mention, they cost € 8,43,750 a piece. That's Rs. 4.70 crores each. So the order of 29 vehicles is worth Rs. 136 crore! Ram
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10th August 2007, 16:11	#200
hormaz BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bombay Posts: 103 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	OMG! the interior pics are great, looks like a mini cockpit.
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10th August 2007, 19:59	#202
1100D Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Calcutta Posts: 4,390 Thanked: 4,079 Times View My Garage	Ram, do you have pics of the undercarriage?
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13th August 2007, 14:39	#206
prashanthyr BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London Posts: 546 Thanked: 249 Times	One slightly unrelated observation: Have you noticed that driver seating in most AL buses and trucks are slightly offset to the right? I think this must come from the factory itself since irrespective of body builder, this is the position i have seen. It has to be lesson 1 in 'ergonomic disasters'. Can anyone throw some light on this?
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13th August 2007, 17:23	#208
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	I second Ram,here. Whats wrong with OUR country having some specialised fire-fighting equipment? Im sure it would make sense if U were rescued by it.
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13th August 2007, 18:02	#209
Monster_BHP BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: chennai Posts: 190 Thanked: 30 Times View My Garage	I have seen these guys on road from chennai port, first i thought its some imported truck or a Volvo, but to my surprise it was a TATA. Looked great though.
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19th August 2007, 09:08	#210
AMATMO Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangalore\GOA Posts: 1,456 Thanked: 7 Times	HEY guys, on my way to GOA, i saw a MAN truck with yellow no. plate no pics the bus was too fast but i have the pic of the new ashok leyland truck(i'll try to post that)
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