KNOW YOUR NEXT TRUCK
The CLW blog helps buyers and fleet managers choose and specify special purpose vehicles. You will find buying guides for each vehicle type, explanations of the figures on a specification sheet, comparisons between similar options, articles on how vehicles are used in different industries, and news about new models and customer deliveries.
We compare the three pump types used on sewage trucks, show the water-ring models fitted across our 4 m³ to 17 m³ vacuum trucks, and explain airflow, vacuum and fill-time figures.
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Hydrant dispensers, tanker refuelers, crash tenders and the support trucks around them: what each airport vehicle does, which rules shape it, and where our fire, fuel and sweeper trucks fit.
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Mining and quarry tippers trade road speed for impact strength and overload margin. Compare GVW ratings, body plate, suspension, tires and gearing across our 6x4, 8x4 and 4x4 dump trucks.
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Fire pump ratings pair flow with pressure. Here we decode CB10/60-style pump codes, convert L/s to gpm, work out tank run times and compare rear, midship and front pump positions.
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A side-by-side look at the three main collection systems: how each one loads, how many crew it needs, what it can legally carry and which waste streams and routes it suits best.
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Body volume is only half of the sizing question. Here compactor sizes are set against GVW, rated payload and overall length, so you can match a truck to your waste density and street width.
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"10 ton truck" is one of the most common phrases in a truck enquiry and one of the least precise. It can describe what the truck carries, what the truck weighs when loaded, or what its crane can lift. This guide shows how to tell them apart and what size of truck each figure leads to.
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Most Chinese tippers sold in Africa and Asia stand on a HOWO, Shacman or Dongfeng chassis. This comparison shows what each brand covers in our range, how the drivelines differ and how to decide between them for quarry, road and town work.
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Cherry picker, bucket truck and boom lift all put a person in a basket at height, but only two of them are the same machine. Here is how to tell them apart, what working heights are available on a truck and when a self-propelled lift is the better tool.
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Hiab truck, lorry mounted crane, boom truck, self loader: four names used for a truck that lifts its own cargo. This article explains what each one means, how straight and knuckle booms differ, and why a "10 ton" crane does not lift 10 tons at full reach.
View details ↗ The name on the enquiry changes from country to country, but the choices that matter are the same everywhere: which way the body tips, whether the truck is rigid or articulated, how many axles carry the load and what shape the body is.
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An exhauster in Nairobi, a septic tanker in Lagos and a vacuum truck in a catalogue are the same machine. This guide explains how it empties a pit, which tank size suits which round, what the pump figures mean and what makes one quotation higher than another.
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