Any body run/had a merc 811

[dazmac]

is it this type

http://img.machinio.com/ma/1740510444.jpg

if it is they were a good truck in their day about half a ton heavier than the equivalent Daf

[predator]

is it this shape

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=792&bih=395&q=Mercedes-Benz+Tipper+811+1991+Tipper&oq=Mercedes-Benz+Tipper+811+1991+Tipper&gs_l=img.12...0.0.0.2516.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1ac..32.img..0.0.0.RPo2SZc2YcE

[dazmac]

If it's this type

http://img.machinio.com/ma/1740510444.jpg

they were a good truck in their day about half a tonne heavier than the equivalent DAF.The first thing I'd change would be the auto box 7.5 ton auto's are pretty dreadful I certainly wouldn't want to take one offroad.I did some agency work last year on 7.5 ton auto's they were all replaced by manual DAF's after the drivers complained about them.

[dazmac]

oops double post sorry

[Peter]

Hi Peter,

thinking back, the model & engine size ended with a 'D' if it was bonneted ie; 814d been bonneted & 814 been flat (tilt cab)..... The 814d been the biggest, now used for small buses and large vans.

 

Ether way, tipper body, hiab, or pretty anything will decimate any payload as mentioned earlier.

 

Steve

 

That makes sense, so are there tilt cab 811s or are they all ds?

[dazmac]

That makes sense, so are there tilt cab 811s or are they all ds?

I always thought Merc model numbers stood for weight/engine size so an 811 would be 8 ton (design weight so 7.5 tonner) 110 hp,they were mainly 814's so 140 bhp and later one's were 817's so 170 bhp,1317's 13 ton 170 bhp and so on.I'm sure an 811 would be a tilt cab and 811d the version with a bonnet

[Dr.Green]

It's the one 'predator' posted chaps. Weighing up loads of different vehicles. Which ever vehicle I get il just go with a canny chip box. As have access but not instantly to hiab so all is cool