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MAN | Support Modification for customised commercial vehicles
Whenever customers or body builders have special requirements in terms of chassis and cabs, MAN's Modification Team takes care of them. Technically and commercially optimal solutions are the basis for efficient special-purpose vehicles in construction.
The construction and construction-related industries operate more than just tippers. The use of an MAN chassis by a body builder sometimes requires prior modifications to the cab, chassis, driveline or electronics in order to fulfil the customer's individual, sector-specific wishes. The objective is a single-source solution that is both economically and technically ideal and the MAN Modification Team is where all the threads come together, from the enquiry to the offer to the processing of the order. The range of services provided by MAN | Support Modification's specialists covers everything from individual consulting to quality assurance in compliance with the high MAN quality standards. MAN realizes the special models in cooperation with certified modifiers. Joint know-how guarantees high quality and sophisticated solutions.
Changes to the cab often mean flat roofs, cuts in the roof and sometimes also roof slopes. The reason is that the masts for concrete pumps, lifting platforms, cranes and or roofing lifts have to be lowered down above the cab while at the same time complying with statutory provisions concerning the height of the vehicle. Orders for installing a bench for between two and four persons behind the driver and co-driver's seats in the longer L and LX cabs of the TGL, TGM, TGS and TGS WW ranges are received particularly frequently from export markets.
The spectrum of chassis modifications on offer is a comprehensive one. It includes changing the wheelbase or the frame overhang, installing additional axles or attaching front weights so that the vehicle complies with minimum front-axle loads. Concrete pumps, heavy-duty trucks or large-volume tippers are amongst those vehicles in the construction sector often requiring the installation of rigid, steered and liftable axles or fixed leading or trailing axles, with or without drives. Depending on the body and the space needed on the frame for supports, equipment boxes and units, it may also be necessary to relocate fuel tanks or install tanks with unusual volumes or shapes.
In order not to expose operators and environment to exhaust fumes, for example when power take-offs are run while the vehicle is stationary, the MAN Modification workshops fit many chassis with upswept exhaust pipes. These prevent dust being blown up from unpaved roads and construction sites, which would be the case with downward facing tailpipes. In the construction sector this applies in particular to concrete mixers and pumps, tippers with loading cranes or crane vehicles.
In the area of electronics, enquiries from customers often have to do with installing auxiliary lighting and warning facilities as well as additional electronic interfaces for adapting the body functionalities to the MAN carrier vehicle.
If the vehicle is operated when stationary in order to drive body components such as concrete pumps or big cranes, an external cooling unit for the transmission oil or the transfer case is advisable.
These examples illustrate that for the MAN Modification specialists there are almost no limits.
The Transport Efficiency Program by MAN Truck & Bus
The amount of transport and traffic on Europe's roads continues to rise. At the same time, the long-term dwindling of energy resources is making transport increasingly more expensive.As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of buses and trucks, MAN Truck & Bus makes an important contribution to the continued improvement of transport efficiency. MAN offers a comprehensive efficiency program to reduce total cost of ownership. Transport efficiency, consolidated in the fields of technology, service, the driver and future expertise protects the environment and is added value for our customers.
The MAN Group is one of Europe's leading industrial players in transport-related engineering, with revenue of approximately €15.8 billion in 2012. MAN is a supplier of trucks, buses, diesel engines, turbomachinery and special transmissions and has around 54,300 employees worldwide. Its business areas hold leading positions in their respective markets.
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