That energentic young gad-about, abandoned car enthusiast and technical editor of Motor Transport Will Shiers has been on his travels again and has sent Biglorryblog this story and message: "Hi Brian, I found this at the Iveco Stralis factory in Ulm, Germany yesterday and thought you might be interested."
"It's a Chongqing Hongyan 26-tonner, although I'm told it's good for 40-tonnes at night when nobody's looking! It's an Iveco joint venture. I wonder how many plastic trees were felled to make that interior?" I don't know Will but it's got a slap-across, 'double H' ZF Ecosplit box so I won't hear a word against it says BLB, adding are you sure it's not Hongyan Chongqing?
Anyway click through here for more on this 'Chinese..err... six....!
Will goes on to say: "Notice how there are only two steps - the lowest of which is incredibly high off the ground. I struggled to get in there and I'm over six foot!"
And he concludes: "Also note that fancy stereo - it even has auto reverse! Cheers,Will." Hey cutting-edge stuff, cassette tape player in place of an eight-track! In the meantime who can tell me anymore about this truck. For example whose cab is it, and what goes under the hood? And thanks to Will for a great contribution, don't forget to check out his own blog by clicking on this link where you'll find a great video on how not to suddenly engage the clutch on a tipper.... And finally, a bit more of that wooden 'bling'....
http://www.chy.cn/english/
It looks like Hongyan started it's career building Steyer trucks (they still sell it).
http://www.chy.cn/english/product.php?productId=414
Regarding the engine options, we see a Weichai WD615.50. It looks like a Steyer 10L engine. I'm not sure what the other enige options are.
(I think the power ratings are in kW)