A Biglorryblog's favourite truck painter and proud owner of 'Project Peterbilt' says: "Hi Brian, welcome from Ashley Lovering's very-well attended, brilliant indoor charity show---Ashley's busy at the moment showing the Mayor some competitors' vehicles whilst dressed as a witch! However, I recently had to go to a customer's premises (in my Peterbilt naturally) to look at a couple of jobs and whilst I was there, I saw these and thought of you,(more precisley the blog). These concrete pumpers are owned by Ammanford-based KJ Services and are capable of pumping the grey stuff nearly 50 metres vertical. When I walked around the corner I saw this gem, a Samsung something? None of the company's staff knew what it was exactly,only that it had been very reliable and powered by a 12-litre non turbo Nissan Diesel regards Andrew." To which BLB replies yes I seem to recall a handful of these Samsung pumpers made it over to the UK---I'm sure Alan Bunting did a story on them way back for TRUCK...ring a bell AB? Now click through here for more pristine pumpers....
And here's one based on an Actros....
Nice line-up Hino, and two generations of MAN.
Well, that first one has a Nissan cab and if it also has a Nissan engine, how much Samsung is there in it?
Well it looks like a UD.
Just had a look on the DVLA site out of curiosity. That shows this truck to have an engine of 16995cc. Would make sense to have such a large engine if it's not blessed with a turbo.
Nissan and Samsung created a joint-venture for making trucks. This enabled Nissan to enter the potentially lucrative South Korean market. The trucks were built around Nissan cabs and engines, with the chassis designed for the Korean market. These trucks are borderline indestuctable! I saw Samsung eight-leggers in Vietnam that were loaded to axle-bending weights!
Most of the major Japanese manufacturers entered into similar JVs with Korean companies to get into the market. IIRC, Mitsubishi joined forces with Hyundai, Isuzu with another one (perhaps Daewoo?). Toyota/Hino was the only major Japanese manufacturer that didn't set up a Korean JV.
i spoke to the head of maintenance @ kj services yesterday and he said that it's powered by a v8 nissan diesel,check out those mirror arms!!
Brian,
Have a look at the bottom photo a bit closer - the third truck (which you have classified as a MAN) is a ERF - with the older MAN F2000 cab on it!
Joe
Andrew, the mirror arm thing is a result of Japanese legislation which dictates that the mirrors must be viewed through the windscreen and not the side windows.
Neil,
The Japanese have long preferred large-capacity naturally aspirated lumps to power their vehicles. I've seen models of Japanese trucks with V10 motors in them.
One thing I will say -- you can hear a Japanese truck coming from a good distance away.
Recently, with stricter emissions limits and other changes, there's been a forced move to turbo charged motors.