Iveco launches T-Way ultra-heavy-duty range

Iveco has replaced its Trakker ultra-heavy-duty off-road truck with the T-Way, completing the year-long replacement programme of its outgoing Stralis-based vehicles with the new Way design family.

T-Way continues to use the ultra-robust chassis from the Trakker with a 10 mm frame made from high-resistance steel with a rail bending moment of 177 kNm. A nine-tonne front axle is standard, and all drive axles feature hub reduction. There is new heavy-duty suspension for double-drive bogies, which allows a greater departure angle than previously.

The top of the range 13-litre Cursor engine is now available with a maximum output of 510 hp: 10 hp up on the most powerful unit fitted to the Trakker. The Cursor 9 engine is also still available for lighter applications.

The T-Way has the ZF-built Hi-Tronix automated gearbox is standard. This is an exclusive-to- Iveco version of the Traxon unit, and now features new functions to aid off-highway use, including hill hold for hill starts, rocking mode to enable the truck to extricate itself from sticky situations by rapidly cycling from forward to reverse, and creep mode to provide optimum control at ultra-low speeds.

On highway, the driver can take advantage of functions including predictive gear shifting and cruise control, and eco-roll free-wheeling to match road speed and ratio selection with the topography ahead.

A variety of chassis forms are available, including tractors as well as rigids. There is a partial wheel drive option on 6×4 and 8×4 models, which takes drive to steer axles which would normally be undriven in harsh conditions. There are also conventional all-wheel drive chassis: 4×4 and 6×4 tractors and 4×4, 6×4 and 8×8 rigids. Iveco claims this is the widest range of chassis formats in the truck market.

There is all-new electronic and electrical architecture, and a new sandwich PTO can deliver up to 2,300 Nm of torque.