Commercial Vehicle Show returnee Volkswagen is launching a tipper truck model built on its Crafter chassis cab platform.
Developed under Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles? ?Engineered to Go? programme with conversions specialist VFS, the Crafter Tipper will be available in both single and double-cab variants, and VW says that it will boast high payload capacities.
The load bay is based around a high-strength steel platform designed for torsional rigidity, and operated by a direct-acting five stage underfloor ram. VW says that this unit is designed to offer maintenance-free lifting throughout the vehicle?s life, but the bolted construction of the conversion also ensures easy access for maintaining the rest of the vehicle.
A steel tailboard is built into the tipper unit, with side-mounted lock mechanisms. Load-lashing points are included across the tipper bay, while the flexibility of the load area is increased by the option of a bolted cage assembly, which is available with or without sliding sides. The Tipper will use the same Euro 6 diesel engines offered on other vehicles in the Crafter line-up, and be supplied with a three-year unlimited mileage warranty that includes the conversion.
According to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles specialist sales manager Nick Axtell, the Tipper has been developed in partnership with VFS to deliver a hardworking, safe and flexible specialist load carrier.
?The new conversion meets all of the same high build quality standards of a factory-built ...