More payload due to lightweight construction and high-strength materials

Payload efficent trucks can transport more freight, save fuel and relieve the load on the traffic network. As the permissible gross weight on the road is limited, commercial vehicles with a low unladen weight can carry more freight. An efficent concrete mixer truck is capable of transporting nearly a cubic metre of additional concrete in one load. A light tanker truck can deliver several hundred litres more petrol to a petrol station. More freight can therefore be carried on each individual journey, which means that fewer journeys are necessary. This means that hauliers achieve significant fuel cost savings at the end of the year. The following applies for payload intensive branches of industry such as the tank and silo sector: a 150 kilogramme increase in payload corresponds to an additional profit of € 1500 per year.

The engineering approach adopted by MAN in the TGX and TGS series is based consistently on the use of lightweight construction with the aim of achieving a higher payload. MAN offers the lightest vehicles available on the market in their class for long-haul transportation and also for special applications such as tanker semitrailers. With the TGX semitrailer tractors, a new lightweight front and rear suspension is used which reduces the weight by around 80 kg. The reworked front suspension is not only lighter, it also improves the vehicle handling.

The Tank-Silo (TS) version of the TGS developed by MAN for payload-intensive transport operations, especially in the tank and silo haulage market, is the lightest semitrailer tractor in its class. The TGS-TS achieves a road-ready unladen weight of well below 6100 kg when fully refuelled and including driver due to its weight-optimised equipment features and M-cab.

In the vehicle category up to 18 tons, MAN Truck & Bus offers vehicles with a significant payload benefit, the TGL and TGM models. The MAN TGL 12.180 has an unladen weight of 5730 kg which makes it the lightest vehicle on the market in the 12-ton class. It has a payload benefit of around 400 kg compared to a competitor vehicle with a similar engine output.

The TGM series 18 tonner offers a higher payload than any other truck in its class due to its extremely low unladen weight. The MAN TGM in the 18-ton category has a payload advantage over the nearest competitors of up to 1330 kg.