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777G assembly by StuBickley, on Flickr
Early in January took delivery of a pre production 777G truck. Owned by Cat and with a with an insurance value of £1,000,000 this truck is one of several pre-production or Field Follow trucks that has been put to work around the world to shake out any faults and see how they perform. There are 2 units in the UK, one at ATH and a second unit at KIER.
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Green machine and 777G by StuBickley, on Flickr
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777 flat front! by StuBickley, on Flickr
Apart from the obvious cosmetic differences, there is a raft of changes to wiring, hydraulics and pipework, traction control, diff housing......
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IMG_0094 by StuBickley, on Flickr
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IMG_0167 by StuBickley, on Flickr
We found the truck ran well, real well, and the feedback we got is this is what a 777F should have been like. Fuel usage was down from an F and the truck out pulls all others on the ramps and performs well in the wet going up ramps due to the improvements in the traction control......
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P2163591 by StuBickley, on Flickr
Enjoy!
SB