MODULAR DESIGN                                         

From the very beginning of the design process ETF realized the importance of introducing a modular design and build concept for its truck range. Clearly, different applications require different truck types and current truck manufacturers solved this issue by just introducing larger payload machines with the same basic layout — just bigger.  However there is one major flaw with this idea — additional parts required both during manufacture and in operation.

Every component could be different: engines, gearboxes, drivelines, front and rear axles, suspensions, rims, tyres, brakes and frames, so spare parts inventories and associated costs for both the manufacturer and customers escalates.

Modular design means that all the components are the same, only the number of parts varies with different truck types.

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Most important, is to remember that the total spare parts inventory to service and maintain all the different ETF truck types is very low.