Last year September, I walked by this Ginaf end dump truck, sitting in the showroom of a used truck dealer. From an enthusiast’s point of view, that brand name is a synonym for a special treat. I mean, which of the prominent manufacturers offer a street-legal, five-axle straight on-/off-road truck with a GVWR of 50 tonnes (110,000 lbs)? The answer is none of them. There’s simply no viable business case, as it’s too much of a Dutch niche market, not big enough for the mass producers from a commercial point of view.
The 460 DIN-hp Ginaf with a 10×6 drivetrain is powered by a 12.9 liter, DAF/Paccar MX-13 engine and comes with a Gijsbertsen dump body, it was waiting for a new owner. Its legal maximum payload capacity is almost 30 tonnes (66,140 lbs).
Completely off-topic, those bike tires with a reflective sidewall obviously work well!
The Ginaf X6 10×6 truck is a conversion vehicle based on a DAF CF Construction Euro 6 chassis-cab with an 8×4 drivetrain. All major truck makers in Europe offer similar chassis with a day cab.
According to the dealer’s ad, the dump truck has a 16-speed manual transmission, which means its interior looks like something as shown here. Nothing to complain about! (DAF CF interior picture courtesy of Kleijn Trucks)
Besides the added axle in the center, the secret of the Ginaf’s high gross weight rating is also in the axle spacing; at least 180 cm (70.9”) spacing between each axle means that the chassis has five individual axles instead of a straightforward tandem or tridem. Ergo, more total axle weight.
Now how to steer such a heavy-weight through a corner smoothly?
Well, like this, there’s only one non-steering axle. The third, fourth, and fifth axles are the Ginaf’s drive axles, naturally with their own hydro-pneumatic suspension system. (photo courtesy of Versteijnen Trucks)
The Ginaf in its element, in the livery of the first owner, and raising dust. The white, boxy unit on top of the cab roof is a filter pressurization system, very common in this line of work. (photo courtesy of Bram Corts, splendid picture!)
And the original owner also posted this image on their company FB-site. Dumping a heavy load while standing on soft terrain can be (very) tricky, but it certainly helps a lot that the Ginaf is self-leveling.
According to our official vehicle registration website, the dump truck found a new owner at the end of last year. Needless to mention, it stayed in the Netherlands. Where else could they use its full potential?
Related article (with a closer look at the rear tandem):
Truck Show Outtake: 2006 Ginaf X 4241 S Dump Truck – Unpolished Refinement
Theres nothing tricky about tipping material out of a truck there are very simple rules to follow that prevent any issues, The truck must be sited on firm level ground before you raise the hoist, any sideways movement at all means you lower the hoist and resite the truck, lots of tippers fall over its really easy to do though I havent managed to tip one over yet,
Interesting axle configuration, but hydro pneumatic? what was wrong with the DAF air suspension it came with, that is self leveling and adjustable for ride height anyway
DAFs are common in NZ Ive driven a few but Ginafs? no never seen one.
Hydro-pneumatic suspension goes beyond air suspension, as you must know as an experienced Citroën driver…
More comfort, both on- and off-road, and more stability. It reacts faster than air suspension when the ride is bumpy. Such Ginafs or similar vehicles (think Tatra Phoenix 10×10) have no equal. Unless someone can show me another street-legal 50 tonnes straight truck outside NL with max. five axles. Until then, there’s no comparison. And I don’t mean crane carriers or concrete pumps.
Also, air bags can be vulnerable when there are flints and other stones flying everywhere.
It’s also that due to articulation on rough-ground driving, where do you put the spare air? No room for conventional air tanks.
Borgward actually had a patent for using bag-lined subframes for car air tanks!
Plus Hydropneumatic would be useful for steering a live axle at the back, presumably.
I miss hydropneumatic – it was brilliant and reliable.
Right, thanks. Many ‘rough ‘n tough’ on-/off-road trucks still come with an impressive pack of leaf springs. What a revelation that hydro-pneumatic suspension must be from a driver’s POV, when changing trucks. Ginaf introduced their HPVS (‘Hydro Pneumatisch Veer Systeem’) in 1986. That’s almost 40 years ago. Not exactly new, ‘unproven’ technology by now.
WOW! Nice truck till you have to work on it. You should hear the guys around here whine about the labor cost to pull a transmission or rearend with 3 ponies jammed between the cab and the drive axle.
Very impressive truck.