DAF expands Plug & Play for maximum efficiency

As part of its DAF Transport Efficiency philosophy, DAF Trucks has further enhanced the bodybuilder friendliness of its New Generation DAF rigid trucks. The truck manufacturer has expanded its Plug & Play programme, increased payloads by up to 160kg and is offering new hole pattern options for its chassis rails.

DAF introduced its Plug & Play bodybuilder programme last year, together with the introduction of its full suite of double-driven tractors and rigids for off- and on-road applications. This Plug & Play programme was designed in close co-operation with 25 leading body builders in Europe, with the aim of optimising the specification, ordering and body-building processes for rigid trucks.

The programme allows the customer, builder and dealer to jointly select pre-specified and tailored plug-and-play body building options in DAF’s order system.The underlying aim is to make the ‘marriage’ of a body with the DAF chassis as simple as possible. After mounting the body onto the chassis (using the factory-installed body mounting modules), the connectors are connected and the body is immediately ready for use.

To make this possible, DAF rigid trucks can leave the factory fully prepared for quick assembly and high quality, first-time-right integration of the superstructure and the vehicle.

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