Eiffage Chooses Volvo Dump Trucks Equipped with Allison's Transmission Units

Large digging and engineering activities require vehicles with enhanced load carrying capacity, high off-road driving characteristics and improved operation time. Therefore, the French company Eiffage gave preference to the largest dump trucks in the world, the Volvo A60H, equipped with Allison's automatic transmissions, which are ideally suited for a wide range of construction activities.

Volvo A60H

The Eiffage Group is a civil engineering construction company that finances, designs, builds, operates and maintains buildings, sites and infrastructures in France and around the globe. Every year, the company, employing approximately sixty-five thousand specialists is actively engaged in more than one hundred thousand projects in 50 countries.

According to Eiffage, the automatic A60 truck has already surpassed all expectations thanks to its ease of operation and enhanced efficiency. These trucks allow the company to transport about fifty-five tonnes of load. Thanks to their carrying capacity and transmission reliability, these trucks ensure exceptional performance rates. This is accurately estimated thanks to integrated telematics and weighing. The combination of the Volvo D16J engine and the Allison 6630ORS transmission turned out to be a perfect match.

Allison 6630ORS transmission

Apart from productivity, these trucks take advantage of improved energy efficiency, which is also finely estimated with the help of onboard telematics. Under severe operating conditions, extra loads, and heavy-going roads, Allison’s advanced gear shifting technology makes an invaluable contribution to this energy efficiency by prevention of any power losses during the process of gear shifting.

With Allison solution, the Volvo A60Hs are easy to drive and maneuver even on the most problematic bits of road. Thanks these extremely efficient trucks, the Eiffage company is ready to face any construction challenges not only from its local customers, but also from the clients worldwide.