Volvo FH 520 Puller

Volvo FH 520 Puller Truck Features

Volvo FH 520 Puller Detailed Overview

• Exterior

  The front profile of the Volvo FH 520 Puller is divided into three segments. The first and uppermost segment is covered by a wide and huge windscreen with rounded edges. The second and middle segment of the front profile looks wide with the horizontally-stretched front grille, which has a silver garnish on its upper part and the traditional Volvo logo with the slanted slit in the middle. The third and last segment of the front profile is the huge and wide bumper at the bottom, which comes with a huge air dam in the middle and vertically-laid headlamps on the corners of the front bumper.

  Summary

  The Volvo FH 520 Puller looks tall from the front, with its front profile divided into three parts – windscreen at the top, wide grille with Volvo logo in the middle and front bumper with air dam and headlamps at the bottom.

• Interior

  The Volvo FH 520 Puller has a wide and asymmetric layout for the dashboard on the inside, which has a series of panels combined. The driver’s cockpit of the truck has a four-spoke steering wheel with a wide-looking instrument console behind it. Then comes the quirky-looking centre console, which has one part facing the driver getting all the control switches, a couple of open storage spaces and an AC control panel, and the other part facing the co-driver’s side with bottle holders and a closed glovebox.

  Summary

  The Volvo FH 520 Puller has a very asymmetric and quirky-looking dashboard, with the centre console having a busy design full of switches and open storage spaces.

• Features

  Being one of the most premium full-size heavy-duty trucks on sale in India, the Volvo FH 520 Puller gets a host of features, such as tilt and telescopic adjustable steering, 1-DIN audio system, manual AC, dual airbags, ABS and advanced telematics system.

  Summary

  The Volvo FH 520 Puller is one of the very few trucks on sale in the country, which comes with dual airbags and ABS as standard.

• Engine and Performance

  The Volvo FH 520 is powered by a mammoth 12.8-litre six-cylinder D13A, DI Turbocharged Intercooled diesel engine, with Engine Management System. It is one of the biggest diesel engines among all the heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Paired to a 16-speed manual gearbox, this engine produces a maximum power output of 520 hp, while the peak torque produced is a humongous 2500 Nm.

  Summary

  The huge 12.8-litre six-cylinder diesel engine of the Volvo FH 520 Puller is coupled to a 16-speed manual gearbox and produces 520 PS of maximum power and 2500 Nm of maximum torque.

• Suspension and Brakes

  The Volvo FH 520 Puller has a suspension combination of parabolic S-shaped leaf geometry suspension at the front and heavy-duty bogie suspension with conventional multi-leaf springs at the rear. The truck also gets a heavy-duty axle at the front and a planetary hub reduction axle with four gears at the rear. The Volvo FH 520 Puller gets air brakes at standard at both front and rear. 

  Summary

  With air brakes as standard, the Volvo FH 520 Puller gets parabolic S-shaped leaf geometry suspension at the front and heavy-duty bogie suspension with conventional multi-leaf springs at the rear.

• Payload

  Having a length of 6740mm, a width of 2495mm and a height of 3484mm, the Volvo FH 520 Puller has a ground clearance of 320mm and a wheelbase of 3885mm. The truck has a gross weight of 2,00,000 kg and a payload capacity of 190935 kg, which is incredible.

  Summary

  The Volvo FH 520 Puller pushes the envelope for other heavy-duty trucks with its payload capacity of 190935 kg.