Alcoa Partners Renault Premium Lander 8×4 Concrete Mixer

Alcoa Wheels and Renault Trucks collaborated at April’s Intermat show in Paris, showing Renault’s new Premium Lander 8×4 extra-light concrete mixer presented exclusively with Alcoa’s wide base single wheels for drive axles. By converting this vehicle from twelve 22.5 x 9.00 aluminium wheels and corresponding tyres on all axles to four 22.5 x 9.00 wheels and four 22.5 x 17.00 Alcoa wheels and corresponding super single tyres on the drive axles, a total weight of 261 kg is saved, of which Alcoa wheels alone reportedly account for 196 kg.

Compared to a 4-axle vehicle on steel wheels in size 22.5 x 9.00, the weight saving by switching to aluminium wheels, including the four 22.5 x 17.00 wheels and corresponding tyres on the drive axles, is said to be as much as 475 kg.

The choice of Alcoa aluminium wheels on this concrete mixer is a necessity, as the concrete suppliers want to load 8 m3 of concrete instead of 7 m3, without exceeding the European legislation of 32 tons for a 4-axle vehicle. This increase in payload on every trip results in a significant higher revenue, at the same time decreasing the environmental impact.

And the fact that weight saving means increased payload and less trips for the same amount of concrete means less fuel consumption and less CO2 emissions.