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Section 3 BRAND SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
In all cases, compliance with applicable Australian Design Rules, legislated requirements and manufacturer’s guidelines should take precedence when modifying a vehicle and remains the responsibility of the vehicle modifier.
In the following sections, details of regulatory requirements, reference documents and recommended systems and technical data relating to appropriate areas of the vehicle and general recommended practices are given. The end result should be a vehicle suitable to the operator’s requirements and still complying with regulatory and industry requirements.
This is a dynamic publication and updates will be down loadable from the Daimler Trucks Body Builder’s Reference Web page – “www.dtrucks.com.au”.
STANDARDS
Specifications detailed in this guide are based primarily on data from either Freightliner Corporation of the USA and Mercedes-Benz Trucks of Germany. Consequently much of the information is presented is a mixture of units, both non-metric units or in dual US/metric units. Some US units are descriptive, forming part of the component designation, so have been retained.
ELECTRONIC VERSION - This document is only being produced in an electronic format and can be down loaded from the website “www.dtrucks.com.au”.
