Ashok Leyland 3525-8x4 (H6)

December 15, 2020: Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper is all-new AVTR based modular tipper for heavy-duty applications. This massive 35,000 kg gross weight truck starts at Rs 37.27 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). This powerful tipper, also known as12-tyre multi-axle tipper is available in multiple variants and cabin options. The modular platform offers multiple choices to the customers to pick and choose what is necessary for any particular applications. 

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Engine & GearBox: The tipper gets Ashok Leyland’s A-series engine that produces 250hp of power at a peak torque of 900 Nm at1200-18000 rpm. The engine is tuned to a 9-speed gearbox.

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Suspensions: The front suspension is semi-elliptic multi-leaf, and the parabolic as an option. The rear suspension is bogie or NRS semi-elliptic type.

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Axles: The rear axle is fully floating single speed and the front axle is forged I section with reverse Elliot type.

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Brakes: Taking into account the safety and tough operating conditions this tipper gets full air dual line brakes with ABS with ASA. The parking brake is provided on the rear wheels only.

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Frame: To allow heavy material lifting and reliability the frame of this massive tipper is 275 X 75 X 8+6 mm in bolted construction.

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Cabin & Tipper Body: The factory-fitted standard cabin is N- cay cabin. You can also select the more premium cabin. The tipping body comes in 16 m3, 18 m3, 22 m3 sizes.

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Tyre: A multiple tyre configuration is available like the 295/90R20, 295/95D20, 11x20 16PR and 11R20 16PR

Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper Rivals: Some of the key rivals tippers in this category includes Tata Signa 3523.TK, BharatBenz 3528CM, Eicher Pro 8035XM and Mahindra Blazo X 35 8x4 Tipper, and you can also explore the premium Tata Prima 3525.K/.TK.

Overview

Ashok Leyland has some of the Industry’s most productive and powerful tippers in the heavy-duty, multi-axle categories. The company along with Tata Motors leads the pack in this highly stable, high volume and profitable segment of heavy trucks. Tippers are often used for challenging and demanding operating conditions, and customers only fall on the most reliable and trusted brands of the tipper. Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland for decades have proved their capabilities through tippers that are not only highly profitable to run but tailor-made for the customers needs to enhance their fleet. 

The 35,000 kg gross weight tippers category is among the vital in the multi-axle tippers in India. Also known as 12-tyre tippers, they are used for mining, construction and key infrastructure projects, and customers look for productive, trusted and efficient tippers. Ashok Leyland brings its 3525 tippers in this category based on the now well-known modular AVTR platform that means you get the option of choosing what is needed on this tipper at your own cost and business needs. Let's find out more about this giant tipper. 

Exterior

At the first glance at the exterior of this tipper, there isn’t any key difference that catches your attention. The reason is simple, the 3525 tipper looks almost identical to its sibling in the multi-axle category. The key difference really is overall built quality, tipper body and additional axle that comes with this big tipper. This tipper too gets an all-metal front facia for greater safety and also an all-metal bumper for easy repair. 

To make this huge tipper easy to operate and comfortable to drive there are double headlamps mounted on the bumper for wider and long-range visibility. A LED taillight for better visibility in the night at the back. What is really important for the tipper is the strength and durability, hence the 3525 comes with a stronger chassis frame, reinforced for greater load-bearing capabilities, and reduced cross member variants. The tipper load bodies are available in 16 m3, 18 m3, and 22 m3 options. You get several options in tyres with this tipper like the 295/90R20,| 295/95D20, 11×20 16PR, 11R20 16PR. You’ll also see a fuel tank cross-linked polymer on the LH side. You can choose either 200L or 300L capacities.

Interior

The 3525 tipper is available in an N-type day cabin with an option of AC and HVAC, and overall greater comfort inside the cabin for ease of driving especially in extreme operating conditions. To ensure the tipper is productive for the customers, Ashok Leyland is offering advanced digital driver assistance to help the driver enhance the overall performance of this giant tipper. It includes key features such as gear shift advisory system, fuel economy display, trip wise distance and mileage, current gear display, etc. The driver can also access the DEF gauge, engine hours, air pressure gauge and overall driver performance score and get driver-friendly tell tales, etc. 

Performance

To stay ahead of the competition, offer the best tipper to its customers that not only attractive price but also offer superior lifetime cost and pocket-friendly to maintain. Thus, some of the key performance elements offered on this 3525 tipper include superior fuel mileage through the company’s indigenously developed iGen6 engine, Mid Nox technology, appropriately selected drive-line, new improved vehicle cooling systems. Then it is ensured that the tipper offers far valuable tyre mileage by adding new improved track rod levers for higher steering geometry. 

The tipper is designed, built and manufactured keeping in mind the highest productivity and overall profitable total-cost-of-ownership. This is achieved through much more reliability and the lowest running cost in the segment. To do that the tipper is equipped with modern features such as power brakes, improved suspensions and braking, heavy-duty components, etc. The lower running cost is ensured by longer service intervals and grease-free clutch operation for durability. 

Safety

To make the tipper safer and run through difficult operating atmosphere effortlessly, Ashok Leyland has equipped the 3525 tippers with several key safety technologies. For example, the front facia is all-metal to protect from frontal impact, double headlamp and LED tail-lamp for better visibility. The braking has improved substantially to control the truck efficiently. An anti-roll bar to improve safety at high speed and tall loads. It has reverse parking assistance with accident hazard audio warnings, etc.

Verdict

The 35T multi-axle tipper segment is highly competitive with multiple compelling products offering more value for your money. This category is also critical to executing large and time-sensitive projects on time, thus reliability and higher productivity go hand-in-hand. Thus, you can’t take chances but need a most trusted tipper for the price that you will pay. After getting into the details of Ashok Leyland 3525 Tipper, it is quite evident, you have got a complete package available with this promising product. Now, if you’re looking to buy one or more tippers, then before you do, check this tipper out. Ashok Leyland certainly has upped the tipper game by bringing the best the customer can get, and the new AVTR base modular tippers are nothing but a monster workhorse.