IFA W50

The **IFA W50** is a large diesel powered cab-over truck.

## Description

The truck has a five speed manual gearbox, 150 litre fuel tank, coolant capacity of 10 litres and oil capacity of 10 litres. The truck is full-time 4WD (Four Wheel Drive) - The first occurrence of a 4WD vehicle in The Long Drive. (Despite the visual lack of a front driveshaft)

The engine is a 6.6 litre, inline 4, OHV, watercooled, diesel unit consuming 25.3L/100km at cruising speed of 130km/h. The power produced is significantly less than the Ikarus's 10.3 litre engine, however the torque output is comparable.

As of the April 6th update, fuel tanks are now removable and interchangable on this vehicle. The default fuel tank holds 150 litres.

To fill the coolant the front grille of the truck must be removed, the oil filler is reached via a hinge up panel in the cabin. The truck has four wheels, the same type as used by the bus.

The bus engine can be installed into the truck for a performance upgrade. When installed the engine's oil filler is easily accessible from the passenger side footwell. Some car engines can also be installed in the truck, although they provide lackluster performance. When installing an engine, try to aim at the 3/4 mark of the rod sticking out of the engine bay. A picture of said rod can be found at the bottom of the page.

The IFA W50 has the longest stopping distance of any vehicle in game, even with no cargo, so it is best to drive it at lower speeds and to brake well in advance. However, at speeds of under 85kph, it’s braking capability improves.

There are a number of metal racks along the sides of the IFA W50. Items placed on the racks will remain there - even in the event of a heavy collision - until removed by the player. There is no visual cue or need to 'attach' an item, it will simply stay in place once rested on the rack. This is a very secure way of transporting spare wheels, fuel cans, etc.

Trucks are mostly like to spawn at bus stops, Gus's Gas stations and bridge buildings.

    Matching trailers can also be found for the truck. (See Trailers for more information).

## Variations

    The IFA W50 also comes in various configurations of different parts and designs:

1. Rear cargo configurations
	1. A fuel tanker with a capacity of 3000 litres.
	2. An open wooden bed, with a hydraulic lift.
	3. A large metal camper/cargo enclosure, with a back door and several ventilation hatches.
2. Different exhaust pipe styles
	1. Exhaust pipe exiting out the right-hand side of the vehicle
	2. A "smoke stack" style exhaust pipe, which points upwards from behind the cabin.
3. Different roof layouts
	1. A standard flat roof, with no openings
	2. A rounded roof, with an open-able tank style circular hatch over the passenger seat. (exclusive to camper variant).

### Hydraulic IFA W50

The variation of the IFA W50 featuring the rear, wooden bed is notable in that it has a functioning hydraulic lift. On models with the wooden bed fitted, an extra lever will be present in the cabin, which allows the raising, and lowering of the bed. The lever is positioned to the rear left of the driver's seat (see picture), and cannot be seen easily from the drivers seat, so the lean feature must be used to access it while seated.

When raising or lowering the hydraulic lift, the engine must be running, and will rev up to about 1400rpm during operation to keep power to the hydraulic pump - the engine will return to idle once the bed has reached its destination. The 1400rpm target during hydraulic load is indicated on the tachometer with a small arrow.

A demonstration of the hydraulic system of the IFA in operation, and the automatic rpm increase of the engine during operation can be seen here.

### Tanker IFA W50

The tanker variant has two taps for draining from the tank, and one large opening on the top for refilling the tanker. One of the taps is directly above the fuel tank. The tap can be angled to allow the vehicle's fuel tank to be refuelled from the on board tanker (see picture).

The tanker variant is notable in that it is significantly heavier than the other two variants. (The tanker weighs at default 5920kg, while the other two variants weigh 5770kg). The weight of the tanker variant will also increase based on how much fluid is in the tank, on top of the 5920kg base weight.

## History

The truck was released with the 1 June 'It's about time' update.

Before 2021/05/31, the vehicle was only been seen in a few places for brief amounts of time. (One on the I AM A LONELY MAN music video on YouTube, and a different, more clear screenshot recently for the steam open world sale. And again more recently in the TLD JUNE PATCH sneak peak video)

## Gallery

Front view.Tanker rear view.Driver's view.Grille removed for maintenance.Access to oil filler.Camper trailer.Tanker trailer.Towing a flatbed trailer.Flatbed hydraulic control location.Flatbed fully raised.Refuelling from the tanker.Truck fitted with a bus engine.Oil filler location when a bus engine is installed.Carrying a spare wheel on the rear rack.Where to aim when installing enginetanker version of IFA W50 spawned in small open Gas station