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,RKE and Sherwell Ltd, gravure printers, has bought an mai 6x2 24-tonner from Grose, the Bedford main dealer for :hampton.
lilt to the maximum overmgth of Ilm (36ft lin) the cle started out in life as a 3250 tractive unit fitted the two-stroke Detroit 1 diesel engine rated at (216bhp).
prk Truck extended the 3sis from 3m (9ft 10in) elbase to 6m (19ft 7in), i extensive use of flitch es and the addition of a .t lifting/trailing axle.
) accommodate almost 16 ; of palletized cargo, an luminium body of riveted 3truction by York Ward Rowlatt was mounted on chassis. The body has a m (lin) alloy plank floor, an 0.6m (2ft) alloy scuff rail and a grp roof.
It measures 9m (29ft 6in) long, 2.5m (8ft 21/2in) wide but only 2m (6ft 6in) high, providing ample head room for loading to minimise drag.
The price on the road is quoted at about £25,000 but includes a driver's suspension seat, large 390 litre (86 gal) fuel tank and air foils to keep the side windows clean.
It is hoped that the reliability of the large diesel engine will compensate for the extra cost of almost £3,000 over that of Bedford's standard 6x4 model.