Big Seammell on Trial on the Continent
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DESTINED for the Amsterdam Commercial Vehicle Show, a Scammell Highwayman 28ULQ680S144 12-ft.wheelbase left-hand-drive tractive unit, with Leyland 0.680 oil engine, was shipped to Belgium last week on the ms. Hardie Ferry
It was coupled to the first l5-18-ton drop-frame semi-trailer to have Scammell heavy-duty automatic coupling gear and air-operated support legs. A standard straight-frame tan denn-ax le platform semi-trailer was carried on the outfit. The platform semi-trailer was sent to Amsterdam with the tractor.
After the Show, the tractor will be engaged on demonstration and proving work in Belgium, principally for acceptance by the legal authorities of the Scarnmell coupling gear. To ensure interchangeability with standard semitrailers used on the Continent, the tractor has an S.A.E. adaptor plate which can be bolted over the Scammell automatic coupling equipment.
For use with S.A.E.-equipped semitrailers with two-line air-pressure brakes, additional palm couplings have been installed. This arrangement can be applied also to home-market tractors. [A fully illustrated report of the Amster dam Show appears on pages 50-544