• A brewery transport manager is pressing ahead with plans for a 'drayman-friendly' delivery vehicle (CM 1-7 March 1990).
14th February 1991, Page 13
14th February 1991
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Page 13, 14th February 1991
— • A brewery transport manager is pressing ahead with plans for a 'drayman-friendly' delivery vehicle (CM 1-7 March 1990).
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Derek Payne of Cornish Brewery in Redruth is hoping to design an air suspension system with which the floor height of the truck can be dropped by up to 100mm.
The vehicle is also likely to be slimmer than the traditional rigid brewery wagon, at 2.24m, using three axles instead of two and a longer body to cope with a 10-tonne load. This will make negotiating country lanes and narrow town streets easier.
But he might not involve Seddon Atkinson, which supplies his fleet of eight trucks_ "We may well go abroad." he says.
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