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• Boalloy, which has just been accredited with BS5750 certification , chose the Transport and Distribution Show to launch the latest addition to its growing family of standardised bodies for popular chassis: a Linkliner sliding-door version for 3.5-tonners.
The new body choice was shown a Mercedes 308D chassis, but with a Tautliner curtain on the nearside for demonstration purposes. Standard build consists of front sliding door panels with the rear being fixed and a Robinson aluminium roller shutter at the rear.
Options include offset front and rear sliding sides and a solid rear panel. Aluminium framework is used; panels are of Formica and plastic lined plywood. Over-centre lock tensioners are fitted at chest height and the doors slide on nylon runners.
The standard Linkliner body retails at £2,500, compared with £2,300 and £2,100 for Lockliner and Tautliner models respectively.
Boalloy, which has factories in France, Holland and Spain, also showed a Linkliner with a smaller 610mm wide door set into the side sliding doorways to give ready access should load shift occur.
An extra feature was a key operated pneumatic locking system with the securing devices set inside the cant rail above the doors, and over the rear shutter if needed.
A separate isolating switch in the cab lets the driver keep one side door locked while working kerbside from the other. The device retails at around £400.
Adcliffe Engineers, which manufactures a range of drawbar and demount systems, exhibited a Pivot geared coupling.
It is similar to one fitted in an unusual five-axled 18m drawbar outfit with folding two-tiered bodywork used by Calor Gas to transport a variety of gas cylinders.
The prime mover, an ERF E8 on a 4.0m wheelbase, has a 4.76m singlefloored body that couples to within 700mm of the 10.61m tri-axied trailer via the Pivot coupling.
The unit's 2.0m-high body carries large gas tanks of up to 3,400 litres, while the 4.0m-high trailer with its 960mm load bed, has twin-tiered aluminium decking that can carry up to 20 tanks of 1,200-litre capacity.
The top deck's two-piece flooring is hinged at either side of a full-length central partition and fitted with drop sides that can also be used as walkways. When offloading these are cleared first and then hydraulically powered upwards to secure against the centre wall with the drop sides folded downwards. This allows the lower deck to be unloaded without hinderence.
BPW axles and air suspension are specified for the trailer, along with MGX Skidchek and Oilflex insulated earthreturn wiring.
Weighing equipment maker Griffith Elder has produced a modular printer terminal to go with its Ton-Tel weighbridge systems.
The unit retails at £5-6,000 depending on the extra items needed and features a digital display, zero tracking and indicator light. Details of every weighing is printed with the date, time and sequence.
Also available are a computer interfacf with a memory store for up to 100 trucks; an external vehicle weight display, and traffic lights.
There was a first time showing for Ross & Bonnyman's new Slimline tail-lift.
Its floor combines 150mm-wide replaceable aluminium slats with a 25mm steel pilot blade which, with a 1,050mmdeep platform, saves around 85kg on a one-tonne lift compared with a standard steel platform.
R&B also make a wide range of roll pallets including models with security cages, and others that dovetail for storing.
Carrier featured its latest Euro-Model underfloor freezer with a 315mm-deep front-mounted evaporator and the upright Euro-Star.
Being only 410mm deep and having radiussecl corners the Euro-Star is well suited for use with 16.5m artics.