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20th September 1968, Page 163
20th September 1968
Page 163
Page 163, 20th September 1968 — PITT Stand 82
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Keywords : Axle, Trailer, Articulated Vehicles

Pitt Trailers Ltd., Barton Stacey, Hants

A TRAILER designed to replace the twinoscillating axle model it has built in the past is shown by this company, together with two of its well-established vehicles.

The new trailer, the Prodigy, carries a payload of 19 tons when operating at 26-ton g.v.w. Instead of using the twinoscillating axle configuration, the Prodigy has tandem-axle suspension with widetrack axles carrying single wheel and tyre equipment. The design gives an extremely light trailer with a high payload/unladen weight ratio and one which is considerably more stable than the model it replaces both when coupled and uncoupled from its tractive unit. The Prodigy has an unladen weight of 2.5 tons and it is plated for 10 tons at the king pin and 12 tons at the bogie making axle loadings when running at 24-ton g.v.w. far less critical than with a single-axle trailer. Two models of the new trailer are on show, a 21 .5ft skeletal unit suitable for 20ft containers and a 30ft long platform.

In addition Pitt also shows two vehicles from its Performance range, one being a 33ft long tandem with the well-tried Gliderride suspension which is one of the survivors of the non-reactive bogie boom of 1964, and a single-axle 28ft long vehicle for operation at 24-ton g.v.w.

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