Body for High Loads
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AN Albion Reiver six-wheeler which has been put into service by Morgans Brewery Co., Ltd., Norwich, for the transport of Coca-Cola has Bonallack light-metal bodywork designed to allow.high stacking of the crated load, The Dekaloy 'floor is 23 ft. 6 in. long and 7.1t. 6 in. wide, and.at the sides are 4-ft. 6-in.high pillars and interconnecting bars of aluminium tube.
These may be clipped in position with Abbott fasteners to secure a high load. The arrangement was preferred to panelled sides, which could not have been fully dropped. The chassis has Tecalcmit Syndromic automatic lubrication.
Kenex Coachwork, Ltd., Dover, undertook one of their biggest jobs when they constructed an exhibition semi-trailer for the agricultural division of Pfizer, Ltd., Folkestone. It is 26 ft. 7 in. long and based on a B.T.C. drop-frame chassis. The body has a tubular-steel frame and stressed exterior panels.
The sides of the central section are made of a sandwich of aluminium and polystyrene filling, and let down to form a wide display area over which canopies are erected. These may be folded down against the sides during transit, and are supported by arms which. retract into the body.
Aluminium All Fabrications. Woking, undertook some work for the semi-trailer, whilst the interior fittings were provided by Newton Products, London, E.2. The outfit is hauled by an Austin tractor hired from C. and M. Contract Hire, Ltd., Folkestone.
A 'mobile tool store has been built for use at the Fawley refinery of the Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., by Sparshatts (Metal Bodies), Ltd., Southampton. It is based on a Lolode 7-ton drawbar chassis with 18 by 7 tyres and vacuum braking. The outfit is 26 ft. •long and 8 ft. wide, and accommodates
This E.R.F. 7 cu.yd. dumper is one of two ordered by Trucks and Transport Equipment, Ltd.,Johannesburg , South Africa. German Neiller tipping gear and a locally built body were fitted. The engine is a Gardner 5L W.
four 18-ft-long rows of Seco storage bins for tools and parts. The roof has Perspex lights, and the inner and outer panelling of the body is filled with insulant.
A number of mobile demonstration vehicles is to go into service with the Kellwood Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Old Woking, Surrey, makers of kitchen appliances. The first of these is a Bedford 3-ton oiler. It carries a generator and a 40-gal. water tank with two immersion heaters, as well as various pieces of display equipment.
Claimed to be the first vehicle of its type to be employed by a shirt manufacturer, a Thames Trader travelling showroom has been' supplied to Mekay, Ltd., 82 Camden Street, London, N.W.1, by Wood and Lambert, Ltd., 49 Stamford Hill, London, N.16. A Baico extension to the 3-ton chassis permitted an 18-ft.long body to be built.
It is also stated that the vehicle is the first in Britain to have 12v. fluarreseent lighting. Eight 20w. tubes illuminate the interior, whilst another is behind the cab sign. Power is supplied by two doublecapacity batteries in parallel.
The vehicle visits Mekay stockists throughout the country. In congested towns, buyers are picked up and conferences are held while a cruise through the suburbs is made.
Wood and Lambert have completed the delivery to W. J. Bush and Co., Ltd., Ash Grove, London, E.8, of a batch of seven Thames 5-tonners. One, a boxvan, is a. semi-forward-control model with a Perkins P6 engine, whilst the others are Traders. Three are boxvans with 6D engines whilst the others are platform lorries. Two of these have 4D engines and one a ED.
Counteracting Height Limit
A Bedford 5-ton 14-ft. 11-in.-wheelbase normal-control chassis was converted to full forward control by Alfred Miles, Ltd., Cheltenham, for the mounting of 1,300-cu.-ft. pantechnicon bodywork for Dennis, Ltd... Cheltenham, removers. The operators have a height restriction in their garage, and the conversion was made so that vehicle capacity not available in height could be gained in length.
It permitted the addition of 3 ft. to body length, or 160 cu. ft. in capacity. The main compartment is 20 ft. long, and the Luton head is 4 ft. 6 in. long. A smart cab with curved quarter lights was designed.
A boxvan sold by Lee Motor Works (Bournemouth), Ltd., Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, to the Wallis Tin Stamping Co., Ltd., Harnvvorthy, Poole, has a body with an interior length of 18 ft. 4 in, It is based on a Bedford 7-ton chassis with a wheelbase of 14 ft. The body was built by the suppliers and has a tailboard and roller shutter at the rear: Monmouthshire Highways Department, having run Bedford 5-tonners since 1951, have replaced them. with 12 64onners of the same make. They are normal-control models.
Northampton Caravans, Ltd., Kettering Road North, Northampton, having produced 10 roof. canopies in plastics for the bodywork of Bedford 10-12-cwt, vans used for the sale of Eldorado ice cream, have received an order for a further 40. The canopies were made of Crystic 196 resin supplied by Scott Bader and Co.,
Ltd., Wollaston. Wellingborough, Northants.