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Trailer regulations

4th December 2003
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This year's show was greatly influenced two hot topics in European trailer operat Germany's new domestic regulations specifying minimum load restraint qualit have concentrated the minds of trailer manufacturers which may not have previously paid much attention to this subject, especially regarding curtainsid, Various solutions have now appeared.

The other burning issue is the clampdown, especially in the Benelux countries, on axle weights. While gross weight limits have always been enforce( to varying degrees, axle loadings have largely been ignored. The massive marl, in the Rotterdam area centre of the container industry as well as the princip target of the tougher enforcement regim has led to increasingly sophisticated means of making skeletals as operation flexible as possible.

This show has its competitive side, and the award for best trailer went to the Dutch Berdex company for t CVB closi livestock trailer which is designed to comply with future European animal wet legislation. The prize for best accessory went rather further afield. to Standfirst Enterprises of Australia, maker of the TR tanker access safety system.

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