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1111) will submit design proposals for sideguards to the Departent of Transport before going ahead with fitment according to ter Nevite director of truck engineering at Ford.
Chairing a seminar on sidelards organised by the autoobile division of the Institution Mechanical Engineers, Mr Ne said that because the chassis anufacturers rarely know nere the completed vehicle is going it is a serious difficulty for the guard to be fitted at the factory.
This statement was in answer to Mr C. L. Holt of Coachwork Conversions who suggested that the chassis should have the sideguards fitted at the factory, wherever possible.
Commenting on the exemption from fitment for chassis cabs being driven to a bodybuilders, Mr Holt suggested: "If a sideguard is needed then it is needed from the very start."
John Crane, former technical liaison director at Crane Fruehauf, predicted that sideguards will add approximately 100kg (2201b) to the weight of a trailer, compared with the 250kg (5521b) penalty which would have resulted if the strength requirements had not been relaxed.