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BOON BROTHERS, a Whittlesey, Cambs, haulier, is diversifying—having learned a lesson from being too reliant upon the brick industry.
Eighteen months ago, Boons bought their first refrigerated vehicle and have now taken delivery of the first of two curtain-sided trailers built by Lawrence David of Yaxley, near Peterborough.
Boons already have one major food transporting contract. ProteCting the load is important as the easily damaged goods are palletised and packed in stretched polythene. "It needs only one hard boot on the polythene and it splits open and part of the load is ruined," said Mr Ron Harding, a director.
"We chose this curtain-sider for several reasons. One of these is the ingenious netting system which Lawrence David has devised whereby the load can be secured by pulling down nets suspended on the roof from ground level.
"The operator can secure his load without once climbing on to the trailer—and do the whole operation of securing the load and the curtaining in about 15 minutes."
The trailer also incorporates welded strapping from top to bottom on the inside of the curtaining. Tough webbing is then secured on the outside by bolting it through the curtain to the welded strapping behind. The webbing is hooked underneath the rave and an overcentre buckle snapped down to secure the curtain. So eyelets are unnecessary and tear problems minimised.
The curtain-sider already in operation is a Lawrence David build on a new York Trailer, while the one currently in the Lawrence David workshop is a Crane Fruehauf.