LIVESTOCK CONTAINER HAS EASYCLEAN PLASTICS FLOORING
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rOLLOWING a long
1 line of horseboxes built for many show jumping personalities, Chambers Engineering, of Warmstone Works, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, has now produced a livestock container employing a floor with a resin-bonded lining to facilitate washing, and to keep the floor cross-members dry.
The container is mounted on an Austin 8-ton FHK 15-ft.-wheelbase chassis with orthodox 20-ft. platform body, and is operated by E. Wright, Newtown House, Tring, Hertfordshire. Steel framing with timber sides is employed, the main frames being 2 in, by I in. by 0-25 in, steel channel. The roof is formed by a two-piece heavy-duty translucent glass reinforced plastics sheet.
Main basis of the floor is 1-25 in, hardwood, planed on one side only and laid with the rough side up, all joints being left rather slack. It is then masked-in on the underside and resin brushed in to seal all the joints. The resin is built up to about 0-25 in. with three layers of 2-oz. chopped strand mat and carried up the sides of the container to about 18 in. high to form a "pie dish " finish to the lower part of the body.
When the resin has cured, it is sanded and hardwood treads are laid. A coat of resin impregnated with steel filings is then laid between the treads, giving an extremely hard non-slip surface. The floor is easily washed and free from smells_ A Chambers horsebox built in 1960 incorporating a floor of similar type was recently examined and the floor found to be in excellent condition.
Orthodox ventilation by front and side flaps is employed, and all decking is hinged and stowed in the sides. The partitions are hung from a roof rail formed by a 2-in. by 1-in. channel.