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JLL advantage of the maximum legal lengths for both rigids id drawbar combinations has been taken by A. D. Harris lipping and Packing Ltd with a Mercedes-Benz based outfit.
A Primrose frdme extension the 1319 Mercedes has creased the wheelbase from 2 to 6.4m (17ft to 21ft) taking e overall length of the ficle to the full 11m (36ft n). This has enabled the Klybuilder, Vamplan Ltd, of Torrington to achieve a floor ngth of over 9m (30ft) and II sleeper accommodation. The body construction uses p panels with vertical steel )sts moulded into the strucre. An interior height of 75m (9ft) gives a cubic pocky of 64cum (2,250cuft). The matching Vanplan bodywork on the 5.2m (17ft) long Primrose trailer is of the same construction.
The 1319 chassis is plated at 30 tonnes (29.5 tons) gtw subject to Mercedes-Benz (UK) engineering approval on trailer brake connections and coupling installation.
Within a fortnight of going into service, the Mercedes combination set out on its first long haul — a 27,000km (17,000-mile) return trip to Islamabad.