TRAILER FOR TSR2
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This new 20-ton-capacity symmetrical-draw trailer built by Taskers is intended for service with B.A .C. Ltd., transporting TSR2 aircraft .fuselages from Weybrid,ge to Preston. The platform is 4/ft. Mn. long and I 1ft. oin. wide and is mounted on four bogie assemblies, each of these comprises a ballbearing turntable and wheels with 10.00-15 14-ply tyres, the turntables being built into the rolled-steel frame. Adjustable rods interconnect the bogies to provide front and rear steering, operated by a l2ft. 71n. drawbar which can-be attached to either end of the trailer. When the outfit is being towed sideways, the steering rods are disconnected, /Ivo smaller drawbars are fitted and each bogie is locked al 90° to the main frame, The floor, when
• , completed, will bein. -141n. hardwood. •Unladen weight is 114 tons,