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he total number of trailers ight increases Central Trailer Ital's overall fleet by 25 per it. The range now in serviceo rers eight types of trailer inding 40ft curtain-sided lers, 40ft straight-frame TIR trailers, 40ft skeletal trailers I 40ft refrigerated van trailers. rhe trailers have been )plied by Crane Fruehauf, Cra
yen Tasker arid Montracon with bodywork by Tilt Techniek and Boalloy.
' At present, Central Trailer Rental operates 1,000 trailers from four regional depots. It plans a steady increase in the number of UK operating depots together with doubling the size of its trailer fleet.
A MERCEDES-:BENZ 310 chassis cab forming the basis of the modular ambulance has been supplied to the Isle of Wight Ambulance Authority.
Equipped with laminated windscreen and rear stabilisers, the standard short wheelbase cab features, five-speed gearbox and the uprated petrol engine giving an output of 70kW ,(94bhp), Taurus Bodies of Stockport supplied the ambulance body bolted on to the can so that when the vehicle reaches the end of its life as an ambulance the body can be removed and remounted on to another chassis.
The exterior aluminium panels are bonded to the interior glass fibre walls by polystyrene, giving heat and sound insulation. The Ambulance Authority claims headroom is greater and cleaning is easier than with existing ambulances.
It will evaluate the vehicle during the next 12 months, before replacing more of its 14 frontline-ambulances. •