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Scamatelbili seon - Outfits or Spanish Sahara F OUR heavy duty articulatelfsoutfits

13th January 1961
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arc at present en route frorn,Englarid to the, town of El Aiurt, in the Spanish Sahara, the vehicles having been shipped , to the Canary Islands Where they are to be transferred to landing barges for the finarstage of thejourney.1 The outfits have been ordered bY Cpmpania Atlas. S.A., a petroleum distribution company, and consist of Scarnmell Mountaineers

• with Dyson 25-ton flat-bed semi-trailers. The Scammelt 4 x 4 tractive units have Leyland 0.680 150-b,h.p. oil engines and Scammell six-speed gearboxes, and hydraulic steering servos are fitted. Scammell twin-coil-spring front suspension with built-in dampers is employed, and the chassis are equipped with twin 70-gat. fuel tanks and 12-gal. watercarrying front bumpers.

Woodfield Senior 60,000-lb. winches are located behind the cabs for 'eroding purposes, and the outfits have 14.0020-in. tyre equipment all round, with twins on the Scarnmell rear• axles and on the semi-trailer axles.

The Dyson semi-trailers, eight of which are being supplied, have 35-ft. x 9-ft. decks and heavy-duty full-width tailloading rollers.

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Locations: El Aiurt

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