Drawbar trailer adds capacity
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• Bingley-based trailer manufacturer and bodybuilder Wilson Truck Services has developed an extra-high-capacity drawbar trailer, the Cubemaster. The close-coupled drawbar unit has a conventional steel chassis and body framework, featuring WTS' own cant rail design, with an alloy roof. It can be supplied with either TIR tilt, curtainsider or box bodywork.
Body volumes of more than 72m3 can be achieved, depending on the body height. The average weight of the trailer is around 6,000kg.
Wilson has the UK manufacturing rights for the Dutch-built Burg close-coupling system, which is fitted as standard on the Cubemaster. The position of the single beam coupling can be pneumatically-controlled from the cab.
The first production Cubemaster has entered service with Brian Yeardley Continental. Running with a Mercedes prime mover, the complete rig has a1oad space in excess of 120m3 with a four-metre-high trailer. Yeardley's unit has an SAF air-suspended, tri-aide bogie with a lifting front axle.