Operators' Choice
Page 53
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Duraplank Floor for Trolley Loading
SIX bodies have been built on Austin 7-ton 13-ft. 4-in.-wheelbase chassis to the order of Beecham Foods, Ltd., by the Duramin Engineering Co., Ltd., Stonefield Way, Ruislip, Middx. The flooring is of Duraplank material, specified because wheeled trolleys are used for loading. There is an interior lining of plywood for a measure of heat insulation. The vans carry Lucozade drinks,
W. Clifford and Sons, Ltd., dairymen, Hounslow, Middx are buying 12 Karrier Gamecocks with bodywork by Clement, Butler and Cross, Ltd., Glenhurst Road, Brentford, Middx. The operators previously specified oak floors, but are changing to glass-fibre-reinforced plastics because it is easier to slide churns and crates over the platform surface, thus speeding loading and unloading.
The United Service Transport Co., Ltd., have put 15 Thames Traders under contract to Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton, Ltd., for the delivery of draught beer in central London.
Bulk deliveries of feeding stuffs and fertilizers are now being effected by Messrs. Basil L. Leeder, Long Stratton, Norfolk, with a Commer-Barfitt vehicle purchased from 0. G. Barnard and Sons, Ltd., Stowmarket. Discharge of the load may be either by gravity or air pressure. Barnard are sole concessionnaires for Barfitt bodywork.
A sprung floor was provided for a Bedford outside-broadcasts television van being delivered to the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., Basildon, Essex, received the order to build the body from E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd.
Two 15-cwt. vehicles and a 10-ton articulated outfit have been supplied to the U.S. Navy by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. The 10-tonner comprises a Trader petrol-engined tractor and a B.T.C. semitrailer with bodywork by Homalloy (London), Ltd.
The Arlington Motor Co., Ltd., Cardiff, have sold a Scarnmell 25-ton articulated machinery carrier to General Plant Reconstruction, Ltd., Cardiff, W. P. Butterfield, Ltd., Shipley, Yorks, have mounted a 1,100-gaL aluminium tank on a Bedford chassis for B.P. Trading, Ltd.