From Containers To Tippers
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Containers For FreeFlowing Material Now Available For Direct Fitment to Chassis
IPECIAL1Z1NG previously in the
manufacture of portable containers iitablc :for the transport of grain and her free7flovving materials-for fitting to atform Vehicles, N. Tamplin and 'Co., td., of Birdharn. Chiehester, Sussex, we now "developed a model for direct ment to --vehicle chassis' or trailers, as -iginal equipment.
Hoppered Floor
Standard sections are used in the conruction, enabling bodies to be built,in ultiples 2 ft.: :6 in. long. Zintec rust:oofed steel sheet is used for the panels, id the design incorporates a hoppei-ed The first body of this' type has been ailt in tipping forth on aBedford SL3 taSsis of 13 ft. wheelbase and has a tpacity of 400 cu. ft. The rear Of the ads' has a full-width tailboard, hinged at top and bottom. and double doors above, which open inwards, making the vehicle suitable for the transport of both materials in bulk" andmixed goods in sacks. r.dbro tipping -gear, giving a 45 deg. angle of tip is used, but if is intended that later this year a pneumatic-dischairge body unit will he included. This will be mounted.tinderneath the rear end of the body. The sarne type of body can be made available as a non-tipping unit with gravity-outlet traps, or alternatively, an underfloor worm discharge conveyor System with the outlet at the rear, and motorised hydraulically, electrically or with a small auxiliary petrol engine. It is considered by the makers that the worm-discharge type is genually preferable for bodies over 17 ft. 6 in. long