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• The buyers' guide to semi-trailers published in CM September 12 did not include entries for Overland and Neville. The following should therefore be added to the review already published:—
OVER LAN D
Overland Contracts (Traders) Ltd. Moss Industrial Estate, Sandy Lane, Leigh, Lancs.
A range of low-loading semi-trailers is offered by this company including four models of from 2 to 14 tons carrying capacity. It has recently introduced a new loading system incorporating a detachable swan-neck. All the units are particularly suitable for the carriage of fork-lift trucks and similar wheeled equipment.
Rear-ramp loading is provided for equipment up to 5ft 10in, wide, the detachable neck being brought into use for machines wider than this. The rear ramps are manufactured in two halves and are 6ft-long and spring loaded to facilitate easy lifting..
The trailer bed features tapered box-section anchor points secured by steel locating pins located in fabricated pockets, and locked by steel pegs and collars. Ratchet winches and wires are used to stabilize the swan-neck assembly when disconnected from the trailer bed, making it unnecessary for any special equipment for this purpose to be attached to the tractive unit.
Overland also offers a range of closecoupled four-wheeled drawbar trailers specially developed for the rapid handling of wheeled equipment.
NEVILLE
Neville Industries (Mansfield) Ltd.
Bradder Works, Mansfield, Notts.
A range of specially designed tipping semi-trailers is manufactured by Neville with payload capacities ranging between 16 and 22 tons. The frameless models produced employ the Villiers tipping system having the tipping rams mounted on a sub-frame imposed on the fifth-wheel and a stabilizing framework linking this with the rear bogie. On some models the body is tipped about the rear axle of the bogie but where this is not desired the body is hinged to the bogie which remains firmly in contact with the ground while the body is tipped.
Neville also produces dump-type tipping semi-trailers which can be supplied with the bodywork specially insulated for the carriage of hot macadam and the like. These vehicles tip about the rear axle and are designed to operate at 24 tons gross vehicle weight.
In the past year Neville has laid down production facilities for some of its models, particularly the Ratesaver dump-type units which are available with body capacities ranging from 17 to 31 cu. yd. Many of the units produced are equipped with load-sensed braking systems.