Don-Bur's Courage
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N-BUR Bodies and Trailers has letmaster curtainsided semi-t :icipation of the higher weights he 12.2 metre-long trailers te an all-steel chassis and the ■ and bottom flanges of fab)ted chassis main beams are high tensile grade 50B steel h mild steel webs.
ll six trailers are equipped h air suspension, four having F suspension and running 3r while the others use Neway Dunlop systems.
he SAF bogie has a maximum ted weight of 22.5 tonne and e spacing is 1.35m (53in) been centres. Single 15R 22.5 supplied Courage with six tri-axle railers built to a new design in for articulated vehicles on May 1. Michelin low profile tubeless tyres are used on ISO spigoted type 11.75x22.5 wheels.
Heavy duty side-opening curtains are specified, which permit side entry apertures of 12.05m (39.5ft) long and 2.32m (7.6ft) high. Internal load restraint nets are fitted and three of the trailers have insulated roofs, bulkheads and side curtains for carrying Courage cask-conditioned beers.
Floors are of 22mm (0.87in) thick Wisadeck reinforced plywood. The trailers have three line air brake systems and are also equipped with Anchorlok brake chambers and automatic slack adjusters. A fabricated alloy box section, under-run bumpers bolted to the rear of each chassis and Monsanto Clearpass spray supression mudguards are also fitted.
Unladen weight of the three insulated versions is 6.24 tonne while the non-insulated trailers are just below six tonne to allow payloads of up to 26 tonne.
A Don-Bur designed wind deflector is fitted to the new Courage tri-axle trailers.
• After only 12 months operation Don-Bur Bodies and Trailers is to increase its workforce by 20 per cent from 100 to 120 people.
Under the design management of ex-aircraft engineer Bob Davis, the company manufactures a wide range of lightweight all-steel and all-alloy trailer chassis plus rigid and articulated bodywork for operation between 3.5 to 38 tonnes gvw.
A new 930sqm (10,000sqft) paint shop will release extra production capacity in the 3,700 sqm (40,000sqft) main body building works. Turnover is currently about £300,000 a month.