Mobile zoo for Wandsworth
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• South London-based Renault Trucks dealer Blox Services has just supplied a Renault Commando G08-120 fitted with an unusual mobile zoo body to nearby Wandsworth Council.
The zoo body, designed in collaboration with the council, Ray Smith Demountables and body builders CMS of Bermondsey, south-east London, will be used to take animals from Battersea Park Zoo to schools and centres for disabled and handicapped children in the London area.
Fitted with four hydraulic legs, the zoo body is fixed to the GOB Commando's chassis during transporation. Once in place, the four legs are lo
wered to the ground and the unit raised above the chassis so that the truck can be driven away. The zoo is then secured at ground level so that the children can get a much closer look at the animals. The Commando G08, the lightest vehicle in that range, is plated at 7,500kg; the sixcylinder, in-line diesel engine has a maximum net power of 88kW at 2,800rprn, and 367Nm of torque at 1,500rpm.