TRAILERS FOR THE OLYMPIA SHOW.
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What is to be Exhibited by the Principal Makers.
NOT LEAST in importance amongst the means of trans. pore exhibited will be the trailers and semi-trailers,.for increasing attention is being directed to the vital queetion of increasing the lead which can be dealt with by individual power ants, thus improving the weight to power ratio and securing additional efficiency.
Bartle.
James Bartle and Co., Ltd., Western Ironworks, Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, London, W.11. Stand 32
JAMES BARTLE and CO., LTD., intend to show three trailers. One will be a 5-tonner having a chassis frame of pressed steel, in which the wheels run on ball bearings, and the pivots are self-lubricating. The turntable, is lubricated with grease, recessed cups being provided for the purpose. The -wheels have steel discs and the axles are made of 55-ton Poldi steel. On this trailer will be mounted a Makrob three-compartment tipping body. The Makrob tipping bodies are built of steel buckets, two or three per chassis, and designed so that each bucket may be independently tipped to each side of the chassis. The other trailers made by Bartle's, examples of which will be shown, are a 4-tonner and a 3-tonner, embodying in their general construction the features indicated above. The 4-tonner is built with a .special body, and the 3-tonner is a chassis only.
Bauly.
H. C. Study, Ltd., 131.133, Bow Road, E.3. Stand 128
THE Bauly exhibit will consist of three trailers and also a display of caet-steel wheels, specially designed by this concern and adaptable for use either on trailers or wagons. The trailers which the company intend to show have capacities of 2, 4 and 6 tons respectively. All of them have allsteel chassis, solid rubber tyres on steel wheels with roller bearings. The 2-tormer will be shown with a plain platform body, the 4-tonner will have a standard body . with high, hinged and detachable sides, whilst the 6-tonner will be a Makrob three-compartment tipper, each of the compartments consisting of a, steel bucket, which is designed to tip in either direction independently of the other buckets.
Carrosserie-Latymer.
Carrosserie-Latymer, Ltd., Pamber Street Works, Walmer Road, London, W.10. Stand 130 ARR,OSSERIE-LATY M ER, LTD., aee to display three
examples of their trailer attachments for six-wheeled combination vehicles. One is an insulated body mounted behind a. Leyland tractor and has a capacity of 10 tons. The second is a plain platform lorry, 22 ft. long by 7 ft.. wide, which will be shown in conjunction with a Saurer. tractor. The third is a particularly interesting exhibit, being an omnibus attachment of an entirely new type. A full descriptive article dealing with this vehicle is to be found elsewhere in this issue.
Dyson.
R. A. Dyson and Co., Ltd., 7640, Grafton Street, Liverpool. Stand 47 filHE exhibits on this stand will be three in number, inJ_ rluding a G.M.C. vehicle with detachable fifth wheel, Dyson all-steel trailer attachment capable of carrying loads up to 10 tons. The second exhibit will be a Dyson all-steel 4-ton ball-bearing trailer chassis of special desien built up of steel angles, to support a steel container 13 ft? 6 ins. lone by 6 ft. 41 ins. wide. This trailer is equipped with cast-steel wheels shod with solid rubber band tyres. Its forecarriage is so designed end equipped that horsed draught may be, substituted for the motor at any time if desired. The third exhibit is a 3-ton trailer, having a platform 12 ft. 6 ins. long and 6 ft. wide.
Eagle.
Eagle Engineering Co,, Ltd., Eagle Works, Warwick. Stand 13 M HERE will be five exhibits on this stand. Apart from a mechanically operated end-tipping body, complete with cab, and mounted on a Dannkr chassis, and a Warwick patent cesspit emptier of 1,000 gallons capacity, mounted on an A.E.C. chassis, there will be three trailers displayed. These will consist of an Eagle patent two-wheeled trailer for use with Fordson and similar tractors, an all-steel trailer equipped with Ackerman steering and supporting a three-way tipping body, and a, trailer with turntable steering.
The Eagle two-wheel trailers,. for eperation in connection with Fordson tractors, are constructed for loads of 31tons or 5 tons. If desired a supplementary castor wheel can be fitted as well as horse shafts, designed to allow of the trailer
being hauled by horses when so required. • .
The Eagle Ackerman all-steel trailer is a machine of substantial -construction. An interesting feature is the design of the drawbar, which pulls from the centresof the front axle, the front end being provided with a steel coil spring . to absorb shocks in starting. The stub axles are connected to the drawbar by means of two connecting rods, so that any movement in steering is transmitted direct by the drawbar to the wheels. .Internal-expanding brakes are fitfa-d on the two rear wheels of the trailer, and these are operated by a hand lever on the side of the vehicle, provision being made for coupling of the brakes to' the seat of the driver of the tractor by means of a wire rod.
The patent three-way tipping body which is fitted to this exhibit embodies two horizontal screws, which propel the body sideways by means of steel arms until it readies the locating stop. The body is thus practically in a balanced position, when it commences to tip. For end tipping the whole of the side-tip mechanism and the sub-frame is elevated by the vertical screw, which is quite independent of the other parts, and, in fact, either side or end tipping are dikirict operations, and do not depend epon one another. The turntable trailer embodies, as its name implies, steering gear of the type with which we are familiar on horse-drawn wagons.