BUTTERFIELD Stand 108
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W. P. Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd., PO Box 38. Shipley, Yorks.
TWO tankers are shown by this company, one of which is a single-compartment 5,000gal stainless-steel articulated model and the other a single-compartment light-alloy articulated tanker having a capacity of 3.500gal. The first is a general-purpose tanker based on York tandem-axle running gear and hauled by a Leyland Beaver tractive unit and the second is designed for transporting molasses and is mounted on a Scammell air-suspended running gear, the tractive unit being a Scammell Trunker.
The payload of the 5,000gal tanker is 184 tons and features include pressure discharge, 2in. glass-fibre insulation, external heating coils and hydraulically-driven pump. Having a payload of 22 tons, the aluminium tanker is of the single-cone type. The discharge pump is mechanically driven.