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• A number of body manufacturers have examples on show, among them is Besco Bodies of Northampton, a leading exponent of the art of aerodynamic styling.
Pride of place is given to a Freighter 1718 for Royal Mail Letters, fitted with a 7.31m body but other examples include a Mercedes 1617 for Reckitt and Colman, a Cargo rigid in BRS Truck Rental's new livery and a Freighter with 6.7m body in Zanussi contract livery.
E HALL 4, STAND 434.
This year, Cartwright Freight Systems of Altrincham launches its new DOE-tested aerodynamic artic trailer.
This is the result of cooperation between the DO P's Energy Efficiency Office, design consultant AS&A Ricardo, MAN and CFs with TNT as the participating operator.
Much of the outfit's drag reduction is achieved by a special closure and collar assembly.
Other features on the trailer include large radii roof cant rails, shaped side and lower valances.
C. STAND 750, The Vaile Group is exhibiting an extensive range of streamlined bodywork which can be adapted for a variety of chassis, among them the Stylemaster system on a 13 tonne Leyland Daf Freighter chassis.
This is shown alongside a Mercedes 8.14 fitted with Parcel Master bodywork and its most popular design, the walk-through parcel van on a five-tonne VWLT chassis.
o HALL 4, STAND 435.
Another major body and trailer manufacturer, featuring the wind deflecting theme is Southfields with a streamlined artic combination.
The stylish trailer, a development of its Ultra 92 model launched earlier this year has a restyled front bulkhead fairing, side valences and a wheelbase valence for the Seddon Atkinson Strato 17.37C motive unit.
The Show also marks the appearance of Southfields first sliding door box vans.
0 STAND 734. There are several examples of Solihull-based Wilsdon & Co's wide range of insulated bodywork on display at Birmingham.
A reefer trailer demonstrates its roof-hung sliding door system with threedimensional positive locking mechanism recessed into the side raves.
There are over 3,000 of Wilsdon's Cargolifter inboard tail lifts in service, one of which is shown mounted on a Roadrunner-based reefer box body.
0 HALLS, STAND 530.
Another long-established West Midlands firm, NEI Thompson Tankers has worked closely with AWD/ Multidrive to produce a petroleum tanker for Corral/ Powell Duffryn.
The 27,000-litre, fivecompartment aluminium tanker meets C&U and HSE requirements and is equipped for top or bottom loading with vapour recovery.
It can bulk discharge via gravity/hydraulic pump or deliver controlled, metered amounts by pump/hosereel.
The 'Go anywhere' tanker can be seen on AWD's latest I•
• innovation, the MTL 33-27 8x 6 rated at 32.5 tonnes gross and powered by a C-series Cummins diesel engine. E HALL 5, STAND 539,
Sliding door body specialist Bedwas Bodyworks is showing a 10.7m tandem-axled semitrailer built for milk distribution duties with Unigate.
Doors on the Max0p ISD bodywork have the latest onepiece cappings and double seals, the outer ones being plug-type with power cams.
Its floor insulation is combined with the trailer frame to help achieve a reduced deck height.
HALL 4, STAND 436.
An Italian-built powder tanker on the M&G Tankers and Trailers stand is the first example of a reciprocal trading agreement with Verona-based Omep.
The 35m3 aluminium triaxled tanker operates at up to 1.3bar, and has three discharge cones with outlets at the rear. A choice of R0-R or BPW, air or mechanically suspended running gear is available together with a lifting front axle.
For independent operation, a Lombardini diesel-driven compressor is also available. D STAND 747.
French manufacturer G Magyar SA is displaying examples of its stainless steel semi-trailer tankers. One of these, a double-conical twocompartment tanker with polyurethane insulation, thermal breaks at the mountings and a hot water heating system is designed for moving hot chocolate.
It will maintain the product to within one degree C of loading temperature over a 72 hour period.
0 STAND 710.
One company dedicated to reducing road congestion through the use of multi-deck designs, Wilson Double-Deck Trailers of Craigavon, Northern Ireland, is exhibiting several innovative vehicles. Among them is a dualpurpose tanker/general cargo curtain-sider which has fabricated steel tanks set below the standard deck height.
This allows the carriage of up to 23,000kg of liquid on outward trips and similar return payloads of general goods.
STAND 749.
Swop body specialist Ray Smith Demountables is exhibiting its latest Metroswap freight transfer system, built for Swift Transport Services.
With it, STS will be able to transfer unaided, four 3.66m van bodies between 18.3m long drawbar outfits and 3.5tonne delivery trucks.
The trailers, with their longtravel adjustable height air springs, are lowered to pick up swop bodies left by the 3.5 tanners, then raised to prime mover height.
The bodies are then slid along the drawbar outfit's decking by slim, hydraulicallyoperated skates.
Removal is a reverse of the operation. 0 HALLS, STAND 533.
Another diverse tanker builder is West Yorkshire's Charles Roberts Engineering which is exhibiting a 34,000litre tri-axle example of its low-height Lowmax design in Fina livery.
The Wakefield firm is also showing off its fabricating skills with a pair of vehicle transporter drawbar outfits.
Both are built under licence at CRE's Leeds plant to Kassbohrer designs.
D STAND 737.
Damage-free recovery is Brimeck (t1K)'s theme for the Show. This is exemplified by a 3.5-tonne model of its latest Slide back Liltralow tilt-andslide loading system.
The design achieves a shallow (six-degree) loading angle by having a transverselyhinged rear floor section that allows extra tilt to the front main platform.
HALL 6, STAND 620.