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(Riding•
IDE-ACCESS body building )ecialist Lawrence David of eterborough has extended its mge to eight models by in • oducing the Roller-Sider and 'eight saving base frame.
This week the first off the le of most recent addition, a [ark II London Tilt, with a Dcly weight of less than one in, giving an increased payed of over half a ton, goes Ito service with J. W. Q. ransport of Reading, carTing grouping freight beteen Reading to Belfast, Belurn and Germany.
The TIR body design nploys tensioned webbing anels infilled with pvc curtain aterial, dispensing with the eed of dropsides, timbers and ates etc.
Built to meet the code of mctice recommendations for de restraint, the lightweight anels can easily be removed r replaced by the driver alone, ad in a much faster time than 'ould be needed to complete le same operation with a anventional dropside model. The panels, which are cornlete in themselves, offer Dmplete load security within le material, which are Ltached to removable side Dsts.
Pillars and roof can be :ripped down to platform vel when required. In the curtain sides 40001b breaking strain webbing is used to tension the pvc panel and 8in diameter holes in the material allow the load to be seen.
The outer tilt is secured with D-ring fasteners located below the side-rave which makes them less susceptible to accidental damage.
Lawrence David's Roller Sider is in essence a curtainraiser which does not in fact roll up but folds into pleats at roof level, as it is raised vertically to give complete clear access to the local platform from each side of the vehicle. Nylon rods run horizontally locating in the body-frame at each end. Tension is again provided by webbing in the vertical_plane.
Cheeked weather-seals below the side-rave and the wrap-round effect of the curtain at each end, used in combination with a one-piece aluminium roof, give weather protection. Unlike the conventional concept of a rollersider, complete ccess is achieved without curtain sag in the raised position.
Manual operation is quick but now that electric power drive is offered as an option, even this has been improved.
Weight saving is a feature of the Lawrence David base frame. By incorporating two longitudinal spines within the frame, the need for crossbearer floor supports has been largely eliminated where floor timbers are laid transversely. Further weight may be saved through the use of aluminium planking but allowing any type of body to be fitted. Brackets attached to the spines fasten to the vehicle chassis, allowing a one-day turn-around for installation on any four-wheeled rigid vehicle.