Boalloy goes Dutch on desigr
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BOALLOY is re-entering t sliding door van market in joint development pr. gramme with Deckers of t Netherlands, a compai which also builds Tautline under licence.
The first one built I Deckers' and mounted on Pacton tandem-axled sentrailer, is at the Amsterda Motor Show and will be us by Boalloy as a UK demor trator.
Its 12.2m body has an al minium frame with a 150m roof section that allows 2.48m aperture height. Ker weight is 7.1 tonnes.
Full roof support is pr vided by the three slidim (;RP sandwich panel doe per side. They slide on to mounted nylon rollers. hardwood floor is design' for pallet loading with a for lift truck.
Boalloy's Netherlant connections have bee strengthened further by tl appointment of Winn V; Dam as design engineer. H first job on joining was produce a prototype scl supporting roof for Tautlin bodies.
• Ile design uses non-it gral support arms securc 2.5in from each end of tl body on bonded mounting They offer support for almo half of the 12m long roof se tion.