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• Ludlow livestock hauler AE Jones has taken a second allaluminium semi-trailer built for UK and continental operations by Millmoor Commercial Services.
It is constructed to a monococoque design with fabricated sides, floor, roof and integral intermediate floor. A chamfered front bulkhead allows adequate swing clearance on AE Jones' existing tractor units.
The 13.3m trailer divides into four equidistant pens using alloy gate sections; the 1.65m height is common to each floor but there is a slight reduction in headroom over the neck.
Each floor can be further Four floors from Millmoor: upper floor tail section pivots for access to upper levels. divided, depending on whether cattle or sheep are to be carried, using fold-out floor sections supported by the pens beneath. The upper floor's tail section pivots downwards hydraulically to allow entry to the upper levels and for safe unloading.
The trailer tares out at around 9.5 tonnes with RO-R TMT 22510 BMX axles and Flexair suspension, set at a 250mm ride height on the steel support frame and running on 265/70 19.5in tyres.
Millmoor's two-deck cattle/ four-deck sheep trailers are built to continental licensing standards, which include a requirement for 20% ventilation on each side.