101 CHARROLD

22nd September 1972, Page 138

22nd September 1972

Page 138

Page 138, 22nd September 1972 — 101 CHARROLD

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Charrold Ltd, St Peter's Road, Huntingdon PE18 70L. Charrold is exhibiting a new range of tipper semi-trailers of an all-welded monocoque design.

The 945 Cu ft capacity 28ft-long body of U-form construction has a 6mrn alloy floor supported on heavy-duty -top-hatsection frames and 4mm side walls with extruded box section top rails. The top-hinged tailboard is of one-piece construction. Tipping gear is Edbro 7 CAN front end twin ram.

The semi-trailer chassis comprises three-piece construction main-member !beams 6in. deep by 5.5in. wide. Running gear is ROR tandem axle assembly with multi-leaf springs. Ades are again ROR and have a 20,000lb capacity. The three-line air brake system operates 16.5in, by 7in. S-cam brakes. Tyre equipment is 9.00 — 20.00 14-ply and the plated bogie weight is 18 tons. Gross trailer weight is 27.5 tons and trailer unladen weight 4.95 tons.