42 ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES

22nd September 1972, Page 172

22nd September 1972

Page 172

Page 172, 22nd September 1972 — 42 ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES

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Road Transport Services (Hackney) Ltd, 14 Andrews Road, London E8.

This company claims that the latest form of grp construction applied to the insulated food-distribution van body on show enables a high thermal efficiency to be combined with structural rigidity. Designed for applications to popular chassis /cabs, it has a 3in. wall cavity that is filled with low-density polyurethane foam. A mobile bank, a Load Ranger semi-trailer box van and a Locost composite van body are also displayed.

Based on a Ford R1014 chassis, the mobile bank has an unladen weight of 8 tons, and light-alloy extrusions are used extensively in

the construction of the body and the cab. T RTS semi-trailer of the Load Ranger is plat at 17.5 tons gvw, and the compos aluminium /mild-steel body is designed I carrying palletized food, the length of t body being 25ft Gin. The Locost .van is composite construction, has a length of 11 and is designed to carry dry freight.