Middle East conversion
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VAN-TYPE rear doors and allsteel dropsides were specified by H. G. Brown & Sons International Trucking for their latest TIR semi-trailers. Converted from standard flat platform skeletals, the TIR trailers are claimed to have improved rigidity, and the rear doors make for easier loading/unloading.
The company, which runs to Tehran and the Persian Gulf, opted for a rear-door design that would allow the doors to be swung open without disturbing the tilt fastenings. The door-frame header rail swings away for loading by overhead crane or to accept high loads.
Heavy-duty side raves are specified and an 18mm (0.7in) ply overlay copes with the buffeting meated out by forklift trucks when loading.
The conversion was done by Lawrence David Ltd, of Crow. land, Lincs.