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E DEMOUNTABLE bodies part of the licle or part of the load? Since last year .y have been part of the vehicle for ation purposes. But do you include the nount body when calculating a licle's maximum legal dimensions? 'id Wilcox has been investigating a irt case that has re-defined the demount ly, and has also examined the ■ ercussions.
Mention pallets and you think of the ber variety. But why necessarily ber? There are several other types of terial that can be used. Next week we k at some of these alternative types of let construction.
Mike Rutherford has been talking to ne manufacturers of demountable lies and finding out what systems they ?.r. You can read his Buyers' Guide to rounts in next week's issue.
• Bedford — and its fellow General Motors subsidiary, Detroit Diesel Allison — are aiming to overcome the sales resistance of British operators to twostroke diesels with the latest Silver 92Series engines fitted to TMs. These engines joined the TM engine line-up in March and now Tim Blakemore has carried out a 38-tonne road test on an artic powered by the 6V-92T1A Detroit Diesel developing 266bhp. While this horsepower is less than most long-haul hauliers have felt to be necessary, its maximum torque is a strapping 1,276Nm. Read the conclusions next week in CM.
• Noel Millier has been sampling the new Dorchester coach chassis from Hestair Dennis. His impressions of a Dutch-bodied manual gearbox example are almost all favourable as he reports next week.