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II Wilson Double-Deck Trailers, which moved recently from its 5,600m 2
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Hillsborough, Co Down base sito the 74,000m2 former Goodyear factory at Craigavon, Co Armagh. has Jeveloped an unusual doubleJecker with stainless steel Lanks built into its lower frame and over the step deck.
The trailer is destined for 3ne of Scottish Road Services
customers. It will carry the company's products on outward journeys and return with the equivalent of 19 tonnes of liquid epoxy resin.
Wilson also has a two-tier trailer in build for Van Leer to transport up to 280 empty drums at a time (the company is also evaluating one from Craven Tasker). Its floor elevates via synchronised twin hydraulic cylinders. Wilson Double-Decks is a subsidiary of the family-owned FD Wilson Engineering which sold diesel generating sets worth more than £40 million last year, buying more than 6,000 Perkins units in the process.
The trailer division is planning to quadruple its present output of 10 a month following its transfer to Craigavon. Outstanding orders of over 40 trailers include 20 for BRS Trailer Rental of tri and tandem-axled semis for 38-tonne operation.
All are on air suspension and will carry up to 38 pallets. Wilson is also looking at ways of foaming up the metal panels and entering the field of chilled distribution.
Current orders and enquiries indicate that the trend to tailored bodywork presents operators with an alternative to the longer 16.5m artics that become legal from 1 January 1990.
Managing director Fred Wilson, who showed his first double-decker at the 1984 motor show, says: "If 12.2m is an awkward length, what's the point of going to even longer artics? Why not consider the upper space to carry the extra?