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SHORT Truck Bodies and I pairs of Little Staughton, ni Bedford manufactures and ii tails a body decking systo which offers maximum use vehicle body capacity.
Its system, which is suital for grp and aluminium rigid a trailer bodies consists of ad tional decks of aluminium cc struction which are stowed i. der the roof when not in use.
To use them, locking catch are released and each platfor measuring 2.44x 1.22m (8 x is pulled down to rest on a lo rail.
Each deck, which weighs proximately 100kg (220Ib), c carry 1.5 tonne depending body specification, and a typii 12.2m (40ft) body will accept t such decks.
Conversion of a typical bo takes between seven and days and costs between £3,E and £4,500 depending whether a single or multi-de, ing system is specified.
Short also manufactur variations of this system for 1 tilt and curtain-sided vehicles.