Improvements in Plenty

25th September 1964, Page 273

25th September 1964

Page 273

Page 273, 25th September 1964 — Improvements in Plenty

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A SUMMARY OF EXHIBITS ON THE TRAILER STANDS AT THE SHOW F all shapes and sizes, trailers seem to be getting more and more specialized w by show. The most usual complaint :Wed from manufacturers has been only everyone would order to the same

:ification." This, of course, is like ng for the moon, and as long as the lage industry is called upon to carry thing anywhere, the makers must conle to build specials.

Lmong the more special vehicles to be at Earls Court this year are models n Crane Fruehauf, Dyson, MultiTiers, Carrimore and Boden. Among the specialized can be seen something from lost every maker, and variations of ;th and width, carrying capacity and ;lit, floor thickness and rave heights are order of the day which the maker must e in his stride.

'he general trend seems to be towards higher-capacity tandem-axle semi-trailwhich are favoured by the new C. and Regulations, and it is very evident that manufacturers are aiming at securing ecities of around 20 tons for the four:. artic.

k lot of fresh thought has been put ) the manufacture of main chassis s because of this, and is very evident at is Court with a number of companies wing trailers with fabricated main nes.

Inding more favour year by year, )gral designs—in which the bodywork )uilt to perform the duties of a chassis— much in evidence and the number of ming gears produced for this purpose ; increased accordingly. Many of these the low-profile tyres (first shown at the

t Earls Court exhibition), disc brakes, i employ air systems as the suspension dium.

rhe TIR type of semi-trailer has reached iew level of efficiency and some new nking on the design of this type is also dent.