LOW-COST COUPLW1G IN Trailer coupling manufacturer, Bradley Doublelock, is now
26th July 1986, Page 113
26th July 1986
Page 113
Page 113, 26th July 1986
— LOW-COST COUPLW1G IN Trailer coupling manufacturer, Bradley Doublelock, is now
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making a new low-cost 40mm towing eye designated E101 for non-braked trailers up to 750kg gross weight.
The unit is made from cast malleable iron and simply bolts to the trailer chassis. This is a far less expensive arrangement than welding a forged eye to the chassis and is safer than the dangerous and weakening practice of flame cutting a hole in the front plate.
Legislation in 1982 restricted manufacture of new non-braked trailers to 750kg gross weight and below. This created a need for lightweight low-cost but rugged couplings of which the E101 is the latest to be produced by Bradley. Bradley Doublelock Limited Victoria Works Bingley West Yorkshire BD16 2N14