Trailers from Wales
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• A close-coupled four-wheel low-loading trailer with a standard length of 14ft and a loading height of only 2ft 3M. has been introduced by Ifor Williams Trailers, of Cynwyd, near Corwen, N Wales. The trailer is also available in lengths from 8ft to 22ft and can be fitted with drop sides and loading ramps.
Load capacity is from 2 to 3.5 tons and vacuum brakes can be fitted instead of the standard mechanical type where higher carrying capacity is required. Basic price will be £305 for the 14ft long version with drop sides option at £30.
Also introduced by the same company is a smaller lightweight trailer to be known as the Chariot. This has an all steel frame and chassis and a load carrying capacity of 10 cwt. Priced at £80 with drum brakes, prop stand and ball hitch the Chariot has 20in. high sides which can be increased a further 20m. by fitting an upper section. Internal length is 6ft with internal width 3ft 4in. THE USE of air freight for moving very urgent consignments to Northern Ireland is no longer the only alternative available to consignors with a deadline to meet. Sayer and Co. (Transport) Ltd., of Ashford, Middlesex, a small company started by Ian Sayer in 1967, is now operating a regular road service from London to Belfast and offering customers a faster service on this route than they can obtain by air freighting.
The Northern Ireland service was started late in 1969 when, after one of the frequent strikes at Heathrow, a customer asked the company to quote for an urgent delivery. To justify a reasonable price Mr Sayer made inquiries and succeeded in obtaining other traffic in order to make up a load but, ironically, did not get the order which inspired the original project. However, he felt obliged to make the journey and this proved to be a turning point in the company's fortunes. The service was improved and Sayer now guarantees that traffic picked up by its vehicle in the West London area, or delivered to its warehouse by 2.30 pm daily, will be at its Belfast warehouse at Aldergrove Airport by 8 am the next day and delivered anywhere in Ulster during that day.