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The total access body
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ONE of the first side-gated curtain skiers to give complete access produced by bodybuilders Lawrence David Ltd, of Peterborough The body has six steel gates along each side plus van doors at each end for simultaneous loading and unloading.
The first body has gone into service with haulier J. Williamson of Stockton-onTees, Cleveland, and another is now being built.
The steel side gates are almost full height and can be quickly unlatched and swung open from either side with their pillars.
This double-swing action gives a loading aperture of 3.7m (12ft) when any pair of gates are opened. They can be easily removed if necessary.
The gates are claimed to give good load retention and security and this has allowed Williamson's to use the trailer to carry up to 250 drums, each of 205 litre (45 gal) capacity, on hauls from ICI's Billingham Plant to other ICI plants. The doors are aluminium faced plywood of almost full height while the roof is a one-piece aluminium sheet.