McIntosh switches to swap drawbars
26th November 1992, Page 14
26th November 1992
Page 14
Page 14, 26th November 1992
— McIntosh switches to swap drawbars
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/ Scottish furniture manufacturer ESA McIntosh has brought its distribution operation in-house and changed from using artic-van trailers to swapbodied drawbar rigs.
Transport manager Dougie Grubb says the move has cut costs and improved flexibility.
The operation, which reaches into England and Wales, is based on five 5.8m sleeper-cabbed Scania P93s with drawbar trailers and 14 interchangeable 7.3m (24ft) swap bodies. Each chassis uses Ray Smith's Ten Plus guide rail demount system with electro-hydraulic lifting bridge to raise the bodies for the legs to be positioned.
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