Abel swaps for paints contract
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• TDG company Beck and Pollitzer has bought 64 Abel swap bodies for its contract to distribute ICI Paints' products in the South of England. The demountable systems are part of a Z1.5 million investment in equipment for the recently agreed contract, including twelve 35-tonne drawbar combinations and nine 17-tonne rigid vehicles. The drawbars are used for trunking between Stowmarket and Swindon: the Volvo FL10 chassis and Abel centre bogie trailers are both air suspended and fitted with pneumatic lift and locate subframes. The drawbar can reportedly drop and pick up two bodies in 15 minutes,
The bodies themselves have 7.7m folding leg baseframes with 7.62m (25ft) Southfields Fieetloada curtainsided superstructure. The nine local delivery vehicles are on Volvo FL6 chassis.