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IN BRIEF

28th February 1987
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• Type approval has been granted for a conversion of the G170 rigid chassis, by Chassis Developments, which adds a lightweight sleeper cab tractive unit to the Renault range.

Plated for a GTW of 22 tonnes, the conversion uses a shortened 3.2m wheelbase and includes brake system modifications and fitment of the fifth wheel package.

• Perkins is to make 450 workers redundant at its Peterborough engine plant as part of a new cost-saving campaign. Some 350 of the job losses will be among the company's 3,000 hourly paid workers.

O I The price of a Tadchurch tandem-axle suspension unit, specified as a factory-fitted option on either a Leyland or Volvo six-wheeler tipper chassis, has been cut by more than half to around £1,500.

The increa'Sing popularity of the Tadchurch suspension has allowed its unit price as an OEM fitment to be brought down over the past two years.