Yorkshire line up
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THE Huddersfield and Wakefield areas of the Yorkshire Elect Board have ordered Reynolds Boughton RB.44 4x4 vehicles in or to deal with overhead lines.
Each of the cross-country vehicles is fitted with a lift platform. T of them are equipped with ladders, winches, overhead-line eqt ment and a separate body to provide messing facilities for team linesmen working away from depot services.
With a six-man crew cab and a maximum on/off-road body/p load capacity of 3,278kg (7,2281b) the RB. 44 is fitted with a three-I V6 low-compression Ford petrol engine.
Vehicles for use in the Huddersfield territory have been fitted v a special crew-cab fitted out with seating and an integral ta enabling linesmen to take meal breaks when working in rem locations far from main services.