• Maxilode's Extendaslide skeletal trailer was entered in this group
Page 73
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
but it earned fewer points and missed the cut along with DonBur's Palletmaster.
So too did Tidd Trailers' Quick Load curtainsider, but the judges took a long look at its patented hydraulic rail mechanism for ensuring a weather-tight seal at roof level.
Raven (UK) is a small haulage company and its entry was also eliminated, but not without special mention for its Double-C bogie locking system. The nub of this device is a pin-and-jaw mechanism (not unlike that of a conventional fifth wheel) that locks the sliding bogies on skeletal trailers in place.
This device stems from Raven's own user-experience and deserves to succeed.
Clayton Commercials' unusual Cargo Twin curtainsider looked right at home in this category.
Mounted below deck are twin 13,500-litre pressure tanks which also form the main beams of the trailer chassis and can carry two different cargoes. The Cargo Twin can carry dry freight above deck or dedicated liquids, in the tanks under ADR and IMDG regulations on outward and return journeys.
The judges gave it full marks for versatility and high grades for perceived structural strength and innovative design.
Few expected Volumaker Industries' handsome but lightweight VolutTailer to make headway against bigger trailer manufacturers but it's simple build system earned very high marks.
Based on a bolted, gal vanised Staffordshire Trailers chassis, it carries a good payload. The judges were also impressed by the smooth finish of the bolt-up injection moulded panels and the air valances.
Completing the entry list in this class was last year's Dry Freight winner Wilson Double-Deck Trailers, this time with a 12.6m, 3.0m-high singledecker aimed at Dutch users.
The City-Deck is a low-height, single-stub-axle reefer with hydraulic command steering from the fifth wheel. This gives it exceptional manoeuvrability and, once into position on a busy street, its air suspension cab be exhausted so that the body descends from its 330mm running height to ground level for quick, easy deliveries.
This all combined to make Wilson Double-Deck's City-Deck a worthy winner of the Innovation award.