Adcliffe produces test drawbar for new regs
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Adcliffe Drawdeal has produced one of the first HGV test drawbar trailers complying with the new driving test regulations which come into force on 1 July.
Built for Trent Training, the five-metre long centre-axle flatbed trailer has a shallow body filled with concrete and capped with steel chequer plate.
The five-tonne gross weight trailer is fitted with single tyres and mechanical suspension. "We've been asked to quote by other training organisations," says director Phil Savage.
Category C test vehicles must weigh over 10 tonnes, be at least seven metres long and pull a trailer four metres or longer. The combination must gross at least 18 tonnes and measure no less than 12 metres.
After 1 July 1996, the C+E Category test will have to he taken in an articulated vehicle grossing at no less than 18 tonnes, which is at least 12 metres long and capable of 80km/h.
Adcliffe has also built 12 lightweight 6.7m (22ft) demounts for Bettawear with J C Payne bodywork. Pulled by 12tonne Iveco Ford Cargo 120E chassis, the demounts have downrated rams and sections. "We're talking about version of the four-ram Clearlift 17-tonne system but limited to use on 12to-13-tonne-gross chassis," says Savage.