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QEVERAL articulated outfits, compris1,J ing Bedford tractors and Tasker semitrailers with 1,640 cubic ft. bodies, arc being run by F. Robinson and CO., Ltd, Hull, which makes steel drums and kegs. The vehicles have been designed for the hulk transport of empty containers and each can carry about 1,400 five-gallon. drums.
The bodies were built by the Airwork General Trading Co., Ltd., Heston, and incorporate sheets of resin-bonded plywood measuring 23 ft. 4 ins, by 5 ft, 10 ins, by bin. The total weight of the complete vehicle is 5 tons 3 cwt The height is 13 ft. 5 ins., width 7 ft 6 ins., and length 25 ft. 6 ins.
Loading and unloading are facilitated by the low floor line and full-depth doors. The spare wheel, stored inside the body, is readily accessible through a trap doo,, which, when lowered. forms a ramp. The tractors are equipped with Scammell automatic coupling gear.