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DAVID WEBSTER of Stanstead Abbots, Ware, Hertfordshire, been awarded a contract to develop a motorway rnainteng vehicle to operate in the Midlands.
An 18m (59ft) Liftec hydraulic platform mounted on a Leyland 16-ton Freighter incorporates a special body with cooking, heating toilet facilities and storage space to enable two men to work a full shift without returning to base.
Safety features include, hy draulically operated stabili jacks that do not operate ur the handbrake is applied, al working platform that only when the stabilising j are lowered.
The hoist system locks if component fails and a warning light operates in the in the event of interlocks b set to "Off". One of the hoist controls is at the bas the platform for emergency The bucket has a safety n prevent tools falling off. I are anchor points for a s. harness, and a communical system connects the bucket the cab. The rear of the vehil fitted with an impact absor bumper and the cab ha: access door to the stores platform so that the driver not have to leave the vehicle