Large Capacity in a Light Removals Van.
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nNE of the chief needs of the average' O contractor in connection with his motor vehicles is concerned with securing the utmost loading space, and this fact explains why use is so often made of. the heavy-duty chassis having a long wheelbase, thus enabling a_ capacious van or lift body to be carried.
There are occasions when the lightcapacity vehicle is found distinctly useful for certain phases of removals work, and that it is possible on such machines to employ a body having a large loading area is clearly indicated in an accompanying illustration showing a Dennis 30-cwt. chassis with a special body built by the Spenborongh Engineering Co.. Ileckmondwike, Yorks, to the order of Mr. George Sharp, of Goole. Although the body is 6 ft. 2 ins, high and is carried right to the limit of the front edge of the driving cab, it is well proportioned in appearance. The loading space behind the I cab is 10 ft. 6 ins. long and 6 ft. wide. The van has a cubic capacity equivalent to the old horse-drawn furniture van and will, we are told, comfortably accommodate the complete furnishing of the average small house. In spite of the large dimensions of the body, the weight of the complete van is under 2 tons.
The extent of the loading space is one of the outstanding features of the body, but another of special interest is that four pairs of different name boards can be fitted over the user's name on the centre panels at the side, these bearing the names of customers for whom Mr.
Sharp carries goods in the course of his -business in the furniture trade. The method of fitting these detachable panels is particularly neat and unobtrusive. Four slots are provided for the recep
tion of the loose board, which is held in position by three turn-buttons on the top panel section, thus ensuring that it is rigidly held and avoiding rattle and undue vibration.