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NOP BODIES EUROPE
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liSED on 20 depots in Holland, five lepots in Germany and three in glum, the fleet operated by Reimann, t and Kersken's Vereenigde Expediticrijven (RSK) of Amsterdam, numbers Ind 470 vehicles and the company has :ntly inaugurated a pilot scheme to ss the value of the Abelson demount: Swop-body system; other schemes in the planning stage. If these :mes come up to expectations it is sable that the majority of RSK ides will be equipped with Swopinted locally built bodies in the lively near future.
1 the first scheme a Scania-Vabis sixtier, carrying a payload of 17-18 tons 24 ft. by 8 ft. Swop-mounted body, Is a drawbar trailer with identical ipment carrying the maximum allowload of 12 tons on runs from the e Belgian depots of the company to kholm in Sweden, via Amsterdam the Travemfinde-TrelIeborg ferry. The two Swop bodies are unloaded onto the ferry at Travemlinde, and a slave vehicle is employed at Trelleborg to load the vehicles on a second Scania-Vabis outfit for transport to Stockholm and to transfer the bodies of this outfit to the ferry.
The crossing occupies about 9hr. in each direction and the use of Swop bodies obviates a corresponding wastage of time by a driver and mate who would normally make the crossing if a rigid vehicle or articulated outfit were employed for the entire run. Moreover, the reduced deck space required for the bodies affords a saving in freightage, and these advantages supplement the gains afforded by the quicker turn-round at the terminals and by the ease with which bodies can be interchanged at transit depots. The RSK company has ceased operating attics in Sweden because of the hazards associated with severe wintry conditions. Four Bedford six-ton vehicles will shortly be erhployed in a second pilot scheme for local deliveries from centres in each of the countries mentioned and eventually it is envisaged that four bodies Will be used for each prime mover. Payloads up to six tons will be carried and will include all types of goods.
In this case, the main advantage of the system will be derived from increased vehicle utilization combined with the availability of spare bodies to the customer for loading over an extended period. In both applications the low cost of the demountable body, compared with that of a semi-trailer and the potential saving in warehouse space are important considerations: and in some of the local delivery applications, the availability of bodies with legs fitted with castored wheels will be an added attraction in that the system will enable unladen bodies to be moved by hand. Three types of localdelivery body will be available, comprising boxvan. flat-platform and TIR tilt types. P.A.C.B.