WATCHING THE WHEELS GO ROUND
4th February 1999, Page 28
4th February 1999
Page 28
Page 28, 4th February 1999
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The last time he had to cough up for a set of new tyres for his Reliant Robin the Hawk's blood pressure shot off the Richter scale, causing him to turn an alarming shade of puce. Later, when he received these pictures, he was glad it was only three and not 96 tyres that he had to fork out for. This is purported to be the world's longest trailer. It was built by the French firm Nicolas, for the Norwegian electric and gas utility company, Statnett, which uses it to transport heavy industrial transformers. Its vital statistics include 24 axles, a maximum payload of 350 tonnes and a length of 57m. So overtaking it on the brow of a hill is right out!