TASKERS
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Stand III
BUILT for the transport of heavy L./machinery, the 14-15-ton detachable low-loading semi-trailer on view on this stand commands immediate attention. Tandem axles are fitted, the wheels carrying twin 29 by 8 tyres, whilst the cast-steel hubs, incorporate tapered-roller bearings. Internal-expanding brakes take effect on all wheels, being operated through a Dewandre vacuum servo and by a hand control on the near side. Operation by cable from the cab is also possible.
One of the largest detachable semitrailers on the market is the 10-12-ton outfit with twin oscillating axles. These are of 40-45-ton tensile steel, the journals being ground and fitted with tapered-roller bearings carrying caststeel hubs and disc wheels. All hubs . incorporate I3endix brakes, each pair D:38 being operated through a Dewandre vacuum-servo cylinder. • A swan-neck is a feature of the 8-ton pressed-steel semi-trailer on view. With an overall length of 20 ft., a length of 14 ft. is available on the dropped portion. • A fourth exhibit comprises an all-. steel timber trailer with a quickly removable tubular backbone bolted to the front bolster carriage and carrying a swidelling bolster unit at the rear. .
A Wokingham pantechnicon body of 1,050-cubic-ft. capacity is mounted on a low-loading four-wheeled trailer chassis.
Other exhibits comprise an 8-ton quickly detachable semi-trailer, and a 5-6-ton four-wheeled trailer with a platform body.—Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd., Waterloo Iron Works, Andover.