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• Bodybuilder Southfields has launched a collection of products for the domestic and export markets.
The BusyBody, for trucks up to 7.5 tonnes GVW, buids on the success of the Lightweight Fleetloada but is lighter, cheaper and easier to build, according to the Leicestershirebased company.
It is available ready-built in the UK but its bolted construction is designed to make it more attractive to overseas kit-build buyers.
Options include a variety of curtaimsider or box van forms; the BusyBody is constructed of galvanised steel with an aluminium-alloy cant rail.
A new buckleless curtain system called SPACE (Southfields Premium Advanced Curtain Equipment) is available on the company's curtainsiders, including the BusyBody. The claimed advantages of the SPACE system include a corn
pletely flat surface for liveries, quick access and Improved aerodynamics. The curtains are tightened with springs at the top and rave clips running along the body behind a flap in the curtain.
Again with livery in mind, Southfields has taken on an innovative removable panel system for curtainsiders developed by Truck Side Advertising.
Double-sided curtains, with a different livery or advert on either side, can be attached to the truck or trailer's original curtains, which can carry a third design. The removable curtains are flush with the original curtain and can be changed in around an hour without specialised labour.