Al s to I nteroute
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IE FIRST ten 38-tonne tri-axle 3-tilt semi-trailers built by Al vmational Motor Engineering Maldon, Essex have gone into rvice with Interoute of ame, Oxfordshire.
Al's new straight-decked .2m (40ft) trailers, which cube It at 75.65cum (98.94cuyd), ye an unladen weight of 7.36 rune and offer payloads up to tonnes when drawn by In'oute's Volvo F10 and F12 trac'e units.
An interior height of 2.6m (8-ft is achieved mainly by its allow swan neck — only lOmm (4in) deep from deck
level to rubbing plate face. The main rails are also reduced in depth from 457 to 356mm (18 to 14in) as a means of reducing floor level at the rear.
Rubery Owen wide-track axles match the wide single 15R22.5 tyres while the centre axle of the 2.7m spread bogie is set 3.24m (10ft 6in) forward of the trailer's rear end.
Other features include aluminium dropsides and tilt gates in the superstructure together with a two-layer floor of hardwood planking overlaid with ply.