NAAFI puts new life into an old Guy
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ONVERSION of an old Guy Big I tractive unit into a ShuntmasAm yard-shunter by Lyka Cranes )f Preston, for the Navy, Army (rid Air Force Institute transport leet based at Amesbury, Niltshire has reduced capital ex3enditure, and avoided the purthase of an additional vehicle at Jp to twice the cost.
A vast range of items carried Dy the NAAFI fleet ranges from )wn-blended tea to television sets. There is a minimum of 150 :railer-dropping and picking up sequences each week, and the Jelivery fleet covers 18,000 -n I es a week, with 18 drivers.
Additional time incurred handling trailers within the depot required the operation of at least one more unit.
The conversion of an existing Guy tractive unit into a shunter involved removing the cab, and the chassis was reworked to include power-steering and a steel fully-tilting half cab with wide rear access to a chassis-top catwalk.
Another Lyka product, the Shuntlift elevating fifth wheel, allows the front end of a semitrailer to be picked up bodily without having to touch the landing legs.
An oil-fired cab heater, radio, and a catwalk which incorporates inset safety steps are optional fitments to the shuntmaster which is to operate at Amesbury in Wiltshire.