Cornish goes to Canterbury for conversion
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A MERCEDES-BENZ 1625 tractive unit has been converted to 6x2 by William Gollop Engineering of Canterbury using SAF axle and air suspension with air lift. It joins the 1628S, 1633, and Volvo F1020 models for which the company already has type approval. A Scania 112M is currently under assessment.
With the 600mm chassis extension, the outer axle spread is now 4.5m compared with the original 3.2m.
A single-wheel conversion adds 813kg to the kerbweight and allows a 6,095kg rear axle rating. The double wheel version adds 914kg and brings the rating to 9,150kg.
Type approval conversions which include an air lift are priced at 13,800 excluding VAT. Wheels and tyres are not included.
The customer, Peter Cornish of Brenchley, Kent, preferred the rear lifting axle conversion to Mercedes' standard twin-steer unit to cope with the off-road part of his pulpwood operation.
Gollop also does triaxle conversions on semi-trailers, using Dunlop suspensions.