Getting out of a tight corner
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VIOBILE loading platform anunced recently is designed eliminate the common probn of getting goods quickly d safely in and out through • i back doors of a van body iere no loading bank is availle, rho Loadsafe platform is ailable from Splitz Ltd of St ter's House, Bishops Road, terborough, a sister cornfly of the builder of rapid:.ess truck bodies, Lawrence vid Ltd.
3plitz say that forming a ternrary loading bank, the platm provides stacking and noeuvring space at floor ight immediately behind the nide or trailer body.
t is claimed it cuts out the ngestion that builds up lere goods have to be eked inside the back of the dy for unloading by a forktruck, and at the same time ,liminates the tight turns that ve to be made inside the dy by a pallet truck operator. 1Vith the Loadsafe platform place, staff unloading can II goods clear of the van dy without turning them au nd, then stack them on the
platform ready for removal to the ground by a fork-lift truck. Re-loading is the same process in reverse.
Built from steel, the Loadsafe is 16ft Bin (5.12m) long and 8ft 21/2in (2.5m) wide. The initial S2 0 0 0 model has a safe working load of two tonnes, but models are available to suit any weight requirement.
The Loadsafe platform is adjustable to match the height of any van floor, and can be moved by a fork-lift truck. At the front it rests on a pair of heavy-duty nylon-tyred wheels, which are mounted on a frame that can be raised or lowered by a built-in manual hydraulic pump.
At the back it stands on telescopic square-section support legs, which have a graduated series of height adjustments.
Pivoted beneath the back are "tine pockets" made from a specially-designed steel pressing. To manoeuvre the platform, a fork-lift truck driver slots the tines of his vehicle into these pockets and lifts the back of the platform.
This can then move about the pivot point as the driver shunts the platform on its front wheels.
At the front, a stop plate is set into the bridge section, and drops only when a vehicle is backed against a lever mechanism beneath the floor.
Splitz Ltd, St Peter's House, 1 Bishops Road, Peterborough
PE1 1'1E. Tel.1 ' Peterborough .
(0733) 41285.