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BROCKLESBY and Son (Haulage) of Great Heck in North Humberside has won a contract to transport bran to Kelloggs at Wrexham where a new range of breakfast cereal is made.
For maximum payload, and so that the bran would be discharged efficiently into the suction system at the factory, a 10.4m (34ft) Wilcox-Seadyke semi-trailer was specified with a stepped body, from 2.15m (7ft 1in) to 2.5m (8ft 41n), giving a 58cum (76cuyd) capacity, and with a fixed aluminium alloy roof with four hatches.
The body is fitted with an auger trough in the rear of the deck, together with a WilcoxBulkerpart two-way rotary feeder, which is driven hydraulically by a power take-off on the tractive unit. The back end is sloped rearwards 305mm (12in), from top to bottom with the feeder positioned without detriment to axle loading.