Practical Dairy Bodywork
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TO-OPERATION with users has led to the incorporation of practical features in dairy-vehicle bodywork by Messrs. R. W. Osborne and Son, .D..7.bden Road, Saffron Walden, Essex. The firm build bodies on various makes of chassis from 10-30 cwt. capacity.
The most popular body is stated to be that for the Bedford 10-12-cwt. model. The steel wheel-boxes are squared and are as high as a milk crate, so that the tops of the 16 crates which may he placed on the floor are flush with the tops of the wheel-boxes, thus providing a level on which a second layer of 20 crates can be placed. loading height is 2 ft. 3 in.
The line of the canopy roof is broken by the upper channel of the sliding door, a feature shared with the body of the Morris-Commercial. 1-type. This vehicle cab carry 12 crates on the base layer arid 16 on each of those above. A flat-floor version is available to carry four layers of 16 crates each..
Bodies based on the 11.114.C.-type 11-ton chassis may be used either for collections from farms, or wholesale and retail delivery. Twenty-two crates
An Osborne body based on a Bedford 10-12-cwt. chassis. Sixteen crates may be placed on the .floor, the. wheelboxes being squared, and 20 as a second layer. • Loading height is • 2 ft. 3 in. This model is stated to be the most popular among customers. form the base layer and 26 in each of the four above.
Special attention is paid to visibility. Front bulkheads may have a full-width window 10 in. deep, with a matching window at the rear, if panelled.