NEW SEMITRAILER FOR ROYAL SHOW
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A NEW develop ment announced by Weeks and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.. Oxford Street, Wincolmlee, Hull, is a 12-ton-capacity singleaxle semi-trailer with fifth-wheel coupling. An example is illustrated on the right, and one is to be exhibited by Weeks at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh on July 7-10. Standard dimensions are 24 ft. long by 7 ft. 6 in. wide and a special feature of the design is the flooring to the platform, which is called Weeks Crossfloor. This is made of pressed-steel sections laid transversely and set at 8-in, pitch into the pre-slotted box-section frame (15 in. deep by 3 in. wide) and welded to form an integral unit. Vacuum-operated 15-5 in. by 7 in. cam brakes are standard and suspension is by semi-elliptic slipper-ended springs with the axle located by adjustable radius rods. The price of the standard model is £755, options listed including a marineply or softwood overlay to the steel deck (06), a 2-ft.-high headboard (L14), twoline air-pressure brakes (£45) and a dual brake system—air and vacuum—(£65). Increases in the length of platform cost a per fool