BOXES and CURTAINSIDER
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• Boalloy and Southfields both offer fast-track bodies for 3.5-tonners. Boalloy has long been associated with fast-track bodywork, originally developing the concept with chassis manufacturers to meet the demands of rental customers such as Ryder. It now has a dedicated Fastruck bodybuilding plant at Leyland and is a member of Ford's One-Stop and Iveco's Drive-Away programmes, supplying boxvans and curtatnsiders.
Southfield's Busy Body quickbuild is now fully operational following the company's move to its new plant at Langar, Nottinghamshire. It encompasses 3.5 as
• Il as 7.5-tonne bodand the firm is also pplying boxvans and rtainsiders for the itsubishi Canter. Anglian Developents has created a he in the 3.5-tonne
arket with its oulded monocoque :h-roof Luton body ich is popular with ajor hire fleets such Kenyans and Budget. The main traction is low-weight—at 510kg it • ighs much less than a conventional • P body and is comparable with a gle-skin aluminium Luton. Its aerodynamic shape also helps fuel economy. The moulded glass fibre exterior is lined with inner panels or wooden slats and the floor is a ply-GRP composite with a non-slip surface. It is sold in 3.3 and 4.2m body lengths.