Big Continental Food Artic
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Q FEN here about to depart on its first journey is a new Guy-York outfit which
■ –; Rutherford Brothers Continental. Transport Ltd. has just put into service. On a trip to France. Belgium and Germany it carried hanging 'neat outwards and frozen filleted fish on return. Supplied by Harrowgate Hill Garage Ltd., Darlington, it has an Invincible Mk. HI tractor unit with Cummins NHE 180 diesel, David Brown six-speed gearbox and three-line brakes. while the York F.P23R tandem-axle trailer has Cravens Homalloy TIR bodywork with a. Thermo King PDI. 50 refrigeration unit.
The alloy body is panelled in 18 s,w.g. sheet, insulation. is by 4 in. of expanded polyurethane, and Deleron heat arresters are interposed between the inner and outer alloy framework. The timber floor is overlaid with alloy treadplate welded to form a one-piece waterproof pan.
The articulated outfit, is a maximum-length one, the semi-trailer itself measuring 35 ft. 3 in. overall including the refrigeration unit, or 33 ft. 9 in. over the main body. It is 8 ft. 211 in. wide.