New Dual-purpose Trailer
30th December 1955, Page 38
30th December 1955
Page 38
Page 38, 30th December 1955
— New Dual-purpose Trailer
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ATRAILER capable of carrying either cable drums or transformers, and requiring only a few minutes for conversion for either purpose, has been supplied to an electricity board by Richard C. Gibbins and Co., Ltd., Berkley Street, Birmingham, 1. The 4-ton unit comprises a Gibbins cable-drum trailer between the bearers of which may be slung a platform for supporting transformers. The front of the platform is carried on pin joints anchored to .the underside of the front cross-member of the trailer chassis.
When the cable-drum jacks are screwed down, the platform tilts to form a ramp up which the load may be winched. When the load is in position, the jacks are operated to raise the platform to its normal level.