louble-deck demounts for machinery distributor
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MOUNTABLE van lies with a doubleking facility are the basis a new transport opera started by Norlett Ltd, Oxfordshire manuturer and distributor of licultural machinery.
The demountable body tern uses two Ford 12.5ne (12.3 ton) gross Lssis with loadspeeder iy equipment built by ight Bonallack Ltd. The ole system was supplied W. Harold Perry Ltd of lesbury.
or its transport Norlett i previously relied on outcontractors in the area its headquarters at Great Ron. When the decision switch on its own transt was taken Norlett speci rigid chassis with nountable equipment her than artics because of ler operating costs, and re compact size — an /antage in the cramped spaces in which the vehicles would have to operate.
The three 6.25m (20 ft 6 in) long bodies have an internal height of 2.59m (8ft 6 in). Inside, half-way up each side, there is a full-length angle-section steel rail. The rails support removable transverse floor bearers which are inserted in place when an upper deck is needed.
The deck itself consists of five plywood panels hinged to each wall along their lower edges and secured flush against the body side. One or more pairs of these sections can be unclipped and laid on the transverse bearers whenever cartons or other light and bulky goods have to be carried above machinery or other hardware on the body floor. Loading is carried out with the aid of a Ratcliff doubletier tail-lift.