RCT's quick-loading drawbar
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• York Transport Engineerng has joined forces with Humberside-based caravan transporter RCT to develop a lightweight, fully-air-braked drawbar trailer intended specifically for hauling large caravans and mobile homes.
The six-tonne gross weight tandem-axle drawbar trailer, running with a Volvo FL6 prime mover, can carry two 9.5m-long caravans with a permitted 2.97m rear overhang.
According to York a saving of 30% in turnaround times has been achieved by the convex shaping of the rear of the truck body which matches the concave-shaped trailer front and provides a gap between both of just 89mrn_ This allows loading and unloading of caravans between the prime mover and the trailer without having to uncouple.
The close-coupled rig has an underslung rigid A Frame with a VBG 620 towing jaw.
RCT managing director Peter Richardson says that the new vehicle has enabled it to make more deliveries than with previous vehicles.