CLAYTON COMMERCIALS BITUMEN TANKER
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As these finalists illustrate, safety is very much in the manufacturers' and operators' minds. Described previously (Fleet category), Gregory Distribution's Cartwright curtainsider shifts full loads of Tesco dolly trollies, using an extremely driver-friendly loadsecuring system.
This includes special floor and roof tracking for attaching the straps, nets and floor frames.
When it's time to haul pallet loads, the equipment is stored away in the purpose-buitt bulkhead cabinet.
Clayton Commercials' bitumen tanker carries an extremely hot and hazardous product, hence the myriad of safety features. In addition to those listed in the Tanker category report, it also has easy-shift hose trays, ground-level top valve operation and an emergency spill kit. EBS, with roll stability and traction control, improves on-road safely—so too do the reversing sensors and camera and the Mentor tyre inflation system which protects against blowouts as well as minimising any resultant fire risk.
Crossland Tankers' vacuum tanker carries waste liquids, some of a hazardous nature. For rental work especially, it has been built so that fresh drivers can more easily understand the way the system is operated.
For extra safety, control levers are air-operated and top valves are worked from ground level.
But they are all clearly marked and easily monitored from a single cabinet at the rear.
Don-Bur's latest hydraulic lifting deck trailer for Focus Dolt All embodies a whole host of safety features—audible and visual warning lamps when the deck is moving, toe guards, an escape ladder and a trap door, in case of hydraulic failure.
Electronic braking includes roll stability too.