Lindner

8th November 1935, Page 176

8th November 1935

Page 176

Page 176, 8th November 1935 — Lindner

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Two Semi-trailers with Novel Features for 5 and 61-ton Pay-loads and a 5-ton Fourwheeled Trailer

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TWO interesting semi-trailers a id a four-wheeled trailer are featured by this Continental maker. One of the semi-trailers, designed for 5-ton payloads, is of the tubular-backbone type and has. oscillating 'axles. Progressive transverse springing is employed and the wheels are carried on struts. An automatic coupling gear is incorporated, and the drop-sided body is equipped with a Nfeiller three-way hydraulic tipping gear. The body length is 13 ft: and the width is 7 ft. 6 ins. The price of the outfit is .£180.

a54 The second semi-trailer has a steel frame of normal design, a feature cf the construction being that all the joints are electrically welded. An automatic coupling gear is incorporated and it is of simple hut sturdy design. Westinghouse air-pressure brakes are provided and the twin rear wheels are mounted on hubs with adjustable taper-roller hearings. Jockey wheels are fitted and may quickly be brought into position by a band-operated gear. Designed for a 6k-ton pay-load, this semi-trailer has a drop-sided body, the length of which is 18 ft. 1 in. A feature of the automatic coupling is that the only moving part of the trailer portion of the coupling is a steel ball at the base of the king-pin.

Having a load capacity of 5. tons, the four-wheeled trailer is of conventional design. The brakes on the front wheels are automatically operated when the trailer overruns the tractor unit. The body is 14 ft. 8 ins, long and 7 ft. 3 ins. wide. It is priced at £180. --Gottfried Lindner A.G., Ammendorf, Schachtstrasse 18.