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Tilt & Slide Bodies

BODY

Range of body dimensions available with 3mm chequer flooring

Subchassis – 80 x 80mm box fitted to prevent bending which is very common on modern chassis as they have a very flexible frame.

Tilting chassis – 100x100x6mm hot rolled box section – hot rolled box iron has a 25% higher tensile than standard cold rolled.

Main Sliding Channels –  5x3mm channel iron

Side Rails/Raves – 120x60x3mm box section

Tie Down Lashings fitted

Metal Bushings – Pivot point of body will have metal bushings fitted with grease nipples and a pivot bar of 35mm

Slide bed rollers/Teflon Slides fitted

HYDRAULICS

Sliding Ram – 4200mm long ith 50mm rods offering a loading angle of 7.8 degrees*

(* Depending on wheel size and wheel base)

2 x Tilting Rams with 40mm rods

2 x Spec Sliding Ram with 40mm rods fitted with pilot operated check valves

Spec Sliding Ram with a 1250mm stroke and 40mm rod

Lodar Radio Controller fitted

3.5 Tonne Hydraulic Winch – radio controlled with wire tensioner and safety check valve operated by electro/pneumatic control valves and manual control handles and emergency stop switch.

SPECLIFT

Speclifts available between 1250kg to 3000kg capacity

Main rotation hub fitted with brass bushings and grease nipples

Main body of spec – fitted with safety cam lock

Telescopic spec bar

Lifting rams – fitted with check valves

Demount Tow Bar fitted

Safety pin accessable from side of truck

LIGHTING AND ELECTRICS

All connections are joined using head shrink fittings and all cable is run through conduit.  We create a complete separate wiring loom that takes it power from the assigned power point in the fuse box that prevents ECU and diagnostics problems in the future, we also build our fuse/relay board for all auxiliary lighting which is labelled to indicate what fuse is for what.

Vehicle fitted with 5ft clear lense full stobe beacon, LED side lights, rear board trailer socket, work lamps.  Available extras include cab beacon, 12/24v jump start points, LED headboard lighting, alley lights.

STORAGE, SIDE BARRIERS and MUDGUARDS

2 x Chassis mounted Bawer  zinctec locker boxes with Europlex locking systems.  Locker boxes can also be supplied in aluminium or stainless steel.

Aluminium bolt on/bolt off side barriers to reduce weight and prevent rush.  Easily replaced if damaged.

Thermoplastic mudguards fitted to reduce weight, prevent rush and easily replaced if damaged.

PAINTING

All metal is hot blasted prior to painting,

First coat – acid based etching primer

All joints are sealed including cross member to floor joints

Two coats of high build corrosion resistant base coat

Filler Primer

Two coats of polyurethane gloss finish heated afterwards in our specialised spray booth.

CERTIFICATION

New Base Vehicle – As we are fully licensed and an approved body builder with the NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland). The body comes with all paperwork complete and stat codes for registration is all taken care of.
Secondhand Base Vehicle – If building onto a secondhand vehicle we provide all necessary paperwork including certified modification report required for log-book change over.
We give a three year structural warranty and one year warranty on lighting and hydraulics.

Range of body dimensions available

Extra lighting options available to make your vehicle stand out from the crowd and more importantly safer to operate in dangerous working conditions.

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Satisfied Customers

Hundreds of happy customers

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