Dennison shows split trailer

Dennison Trailers’ stand had a new urban split curtain-sided trailer on show, designed to allow multi-drop deliveries in the urban environment.

MD James Dennison said: “The concept features include those found in a standard curtain-sided trailer and it can be specified up to 14.65m long, making it a longer semi-trailer.”

The rear section has a 1m sliding bogie for weight distribution.The split trailer’s tare weight is 10 tonnes.

As well as its SideScan Predict active side scan technology that will prepare operators for phase two of the Direct Vision Standard, Brigade

Electronics showed the 1,200hp race truck (below) driven by seven-times British Truck Racing champion Ryan Smith.

The truck is fitted with eight Brigade cameras to monitor every aspect of its performance –including the brakes – and replace the conventional cab mirrors to improve aerodynamics.

Before the cameras were fitted Smith could not work out why his brakes were wearing out so quickly, meaning the team was spending between £6,000 and £8,000 on new brakes every season.

The cameras revealed that the heat sensor had moved out of alignment and was not measuring the temperature of the brake