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    Converter dolly hits the road

    Aug 19, 2019 3 minutes

    Volvo product trainer and friend of the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) Bill Manton has hit the road from Brisbane to Darwin, trialling the ATA Industry Technical Council’s exciting ‘proof-of-concept’ project – a new converter dolly design.

    Led by the ATA Industry Technical Council and MaxiTrans, the project further developed a rigid drawbar converter dolly after issues were raised about the dynamic issues with hinged drawbar converter dollies, especially with brake reactivity and tyre wear.

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