The beginning of the Seventies would see in another great change in British transport on our roads, the earlier 1964 Construction and Use Regulations brought in much needed changes to vehicle lengths, widths and weights. This changed the scene as articulated vehicles became ever more popular and steadily replaced the rigid eight wheeler as the King of the Road. The main reason was, the artic was given a higher gross weight of 32 Tons, four more than the 28 of the rigid eight, which could only haul at the maximum 32 Ton when drawing a two axle trailer. However it wasn’t until 1968 that artic’s really came into their own by the introduction of further C&U Regs that allowed longer trailer length limits from 33ft to 40ft. This did not change the weight limit of 32 Ton but was introduced to allow the carriage of 40ft sea containers that had revolutionised the import and export of goods throughout the world.
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