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Advertising Feature
New trucks wherever you look: Translift Bendi’s stand at IMHX
Bendi innovations
star at IMHX
Translift Bendi stunned visitors to IMHX with two innovative new articulated truck models, plus
two exciting concept trucks, due for full production over the next 12-18 months.
Simon Brown, Managing Director of Translift have built a rear wheel drive aisle performance at a minimum cost.
Translift Bendi, said: “It would be easy truck for 25 years and 12 years ago The new B420F-AC with AC
to rest on our laurels, having developed introduced a four wheel drive option. independent front wheel drive offers
the world’s most space-efficient Three years ago the company control with traction not previously
articulated truck. But there’s much, introduced the single front wheel drive possible with front wheel drive and will
much more to come from the Bendi model. Front wheel drive has a cost bridge the gap between the B3 cost
concept. We want to give every advantage over rear wheel drive but benefits and the Bendi rear wheel and
customer the ability to match their truck traction is compromised, compared with 4WD drive models.
precisely to their application – and their rear or four wheel drive. Some
budget. It’s all about choice” warehouse operations dedicate their Also introduced at IMHX, the B420
trucks to inside duties and thus rarely Hilift joins the rest of the Bendi range
Shown for the first time at IMHX, the benefit from the Bendi rear or four in offering world-beating aisle width
Bendi B420F-AC is the worlds wheel drive patents. The Bendi B313 performance.
first twin front wheel drive articulated and B318 are three wheel, front wheel
truck. drive machines that offer maximum Previously, it was expected that high
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