SOMMER TGSL-K: the innovative lightweight box body
SOMMER has further developed the lightweight box body for van chassis SOMMER TGSL and is now offering the new variant TGSL-K which provides a particularly low load sill and a tailgate usable as a loading ramp.
The SOMMER TGSL-K is a box body superstructure in lightweight design with a particularly low load sill. It is available, inter alia for VW Transporter T6 chassis with AL-KO chassis with 3.5 or 4.6 tonnes gross weight. The tailgate useable as loading ramp and the air suspension lowerable by 80 mm enable fastest and easiest loading and unloading of furniture, trolleys or other transport goods with highest payload and best cost-weight ratio.
Due to the consistent use of aluminum and lightweight wall concept SOMMER TGSL-K ( "Super-Light") has the highest payload in the class of light truck bodies. Thus, for example, the 4.40 m long box body on an AL-KO chassis only weighs 440 kg in the version with rear doors.
The standard roof of translucent fiberglass is extremely durable and allows plenty of daylight throughout the body. Available as an option is an insulated roof of 30 mm thick sandwich panels.
Aluminum lashing rails on the inside of the side walls form the basis for proper load securing. Many more load securing options are available. SOMMER also offers industry solutions for furniture logistics or trolley logistics, as for bakeries, nurseries, laundries, hospital logistics or catering company. The SOMMER TGSL-K industry solution for the furniture logistics is characterized by rod lashing rails on the side walls, a particularly lightweight coating of the side walls with needle felt and a smooth bottom. Also an optional variant with an even deeper box body with wheelhouses is available.
SOMMER offers an aluminum rack for optimal loading of trolleys in several rows. The trolleys can be secured in the ranks individually using short locking rods or special fittings. The SOMMER TGSL-K industry solution for trolley logistics is further characterized by a non-slip and easy to clean floor, an insulated sandwich roof and optional lateral gill ventilation.
The three-axle chassis was developed by AL-KO especially for the VW T6 and allows the installation of a box body without additional substructure for both 13-inch tires as well as 17-inch tires. Frame and mounting flanges of the chassis are galvanized and thus protected against corrosion permanently.
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