Approximately one year and a half ago, Liderkit box bodies started to run across Reunion Island, located in the Indian Ocean to the East of Madagascar, which became a French overseas department.
The final customers who normally order this kind of bodies are parcel service companies and clothing transport service. However, this time is different. It is the French army itself who wanted to test strength and lightness of the panels in the body by Liderkit, in particular the Sandwich 30 mm model.
The subframe used in this case is the Ultralight model, which consists in 2 long rails in folded aluminium plate and crossbeams in extruded aluminium. This product offers significant advantages, as it allows 46% weight saving compared to the traditional galvanized subframe. Besides, Liderkit supplies the brackets and all necessary hardware to join the pre-drilled long rails to the chassis, and also the end clips for the crossbeams to join them to the body. In this way, the whole set is ready to be screwed or riveted.
The Ultralight subframe, advised for vehicles between 3,5 and 5 tones GVM, is designed especially for a specific vehicle which customers usually demand to Liderkit, with specific external length and width, meeting the manufacturer’s body mounting rules. Assembly is easy, as all the pieces are prepared to be screwed and riveted. There is an example in the following pictures.
