VR Steel’s Managing Director, John van Reenen, described the truck body as “a revolutionary design” that fits in with the company’s scope of business. As a manufacturer of shovel dippers, hydraulic face shovel and backhoe buckets, VR Steel now can match loading tools with truck bodies for higher efficiency. Customers also can order custom- designed truck bodies to suit their particular operations.

According to the company, the new truck body offers an overall design that enables quicker and more reliable maintenance and repairs; a body/bowl that increases payload potential of the truck without sacrificing the overall life of the bowl, and is more durable, lighter, and empties faster; and a rounded design that decreases carryback of sticky materials.

Unique features include a ridge back floor which provides improved load distribution on the chassis. This ridge continues into an ultra-strong canopy which better accommodates poorly distributed loads. The load body shell features an integral wear package design, an I-beam skeletal design improves overall durability, and the top rail is designed to withstand heavy impact during loading. VR claims the body can be adapted to any make or model of truck.